CINCINNATI, Aug. 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Games Inc. (OTCBB:GMSI) has introduced new Chat features and a ranking system to its www.GameLand.com casual game site. The new features which are currently nearing completion of Beta testing, will be available to players of GameLand's popular Crow game this week and will rolled out to the site's other multi-player games over the next month.
"We have seen a very positive response to these new Chat and Ranking features during our Beta Test," said Tristan Smith, Games, Inc. CTO, "and have already experienced a 25% increase in play of our Crow game over the past two weeks."
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www.GameLand.com is the casual game site that offers free and tournament-style play of both card games and puzzle games.
Cincinnati, Ohio-based, Games, Inc. operates in the area of interactive entertainment primarily focused on Government Sponsored Lotteries and Internet Games. The Company's principal business owns and operates a portfolio of online portals focused on the delivery of interactive entertainment and content to consumers. The Company features two community-focused online game sites as well as proprietary games for purchase-and-download, conventional online play, peer-to-peer and tournament game play. Games, Inc. also features a digital greetings site and a site and proprietary back-end system for the online facilitation and reporting of state and provincially-sponsored Lotteries. Revenues are largely driven by lottery information services, online advertising and subscriptions along side merchandise and lottery-driven commissions. For more information, please visit the Company's corporate website, www.gamesinc.net, or their portfolio sites, www.gameland.com, www.skillmoney.com, www.lottery.com and www.cards.com or contact Sue Craner at investorrelations@gamesinc.net.
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