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Virtual World Entropia Universe Selects State-of-the-Art CryENGINE 2(R) to Create the Future

Cutting Edge CryENGINE 2(R) to Bring Real-Life Look to World's Safest Virtual Universe

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN and FRANKFURT, GERMANY--(Marketwire - July 25, 2007) - Entropia Universe, the safest virtual world utilizing a real cash economy, has signed a license agreement to use the stunning high-tech game engine CryENGINE 2®, from German developer Crytek, creators of "Far Cry®" and upcoming "Crysis®." This will make Entropia Universe the closest-to-reality looking massively multiplayer online game ever seen. The transition to an Entropia Universe platform built around this new technology is expected to be finished by mid-2008, and will be available to all Entropia Universe partners. Creator MindArk PE AB's CEO Jan Welter Timkrans explains, "The upgrade of Entropia Universe will be built around the spectacular features supplied by CryENGINE 2®, offering a complete and immersive experience to Entropia participants. It will create synergies between the proven and safe Real Cash Economy backbone, the Entropia storyline with colonists fighting to establish a new world, and the very life-like visuals supplied from CryENGINE 2®." He continues, "When we saw what the engine was capable of, we immediately understood that it would be perfect for Entropia, as both MindArk and Crytek are pioneers in their respective fields." Avni Yerli, Crytek's Managing Director, says, "We are thrilled to have been chosen by such a well regarded and successful industry leader as MindArk to be their future engine provider for Entropia Universe. We think the combination of our CryENGINE 2® technology and their extremely popular virtual playground will result in a new kind of rich and immersive experience that has not been possible until now. It will also expose a wide new audience to the stunningly realistic graphics, environmental physics and believable animations which are made possible by the award winning CryENGINE 2® together with some of the most recent advances in PC hardware and operating systems."

About CryENGINE 2®

Real time editing, bump mapping, dynamic lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows and a dynamic music system are just some of the state-of-the-art features the CryENGINE 2® offers. The engine supports all video and hardware currently on the market. New hardware support is constantly added as it becomes available.

About Entropia Universe

The heart of Entropia Universe is a distant planet named Calypso, which encompasses
two continents with animal-filled wildernesses and large expanding cities that offer a
variety of entertainment and social interaction for its participants. In Entropia,
participants can create their own persona, or avatar, via a character-generation system,
and then have the option of choosing a suitable life and virtual existence for their avatar.
Characters are able to enter the evolving worlds of Entropia Universe, which are full of
unexplored and uncultivated lands. Participants can join a community or even create a
civilization of their own. Entropia offers a new avenue for individuals to pursue dreams,
fantasies, and adventures in an astoundingly 'real' virtual universe.
In December 2004, Entropia Universe set a world record certified by the Guinness Book
of World Records, when it sold a virtual Treasure Island for US$26,500, the largest
virtual dollar amount spent, to 22-year-old Australian David Storey, a.k.a. "Deathifier."
In October 2005, the sale of an asteroid-based space resort for US$100,000 to famed
gamer, Jon 'NEVERDIE' Jacobs, set a new record for the most valuable virtual item. In
May 2007, MindArk sold five virtual banking licenses for over US$400,000 and among
the buyers are real-world banks and financial establishments, alongside with Entropia
participants.

Entropia Universe is a registered trademark of MindArk PE AB. MindArk supports and
monitors the services and maintenance of the Entropia Universe site. MindArk began in
April of 2003 in Sweden, and has expanded to have partners throughout the world.
Entropia Universe was launched in 2003 and has reached over 580,000 registered
accounts. MindArk offers the Entropia Universe software to users free of charge with no
monthly costs or associated subscription fees. For more information or to download the
free Entropia Universe software please visit www.entropiauniverse.com For more
information about Entropia Universe's developer, MindArk, please visit
www.mindark.com.

 

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