The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft

Liezen, Austria, August 4th 2008: The Adventure Company continues the development of adventure games for Wii™. The PC adventure based upon the successful "Hardy Boys" –series, scheduled for Q4 2008, will be converted to Wii and hit the stores in Q2 2008.

"The Adventure Company" is dedicated to the continuous evaluation of new adventure titles for PC and console systems in order to tighten and optimise the line-up in 2009. The Nintendo DS™ is evaluated as another potential platform for adventure brands, ensuring the fulfillment of TAC (The Adventure Company) criteria like for example easy-access gameplay and enduring puzzling fun.

About The Hardy Boys

With over 100 million copies of their beloved books in print, America’s original crime scene investigators, Frank and Joe Hardy, are riding a wave of classic retro popularity com bined with a whole new attitude. Since 1928, Simon & Schuster and Grosset & Dunlap have published The Hardy Boys classic editions, currently selling over 1 million copies annually. The new contemporary series Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers, featuring the boys as spies for American Teens Against Crime launched in 2005, with an additional Super Mystery published every summer.

About JoWooD Productions Software AG

JoWooD Productions Software AG (ATXPrime: JWD) is listed in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna stock exchange. JoWooD is a leading publisher of computer and videogames, releasing international acclaimed, high-quality titles for all existing and future gaming systems. JoWooD games are distributed worldwide by an efficient net of distribution partners. Visit http: //corporate.jowood.com for more information.

NINTENDO DS, Wii AND THE Wii LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO.

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