The Saga of Ryzom Launches Its First-Ever In-Game Contest

Nevrax | Paris, France - January 24, 2005 - Nevrax, developer of the ground-breaking massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Saga of Ryzom, announced today the beginning of an exciting and rewarding in-game contest, with more than 50 of the latest NVIDIA cards to win.

"We hope that this skill-based competition will enhance the player's enjoyment of Ryzom and further the exploration of Atys," said David Cohen-Corval, CEO of Nevrax. "This challenge adds an extra level of competitiveness for knowledge, something we haven't done before."

The contest will take place on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 7.00pm Paris time on the European servers and 11.00 p.m. EST on the US server, beginning Friday 28th of January. It is scheduled to run for one month. Players can participate while in game using a special chat channel. A riddle (or trivia question) will be asked in the special "Contest" channel and the first player to answer correctly will win a brand new high-end BFG NVIDIA GeForce graphics card (limit one per household). Runners-up will receive Ryzom gear. The winners for each event will be displayed on the Ryzom web site along with the correct answer.

About the Saga of Ryzom

Three generations ago, the proud civilizations of Atys perished in the Great Swarming, when hordes of Kitins swept from the Prime Roots and wrought war and genocide. Now it is time to reclaim your heritage. Join forces with thousands of others, master the arts of sorcery, war, and tradecraft, and re-forge the destiny of your people. The secrets of the past have been lost, but The Saga of Ryzom has just begun.

Called "a serious contender in the fantasy-MMOG market" by GameSpy, and "the prescription against staid and tired MMORPGs" by Computer Gaming World and deemed 2004's "Best MMO of E3" by WarCry Network, The Saga of Ryzom launched smoothly into five markets in North America and Europe in September of 2004.

About Nevrax SARL

Founded in early 2000, Paris-based NEVRAX is an online game and software development company that specializes in MMORPG engine and production tool technologies and products. Utilizing NeL, its open source platform, Nevrax's team of over 50 engineers and designers have completed their first MMORPG, a Science Fantasy game entitled The Saga of Ryzom. For further information, visit www.ryzom.com.