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BW0103 JUL 06,1998 7:38 PACIFIC 10:38 EASTERN
( BW)(MEDIAX/BIG-BROTHER)(MXMX)
George Orwell Estate Enthusiastically
Endorses MediaX's "Big Brother"
Business Editors & Multimedia Writers
CULVER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6,
1998--MediaX Corp. (OTC:MXMX) Monday announced that
after meeting with the representatives of the George Orwell
estate and the executive producers of the movie "1984" in
London last week, that the estate and the executive producers
have both fully approved the project, waiving any further
reviews.
MediaX is looking forward to possibly tying MediaX's "Big
Brother" production into activities planned by the estate and
the publishers of the original film and book for the potential
worldwide re-release of the book and the film during 1998 and
1999. More specific plans for re-releases are currently being
explored.
"Big Brother" executive producers Marvin Rosenblum (also
the producer of the film "1984") and John Tarnoff, who
brokered the rights agreement with the estate of George Orwell
in London for MediaX, issued the following statement: " We
are extremely gratified by the continuing support of the Orwell
estate as the development of the "Big Brother" game nears
completion.
"Their support reflects the absolutely magnificent job that
MediaX has done in executing what we believe will be a
stunning, entertaining and suspenseful real-time, 3-D adventure
game on CD-ROM that captures the true essence of the word
'Orwellian' and sets itself strongly apart from any other game
currently on the market."
"Big Brother" has recently been introduced to a very
enthusiastic response from the media and the public alike at E3
in Atlanta, the world's largest electronic-entertainment show in
the fast-growing, highly profitable multimedia industry.
"The entertainment value and the leading-edge technology
of this challenging and chilling interactive real-time, 3-D
adventure game is bound to find an enormous reception
worldwide," said Nancy Poertner, president of MediaX.
"We are absolutely thrilled that the Orwell estate is so
impressed with our production work that they have waved any
additional approval rights they had contractually secured and
given us free range to complete this adventure game for a
timely release in autumn.
"Selling over 40 million copies, this novel is the
second-best- selling book of the century and continues to sell
at a rate of 500,000 copies per year, the Orwellian vision today
more applicable than ever," continued Poertner.
An extensive marketing campaign, including traditional
marketing instruments and several very aggressive on-line and
radio campaigns in the truly Orwellian spirit will create a
"buzz" for the product long before its planned release in
autumn 1998 and will assure a large audience eagerly awaiting
this unusual entry into the real-time, 3-D adventure world.
An accompanying Web site will be launched within the next
few weeks to introduce users to the first impressions of this
unusual, suspenseful and dangerous new world.
War is Peace - Freedom is Slavery - Ignorance is Strength
Founded in 1996, MediaX is an award-winning developer
and publisher of multimedia educational and entertainment
software, as well as software development tools for 3-D and
interactive on-line games.
The company also produces and publishes new media
entertainment content for entertainment companies and is an
e-commerce provider. Visit MediaX's official Web site for
Rod Stewart at www.rodstewartlive.com.
With headquarters in Culver City, MediaX owns and
operates a production facility in Santa Cruz, Calif. Additional
information is available on the World Wide Web at
www.mediax.com.
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