Thew0rld.Com Ships A Hundred N-Gage Game Decks

Nokia | November 8 2004 - thew0rld.com announced today that it has shipped out one hundred N-Gage QD game decks to the North American region since October 29th as part of the exclusive Pocket Kingdom Sneak Peek event, placing the platform in the forefront of the wireless massively multiplayer promotion event gaming world. Combining a pocketable gaming platform with online player killing potential, the N-Gage QD and Pocket Kingdom combination gives gamers a unique chance to experience mobile multiplayer 0wnage in a revolutionary way.

"As the N-Gage's first massively multiplayer game, Pocket Kingdom: Own The World showcases the power of both the N-Gage platform and the N-Gage Arena," said Gerard Wiener, Director, Network Game Solutions, Nokia.

The Pocket Kingdom Sneak Peek is an invitation-only tournament between a variety of community leaders, and a few contest winners, all set upon each other like rabid attack kittens. At the end of the three-week event, the current victor will receive ownership of thew0rld.com, in recognition of their 0wning the w0rld. Participants include:

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"w3 r proud 2 give all th3s3 gam3z 2 evry1 so they can xperi3nce teh 0wnage of PK. Thx 2 all tha gamerz 4 ur support and w3 r conf1dent that u will 0wn the w0rld," said Cypher, Chief Impressive Title for thew0rld.com. "The3re r st1ll spotz 4 a few more ppl to w1n, so come 2 r site 2 ent3r."

About Pocket Kingdom

Pocket Kingdom: Own The World is the first global massively multiplayer online game for the N-Gage platform , challenging gamers to build a mighty online empire while competing against challengers from around the world. Set in a fantasy landscape, it is a game of combat, action and strategy. Send out armies to explore the Map of Ulgress, searching for treasure and new army recruits. Online, in the N-Gage Arena, gamers can encounter thousands of players from around the world, to compete against each other for spoils and glory - all competing to Own the World!

About SEGA Corporation

SEGA^® Corporation is a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home, encompassing consumer business, amusement machine sales and amusement center operations. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA^® Corporation's Web site is located at http://sega.jp.

About N-Gage

The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely new market for the games industry. Built for active gamers, the N-Gage platform is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D multiplayer game play over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The N-Gage game deck also offers online games services as well as a comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers. Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Nokia and N-Gage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation.

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