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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (85)	5/17/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 497

Sony Online Entertainment Expands The Station@sony.com's Programming With New "Classic Games" Area Internet, Business and Entertainment Reporters NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999-- Leading Online Game Service Debuts Lineup of Free Popular Card, Board and Word Games Checkers, checkmate, check it out! Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) today debuted its new Classic Games area on its premiere online game service, The Station@sony.com, featuring all-time favorite card, board, word, arcade games and more. The Station's Classic Games area (www.station.sony.com) offers free online versions of 16 popular games including Checkers, Chess, Crossword, Bingo, Jumble, Backgammon, Hearts. "These games are a wonderful way to bring people together on the Net," said Robert Gehorsam, SOE's Senior Vice President of Programming and Platform Development. "Games like Bingo and Jumble(R) are a great addition to our game service which already includes such favorites as JEOPARDY! Online, and Wheel of Fortune Online, the most played games on the Internet, as well as game-enthusiast titles such as EverQuest(R), our newest blockbuster hit." Among the games featured in The Station's Classic Games area are card games such as Bridge, Euchre, Hearts, Solitaire and Spades; board games including Backgammon, Checkers and Chess; and word games such as Crossword, Jumble, Sports Crossword and Word Search. Also featured are arcade games including Overflow, a puzzle game, and Void, an outer-space action game, along with two bingo games, EZ-Win Bingo and Jackpot Bingo. Most of the games feature multi-player components, allowing participants to compete with others in real-time over the Internet. The Station's Classic Games area is powered by Total Entertainment Network. The Station, with 3.3 million registered members, has the fastest rate of registration for all online entertainment sites. Sony Online Entertainment produces and distributes online entertainment targeted to mainstream consumers and game enthusiasts. SOE's initial site, The Station@sony.com (located at station.sony.com), is one of the leading online entertainment networks. The Station distributes online entertainment from Sony Pictures Entertainment, 989 Studios, and third-party developers. SOE's advertising sales and partnership marketing team also works with Sony Music Online and Sony Pictures Entertainment Online to offer integrated marketing and sponsorship opportunities for online advertisers across the Sony Online Entertainment network of premiere branded entertainment-based Web sites. SOE is a joint venture of Sony Corporation of America and Sony Pictures Entertainment, and is located in New York City and Los Angeles.