New 10 foot enhanced version of GameTap offers hundreds of games and original

video programming for Intel(R) Viiv(TM) technology-based Microsoft Windows XP

Media Center Edition 2005

    LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- GameTap and Intel Corporation today
 announced that GameTap, Turner Broadcasting's first-of-its-kind broadband
 games and entertainment network, is verified to work with the Intel(R)
 Viiv(TM) technology platform, bringing the digital PC entertainment experience
 to life 10 feet away on a television monitor.
     GameTap offers access to original programming and more than 300 of the
 greatest videogames, playable from a broadband connected PC. With games from a
 wide variety of platforms, genres and publishers, GameTap has been heralded as
 the "#1 pick" in Electronic Gaming Monthly's "Hot 10 List" for January 2006.
     With the "10 foot" version of GameTap, consumers will have on-demand
 access to a universe of games and video programming on their television
 monitor through their PC running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
 2005. As an Intel Viiv technology verified service, it is now easier to play
 GameTap using wireless USB peripheral game controllers and MCE remote control.
 Rich 3-D navigation and sophisticated graphics, combined with the speed of
 processing through Intel's powerful dual-core processors, will make the
 GameTap gaming experience a unique Intel Viiv technology verified application.
     "Playing GameTap just got better for consumers as we take the experience
 beyond the PC environment and into virtually any room in the home," said
 GameTap General Manager Stuart Snyder. "The ability to expand the playground
 to a large screen and experience the network in a bigger way brings the
 consumer into an even more immersive world of video games and makes playing
 even more compelling."
     "For all of us who love playing video games, GameTap's effort to bring its
 huge selection of video games to the comfort of the couch is ground-breaking,"
 said Intel's Kevin Corbett, vice president, Digital Home Group and general
 manager, Content Services Group. "Adding this type of experience to Intel Viiv
 technology-based PCs furthers our goal of bringing new forms of interactive
 entertainment to the living room."
     "We're pleased that GameTap is making their library of on-demand games
 available in an optimized format for Media Center Edition Users," said Dave
 Mendlen, director of Windows Consumer Marketing at Microsoft Corp. "They join
 our growing list of content providers, helping us deliver consumers the most
 diverse and relevant selection of digital lifestyle and entertainment content
 available at the touch of a button on a remote control."
     GameTap features everything from Pong(R), Pac-Man(R) and Tom Clancy's
 Splinter Cell(R), to Sonic(R) and Myst(R). Turner has licensed nearly 1,200
 games from 24 publishers, including Activision, Atari, Capcom(R), Cyan,
 Codemasters, Dreamcatcher Interactive, Eidos Interactive, Electronic Arts,
 First Star Software, G-Mode, Intellivision Lives, Ironstone, Knowledge
 Adventure, Midway, Namco, SEGA, TAITO, Take-Two Interactive Software, Taurus
 Media, Team 17, Telegames, 3000AD, Ubisoft and Vivendi Universal Games.
 
     To play, game lovers just download the GameTap software, which acts as a
 gateway to the GameTap vault. The multi-level vault features a diverse mix of
 titles and platforms -- something for everyone. These are organized in a
 series of game rings, including "hot picks" and user favorites, as well as
 games organized by game type (e.g., action, adventure, strategy, etc.) and
 game system (e.g., Sega Dreamcast and Genesis, Atari 2600, PC games and more).
 Once a game is selected, each title displays an associated "InfoCard" that
 includes directions for playing, control options, and tips, as well as
 parental controls (the vault contains "E," "E10+" and "T" titles, only) and
 top scores from the GameTap community.
     Because games reside securely on the PC, not across a network, they play
 as if they were still on the console or at the arcade, with fast response
 times, 3D effects, and original colors and characters. Like a premium channel,
 subscribers will pay a flat monthly fee for an "all-you-can-play" experience
 on up to two household PCs and also can have several sub accounts.
 
     Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. a Time Warner company, is a major
 producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading
 provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
 
     Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies,
 products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live.
 Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
 
     Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 delivers advanced computing
 plus easy-to-use integrated digital entertainment, including live and recorded
 television, movies, music, photos and radio, that consumers can enjoy when and
 how they want. It provides an all-in-one digital entertainment hub, accessible
 on either a PC monitor or TV display, using a single remote control.
 
     Intel and Intel Viiv are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel
 Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
 
 

SOURCE  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.