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I-play Extends Global Licensing Agreement with iWin

Top-Selling Online Casual Game Titles Come to Mobile

World Mobile Congress, Barcelona - February 12, 2008 - I-play, the mobile publishing division of Oberon Media, the world's leading multi-platform casual games company, has extended its global license agreement with iWin, the San Francisco based developer and publisher of casual games, to deliver sequels to the three top-selling mobile titles from the 'Quest franchise' until 2010. Following I-play's successful adaptations of iWin's Jewel Quest, Jewel Quest Solitaire and Mah Jong Quest, the Quest franchise has been secured for a further three years.

In a recent survey conducted by I-play, 38% of casual online games customers were found to play games on their mobile phones, a figure that compares favorably to the industry average of 20.5% of North Americans who play a mobile game on their handset each month[1]. 45% of respondents said they would play their favorite online games on mobile. These findings show the potential synergies between the online casual and mobile gaming audiences and that online causal gamers are almost twice as likely to play mobile games as the average mobile user.

Don Ryan, SVP Publishing, Oberon Media commented: "Our delivery of iWin's online casual gaming franchise is another example of I-play's expertise in building commercially successful, quality mobile franchises that have longevity and are extremely popular with mobile audiences. We are excited about extending our strategic partnership with iWin and to work with gaming properties that are a perfect fit with our own portfolio of popular one-thumb gaming titles, targeting the mass market."

CJ Wolf, CEO of iWin Inc, commented, "I-play has proven itself as a valuable mobile partner in its delivery of our award winning and critically acclaimed Jewel Quest and Mah Jong Quest. They bring industry leading expertise in mobile development and publishing; the capability to distribute our titles to a network of over one billion mobile subscribers, and genuinely innovative and effective marketing support."

About I-play

I-play brings the best in mobile entertainment to an audience of over one billion people via a network of more than 120 carriers worldwide. I-play has been creating mobile games since 1998 and continues to spearhead the creation of mobile entertainment for the next generation.

I-play is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oberon Media, the world's leading casual games company. Oberon's Game Centre platform, is the industry standard and has been adopted by many of the world's largest corporations. The platform combines casual game content, merchandizing and features to fulfil each partner's specific needs. Oberon Media's publishing arm works with the industry's best, award-winning game developers to produce the top-selling casual games, which can be played in more than a dozen languages on PC, web-based, mobile and console platforms.

Founded in 2003, Oberon Media is headquartered in New York, with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

For more information visit us at http://www.iplay.com/

I-play is a trademark and trading name of Digital Bridges Limited.

About iWin

Founded in 2001, iWin is a leading publisher and developer of casual games for the mass market. The company operates iWin.com offering over 375 download games, free web games, and multiplayer games and visited by millions of customers every month. As a multi-platform publisher of casual games, iWin provides extensive resources, financing, marketing, and distribution services to independent game developers throughout the world. In 2004, iWin's top game, Jewel Quest, was declared a Finalist for the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards as 'Downloadable Game of the Year'. iWin has offices in San Francisco and Seattle.

For more information, please call (415) 348-7276 or visit us at www.iwin.com.

Anna Brog

I-play

+44 (0) 778 756 1352

anna.brog@iplay.com

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