Gamebryo® Powers Xbox™, PlayStation®2 and PC Release of Cyberlore Studios' Playboy: The Mansion™

Co-publishers ARUSH Entertainment and Groove Games Partner with NDL to Bring Gamers a Unique 3D Experience of Hugh Hefner's Playboy Empire

LOS ANGELES AND CHAPEL HILL, N.C., (May 12, 2004) - NDL, a leading developer of 3D graphics technology for the computer and video game industry, announced today, from the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), that Gamebryo® is being used by game developer Cyberlore in the creation of the upcoming title, Playboy: The Mansion™ for the Xbox™, PlayStation®2 and PC. Cyberlore has fully integrated Gamebryo into its Prometheus Engine® to improve graphics and reduce the time and resources associated with cross-platform development.

Previewing at E3 this year, Playboy: The Mansion is a highly anticipated game co-published by ARUSH Entertainment and Groove Games. The title blends state-of-the-art social simulation with traditional role-playing and empire-building gameplay. Playboy: The Mansion demonstrates the cross-platform and graphics capabilities of Gamebryo as well as the product's ability to integrate with proprietary, internal engines. Cyberlore's Prometheus engine is delivering the title's simulation and gameplay with Gamebryo, enhancing its look and feel by handling all of the 3D graphics.

"NDL has a strong engineering and technology foundation and a proven track record of assisting development teams to deliver hit titles on time," said Jon Walsh, spokesman for Groove Games and ARUSH Entertainment. "After evaluating the technology, it was apparent that Gamebryo was the ideal solution for our project on both the business and technology fronts."

"Game development has become an extremely competitive and complex business," said Joe Minton, president and chief executive officer of Cyberlore. "NDL enables us to create compelling graphics and gameplay within the development timeframe set forth by our publishers. Integration with Prometheus was seamless and the combined solution is helping us cost-effectively deliver a better game."

About NDL NDL, headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is a developer of highly flexible 3D graphics software used by leading game developers and publishers such as Firaxis, Microsoft, Mythic Entertainment, Blue Fang and Irrational Games. The company's flagship product, the Gamebryo graphics engine and toolkit, is the culmination of two decades of 3D graphics expertise. Titles using NDL's engine have been or will be published by Bethesda Softworks, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Vivendi Universal Games and many others. Developers using NDL's Gamebryo can spend their time making Windows, Xbox™, PlayStation®2, and GameCube® games look great and play well, saving time and money in the process. To learn more, please visit www.ndl.com. 

About Groove Games Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Groove Games www.groovegames.com  is a worldwide video game publisher and licensor of content. Groove's mission is to develop and partner with worldwide-recognized brands in order to publish and license great games for avid gamers everywhere.

About ARUSH Entertainment Based in Scottsdale, Ariz., ARUSH Entertainment is a worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software for personal computers and advanced entertainment consoles. As a division of World Entertainment Broadcasting Corporation (WEB Corp.,) ARUSH publishes PC and console video games for sale in retail outlets and on the Internet. It recently published Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project and Hunting Unlimited, and will publish Devastation in 2003. For more information, please visit www.ArushGames.com. 

About Cyberlore Based in Northampton, Massachusetts, Cyberlore Studios, Inc has been creating great and award-winning games for over a decade. Cyberlore has dedicated its tremendous experience and passion into creating the best life, economic and strategy sims in the world. The company also values its employees, offering them an open, healthy and fun workplace along with great benefits. www.cyberlore.com. 

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