ParaWorld invites the community to the multiplayer demo challenge

Heusenstamm, August 18, 2006 - the ParaWorld multiplayer demo can now be downloaded for free. After comprehensive beta testing, all players can now play the hotly anticipated realtime strategy game at home at last. The official community

portal, MySkulls.com, goes online at the same time. At the beginning of September the ParaWorld multiplayer demo challenge will be held there, with around 5,000 euros prize money at stake.

By downloading the ParaWorld multiplayer demo, RTS fans can now play the most eagerly awaited real-time strategy game of the year at home themselves. The demo can be downloaded from www.paraworld.com and includes two maps for two and four players as well as the norsemen and dustrider tribes.

At the same time the official ParaWorld community portal MySkulls.com goes online. ParaWorld fans can find contests, ranking lists, forums as well as the latest tips and tricks for the game here. At the beginning of September the ParaWorld multiplayer demo challenge will be held on MySkulls.com, a contest in which demo players can compete against one another before the release of ParaWorld on September 15 and win a total of 5,000 euros and many other prizes.

ParaWorld Invites Community To Multiplayer-Demo Challenge MySkulls.com is the main meeting place for ParaWorld players. From the very beginning the portal will be in several languages in order to unite the community from different countries. German, English, French and Italian will be available at the launch, with more languages to follow. By providing MySkulls.com, SUNFLOWERS and the development studio SEK, are underlining the importance of the community to ParaWorld. The portal shows the high level of commitment and longterm support that the manufacturers would like to provide to ParaWorld and the community.

With a production budget of over 8 million euros, ParaWorld is the outcome of the most expensive production in the RTS genre ever carried out in German speaking countries. The 3-D real-time strategy game ParaWorld takes the player into a prehistoric parallel world with exotic tribes and powerful fighting dinosaurs. Apart from the unique storyline and sensational graphics the "Army Controller" is ParaWorld's innovative highlight. It lets the player easily control all units and develop the people from a central point. This provides new and clear dimensions and control in real-time strategy

For more information see:

www.paraworld.com

www.myskulls.com

About SUNFLOWERS

SUNFLOWERS is a leading producer of computer games and, with 4.4 million copies sold in the ANNO series, has marketed the two most successful games of all time in German-speaking countries. The factors influencing the success of the Heusenstamm-based company originally formed in 1993 include creativity, innovative strength and flexibility, coupled with an uncompromising claim to quality and highly developed process management. In order to guarantee the high quality of the company's own products, the entire addedvalue chain from planning to market-ing comes from a single source. The games are sold internationally by exclusive partners. SUNFLOWERS products also appeal to novices and occasional players and develop step-by-step from a niche to the mass market. Company founders Adi Boiko and Wilhelm Hamrozi and their co-workers are motivated by a passion for what they do and the responsibility for the success of their own products as well as the development of the gaming industry overall. For more information on SUNFLOWERS, go to www.sunflowers.de

At A Glance:

Category: Press Release

Topic: Release of ParaWorld Multiplayer-Demo and Launch of Communityportal MySkulls.com

Product: ParaWorld

Availability: September 15th 2006

Contact:

Julian Dasgupta

Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH

Ohlauer Straße 5 - 11

D-10999 Berlin

Tel. +49-30-61 62 66 39

julian.dasgupta@sek-ost.de