For Immediate Release

Sontage Interactive to Offer Free a Special Version of its Award Winning Game Commander to Players of Unreal Tournament

High-Quality Voice Control Vastly Enhances Gaming Experience

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA August 1, 2000 Sontage Interactive, a division of Mindmaker, Inc. and makers of Game Commander™ voice recognition software for games and simulations, today announced that it is making available for free a special version of its the award winning Game Commander software for Unreal® Tournament, the top-selling PC action game. Game Commander for Unreal Tournament will enable players to use spoken commands instead of the keyboard to control actions such as switching weapons and sending messages, and will be available free from the Game Commander web site (www.gamecommander.com).

“I give Game Commander a big thumbs-up,” said Cliff Bleszinsky, lead designer of Unreal Tournament for Epic Games. “Being able to simply tell the computer to switch weapons and to verbally send messages and taunts really adds to the excitement of the game.”

Game Commander can be used with any simulation or game that accepts keystroke commands. The software can be programmed with up to 256 keystrokes per voice command, providing players a strategic advantage in complex simulation, racing and shooter games with many commands and nested menu options. No voice training is required, and any word or phrase can be used to trigger a command.

“We found that Unreal Tournament was a very popular game among our customers,” said Peter Ridge, general manager of Sontage Interactive. “We’d like all Unreal Tournament players to see for themselves that Game Commander really works.”

Game Commander has won critical acclaim and awards including “4½ Stars” (ZDNet GameSpot), “Editor’s Choice” (CNET GameCenter), “Top Honors” (PowerSims.com), “Award of Excellence” (AVSIM Online), “Editor's Choice” (Sim-Arena.com), “Top Pick” (CombatSim.com), and “Award of Excellence” (Games Domain).

Game Commander for Unreal Tournament will be available August 1, 2000. It is a fully-featured version of Game Commander that works only with Unreal Tournament. Players who download the software will also receive a special offer for $10 off the standard or MX versions of Game Commander, which work with all popular Windows® games.

About Sontage Interactive

Sontage Interactive, a division of Mindmaker, Inc., develops and markets products based on Mindmaker’s artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies for the interactive entertainment market. These products are aimed at bringing more realism, immersion, control, and enjoyment to the gaming experience through end-user products that work with games, and

technologies that developers can incorporate directly into their products.

About Mindmaker

The mission of Mindmaker, Inc. is to become the world leader for Intelligent Assistant-centric computing, by developing artificial intelligence (AI) enabled development platforms for developers, and a wide range of AI and Internet enabled applications for the home and business users. In addition to its corporate headquarters in California, Mindmaker has five subsidiaries, including two in Hungary, two in Singapore and one in the United Kingdom. Additional information can be obtained through Mindmaker's web site at http://www.mindmaker.com 

About Epic Games Inc.

Epic Games Inc, based in Raleigh, NC and established in 1991, is a developer of cutting-edge PC games. The company is best known as the creator of hit PC 3D action games Unreal, an award-winning blockbuster hit having sold more than 1 million copies, and Unreal Tournament, which has been recognized as the Game of the Year by leading gaming media outlets including Computer Gaming World, the #1 PC games magazine. Epic’s Unreal Engine has been licensed to several top PC game developers for games in a variety of genres. Epic recently announced that they have joined Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.’s Tools & Middleware program for PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. In the past Epic was well known for its shareware games including Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit and Epic Pinball. Additional information can be obtained through Epic’s Web site at http://www.epicgames.com 

Game Commander is a trademark of Mindmaker, Inc. Unreal and Unreal Tournament are registered trademarks of Epic Games Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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Roxanne Pascente

S&S Public Relations

847/955-0700, ext. 288

roxanne@sspr.com 

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