Strategy First Turns to GameSpy for Multiplayer Solution

Strategy First Turns to GameSpy for
Multiplayer Solution

GameSpy.Net Tools and Services to Power
Multiplayer Gaming for Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift

GameSpy Industries is proud to announce that
Strategy First has turned to GameSpy as its multiplayer gaming solution for the
upcoming real-time strategy fantasy game Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift. The game, a
prequel to Strategy First’s hit Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, will use the
GameSpy.Net technology to power its multiplayer experience and backend systems.

Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift will also be enabled
for GameSpy Arcade, providing Strategy First customers with an out-of-the-box
multiplayer community. GameSpy Arcade is the Internet’s leading online
multiplayer community, supporting more than 270 PC and web-based games.

Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift was developed by
TimeGate Studios and will make use of several GameSpy.Net tools and services:

In-Game Server Browsing Toolkit

In-Game Chat Toolkit

CD-Key Validation Toolkit

Auto-Patching Toolkit

GameSpy’s technology division, GameSpy.Net (www.gamespy.net),
offers developers and publishers a suite of game development solutions and
backend systems, providing features such as CD-Key validation, auto-patching,
in-game server browsing and much more. The end result is more profitable games
developed in less time with fewer resources.

The GameSpy.Net Toolkits offer a full package
of cross-platform game development solutions, allowing developers to focus on
building cooler, more profitable games in less time. For more information on how
developers and publishers can get started using the low-cost GameSpy.Net tools,
please check out
www.gamespy.net.

About Strategy First (www.strategyfirst.com)

Strategy First Inc. is a leading developer
and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the PC. Founded in 1990,
the company has grown rapidly, publishing major games in the industry and
simultaneously developing its own in-house titles such as O.R.B., Disciples II,
Nexagon: The Pit and Zero-G Marines. After winning numerous awards for games
such as

Disciples: Sacred Lands, Europa Universalis,
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Steel Beasts, Strategy First continues to push
the gaming envelope with its own groundbreaking titles, while maintaining its
reputation as a unique alternative for independent developers seeking to market
their games to a worldwide audience.

About TimeGate Studios (www.timegatestudios.com)

Best known for setting new standards in the
strategy genre with the award winning Kohan franchise, TimeGate Studios has
positioned itself as a rapidly emerging developer of entertainment software.
Currently based in Houston, Texas, the studio’s conception was the innovation of
a group of passionate gamers who embraced the opportunity to fulfill their dream
of creating games of their own. Since its inception in 1998, TimeGate Studios
continues to grow through the rich contribution of talented developers and the
establishment of worldwide partnerships. On the forefront of the latest
technologies, the company enters development of an undisclosed Massively
Multiplayer Online Game while continuing to expand the line of released titles.

About GameSpy Industries (www.gamespyindustries.com)

Founded in 1995, GameSpy Industries,
Inc., is the leading provider of consumer online entertainment and technologies
to the games industry. GameSpy’s Consumer Division creates superior game and
editorial experiences for the enjoyment of millions of gamers worldwide through
its consumer online game software, GameSpy Arcade and GameSpy3D, and through its
centralized news and information resource for gamers, GameSpy.com. The company’s
Business Services Division provides online gaming infrastructure and
technologies for the PC, Mac, and console games industries at GameSpy.Net.
GameSpy Industries is the official online infrastructure provider for leading
game publishers, including Activision, Eidos, WizardWorks and Interplay, as well
as Internet media delivery giants, such as Real Networks. GameSpy’s advertising
network, The Mplayer Entertainment Network, reaches over 16 million unique
monthly visitors, making it one of the largest advertising properties on the
Internet. GameSpy Industries is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. For more
information, visit
www.gamespyindustries.com.