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Legendary Escapologist Goes Mobile!

Tag Games and Oasys Mobile partner to bring Houdini: Escape from Dead Water to North American carriers

For Immediate Release:

Dundee, Scotland & Raleigh, North Carolina, June 20th Tag Games today signed an agreement with Oasys Mobile which brings Tag's critically acclaimed debut title Dead Water to North America, where it will be released as Houdini: Escape from Dead Water.

Paul Farley, the managing director of Tag Games, said, "The Houdini license is not only a great fit in terms of the titles theme and game-play but also comes at an opportune time with Houdini's controversial demise is back in the news."

Houdini: Escape From Dead Water is scheduled for release in Q3 2007. The title will be available from all major North American carriers.

Dead Water was released in Europe in early 2007, to widespread critical acclaim. The game was awarded 81% from MobileGameFaqs.com, 8/10 from MidletReview.com and prompted MobGames.tv to proclaim "With brand new original innovative game-play, designed specifically for your mobile phone, could this be a glimpse of what's to come from Tag Games and for the industry as a whole?"

Tag Games has a number of games in development to follow Houdini: Escape from Dead Water. These include Rock'n'Roll - an innovative casual action/puzzle title that features unique one button game-play and Granny In Paradise, which brings Sandlot Games' popular casual PC franchise to mobile for the very first time.

"We're delighted to be working with Oasys to release Houdini: Escape From Dead Water to the American market," says Farley. "We've had a great response to the game throughout Europe and we believe its combination of simple, fun gameplay and the unique setting of a sinking ship - with the constantly rising water, will prove just as popular with an American audience."

Oasys Mobile CEO, Doug Dyer commented, "We are excited about our partnership with Tag Games to release Houdini: Escape From Dead Water. We believe, together, we will release a successful and compelling game with large appeal in the American market."

ENDS

Notes To Editors:

About Tag Games

Tag Games ( www.tag-games.com) is an independent mobile game development studio based in Dundee, Scotland. Launched in spring 2006 by game industry veterans boasting a successful track record in both console and mobile game development, Tag Games is focussed upon providing mobile games players with innovative and high quality mobile entertainment. In February 2007 Tag was placed in the UK Top 50 mobile companies list by O2/Real Business Magazine. The company's first title, an original game entitled Dead Water was released in Q4 2006 to wide acclaim from the media.

For more information visit: www.tag-games.com

About Oasys Mobile

Oasys Mobile, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and aggregator of premium mobile games, mobile media applications and services. Oasys Mobile content is distributed through an extensive Carrier network that accounts for 97% of all wireless subscribers in the US. Additionally, Oasys Mobile maintains multiple direct and indirect relationships with international carriers. Through its white-label services, Oasys Mobile also helps Carriers and other content companies expand their customer base by incorporating rich mobile content into their product and brand offerings. For more information, see www.oasysmobileinc.com.

www.oasysmobile.com

Contacts:

Tag Games

Paul Farley

E: paul.farley@tag-games.com

Oasys Mobile

Jaclyn Crumpton

E: Jaclyn.crumpton@oasysmobile.com

Media

Brian Baglow

Indoctrimat

M: +44 (0) 7747 792247

E: brian@indoctrimat.com

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