New Features And Fun On An Expanded Yahoo! Games

Starting today, gaming fans have a new online destination to find everything they need when it comes to their favorite pastime. The newly enhanced Yahoo!Games delivers features essential for serious and casual gamers alike with a newly designed site including new games, expanded content and an improved interface. Now consumers can find conveniently placed content including strategy guides, the hottest downloadable game demos, more comprehensive news and reviews from leading game authorities, and the ability to purchase the latest games online through Yahoo! Shopping. Also, close integration with Yahoo! Messenger allows gamers to instantly find friends online, join them in the gaming action and communicate during play.

Yahoo! Games is a premier gaming destination on the Internet, said David Mandelbrot, general manager, Yahoo! Entertainment. Fans of Yahoo! Games have always enjoyed classic games such as Spades, Chess and Euchre, so we've added several new games to our selection. We also expanded Yahoo! Games to appeal to fans of PC and console games by offering more comprehensive news and features and we've heightened the social aspect to online gaming through tighter incorporation with Yahoo! Messenger. This is just the latest example of integrating the powerful tools of our network to bring added benefits to our vast community of gamers.

Yahoo! Games has expanded its selection of classic games with several new offerings including perennial favorite MahJong, a competitive card game called Pyramids, a game designed for concentration-game enthusiasts named JT's Blocks, and for gamers who enjoy the thrill of rolling the dice, Dice Slider. With its varied selection of both single-player and multi-player games, Yahoo! Games is a comprehensive destination for online entertainment.

* Relationships with leading content providers allow Yahoo! Games to bring a wealth of the latest PC and console gaming news, reviews, strategies, demos and trailers to gaming aficionados. When added to the abundant selection of classic games being offered, the new Yahoo! Games is a gateway to all things gaming related on the Internet. Featured content providers to Yahoo! Games include:

* GameSpot, a premier provider to Yahoo! Games and a media property of CNET Networks, Inc., GameSpot is a leading gaming content and services site on the Web and will bring comprehensive news, reviews, previews and cheats to Yahoo! Games fans.

* GamePower, CMP Media Inc.'s gaming super-site, is one of the leading computer and console game review sites for serious gamers, and will provide Yahoo! Games with distinctive reviews, previews, demos, cheats, hints, walk-throughs, and Easter-eggs.

* Gigex, Inc., a leading provider of high quality game demos and trailers on the Internet, will allow visitors to Yahoo! Games to sample the newest game releases via the Top50 demos and the Daily Download.

* IGN.com, a network of Snowball, and voted Top Web Hangout is a leading entertainment and gaming destination for young males aged 13-30 and will provide visitors to Yahoo! Games with its unique brand of gaming product news, reviews and previews.

* Prima Games, a leading source of official print and online strategy guides for PC and console games, Prima Games will share its popular strategy guides with Yahoo! Games users, as well as its comprehensive games reviews, news and previews.

For the first time, gamers now have the ability to communicate effortlessly with friends via Yahoo! Games' new integration with Yahoo! Messenger, an instant communication, notification and information tool available for PC users at. With the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger, when a friend is online and in a Yahoo! Games gaming room, an icon becomes visible next to their name. An individual can easily see what that friend is playing, and in which gaming room. With one click of the mouse, the user can instantly join that friend, and enter the game. This optional feature also allows friends to share scores, adding a further competitive element.

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