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7Million

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Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, today announced that the official website for the urban MMO 7Million has been given a new look. It can be found at www.7million.com.

The contents of the website have expanded as well; new information regarding the game will be gradually appearing. From now on, the menu 7Million in the Info section of the website will provide an overview of the 7 facts that best describe the game. In the upcoming weeks, this area will be gradually expanded, and offer further details about the game world and its factions. Last but not least, the News section contains all the latest 7Million-related news.

In the Media menu you’ll be able to view five brand-new screenshots, providing another glimpse of the multi-faceted game world of 7Million. All previously published screenshots and videos are available here as well.

7Million is a free massively multiplayer online game, set in a modern world full of life, glamour, and spectacular heists. Players can freely explore the virtual town of Paradise City and meet the individually created characters of other online gamers from all over the world. The easily accessible game world of 7Million offers numerous opportunities for socialising with other players, making new acquaintances, or scoring the occasional heist of modest or impressive proportions.

7Million is being developed by Team Vienna, and produced by Cliffhanger Productions.

Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all computer and video gamers who enjoy and share a passion for thrilling gameplay in modern game worlds. Deep Silver works with its partners to achieve a maximum of success while maintaining the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires. Deep Silver products are designed to equally appeal to professionals and beginners, children and adults.

Deep Silver has published around 40 games since 2003, including the most successful adventure of 2006, Secret Files: Tunguska, the bestseller ANNO 1701 (co-published with Sunflowers), the challenging CrossworDS knowledge puzzle game, the horse simulation Horse Life DS, and the soccer MMO World of Soccer Online. Current developments include Warhammer® - Battle March™ (in cooperation with Namco Bandai), the action role-playing game Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (in cooperation with Ascaron), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the sinister Chernobyl shooter for PC, and the new game from the Piranha Bytes team. Deep Silver's own developing studio Deep Silver Vienna opened in 2007. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com

Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and movies on DVD). The company's own sales activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, and it has formed strategic alliances with numerous software and games manufacturers: Ascaron, Braingame, D3P, G-Data, Gamelife, Kaspersky Lab, Lexware, Namco Bandai, Pinnacle, Square Enix, Sony Online Entertainment, System3, etc. Headquartered in Planegg near Munich/Germany, Koch Media owns publishing and distribution branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the USA. www.kochmedia.com

Team Vienna is a development studio founded in 2006 by a team of games industry veterans. The core team around Markus Hajek, Kaweh Kazemi, Peter Pisarik and Erik Pojar has successfully worked at executive and lead level on titles like the Max Payne Series, GTA-Doublepack and The Clou!. Team Vienna guarantees development work in time and budget while achieving the highest possible quality level, and combines extensive international experience with expertise on all current platforms. For more information please visit www.teamvienna.at

About Cliffhanger Productions:

Cliffhanger Productions is an independent Production Company in the emerging computer and video games market. Formed in 2005 by experienced industry specialists Michael Paeck and Jan Wagner, Cliffhanger Productions offers a range of services to Game Publishers, Game Developers, IP holders and investors, from industry-specific consultancy to full game production, with its global network of outsourcing partners and development team. Cliffhanger Productions has been producing a range of internationally recognized and commercially successful titles such as SpellForce 2 and Gothic 3. Cliffhanger Productions operates offices in Frankfurt/Germany and Vienna, Austria. For more information please visit www.cliffhanger-productions.com

For further information, please contact:

Paul Bartholomew ( p.bartholomew@kochmedia.com)

Pr Executive

Tel: ++44 870 027 6530

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