Press Release

Rockville, MD (June 4, 1998) – Simutronics, the leader in multiplayer online games, announced today that their award-winning games are now featured on mplayer.com™ , the industry’s top-rated online games service.

The two companies have teamed up so that Simutronics’ hit titles GemStone™ III, DragonRealms™ , CyberStrike™ , Modus Operandi™ and Hercules and Xena: Alliance of Heroes™ are playable directly from mplayer.com. Mplayer.com’s more than 700,000 members around the world can now play some of the most popular games ever designed for online multiplayer game play while reaping all the benefits of playing games on mplayer.com.

Simutronics games fans will also discover mplayer.com to be a great place to hang out and find information. Mplayer.com will feature a Simutronics area on the mplayer.com Web site where fans can learn more about the games. Special chat rooms, contests, tournaments, events and promotional opportunities centered on the Simutronics’ titles will also be part of the offering.

"The introduction of our games into the mplayer.com community is a terrific fit," David Whatley, President and CEO of Simutronics. "Not only do we share a common philosophy centered on compelling games and close community, but we get a chance to showcase our titles in front of mplayer.com’s more than hundreds of thousands of games fans."

Brian Apgar, general manager for mplayer.com, predicts that mplayer.com members will thrive on the richly-developed worlds of Simutronics games. "Simutronics is one of the pioneers in online game play," explained Apgar, "And their ten years in the business have made them a force to be reckoned with. Titles like GemStone IV have truly defined the multiplayer experience."

Simutronics games will be accessible through mplayer.com on a monthly subscription basis. As part of the partnership, mplayer.com members will receive special offers and promotions.

About Simutronics

Simutronics Corp. (http://simutronics.com), the Internet game company, designs, develops, and operates games created from the ground up for collaborative play over the Internet and through online services. The company’s games have web sites at http://gemstone.net, http://dragonrealms.net, http://cyberstrike.net, http://herculesxena.play.net and http://modusoperandi.net. The company competes with companies such as Kesmai, Total Entertainment Network (TEN), Engage, 3DO and Ultima Online from Electronic Arts. Founded in 1987, Simutronics Corp. is a privately held corporation with offices in St. Charles, Missouri, and Rockville, Maryland. Washington Technology has selected Simutronics as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Washington, DC area.

About mplayer.com

Launched in 1996, mplayer.com is rated the top Internet games and entertainment service by such leading industry publications as Yahoo! Internet Life. Mplayer.com offers the best and broadest range of online games to thousands of game enthusiasts throughout North America. In February 1997, mplayer.com made a revolutionary move as the first commercial online game service to offer free Internet game play so game fans can play hit games such as Quake II, Scrabble, and Spades against hundreds of thousands of opponents on the Internet at no charge. For only $39.95 per year, game fans can sign up for mplayer.com’s premium membership, PLUS and access special content, ratings and rankings features for special games, online events and tournaments. Mplayer.com remains the leading visionary to deliver superior communication technologies and cutting-edge software. Mplayer.com can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.mplayer.com. Mplayer.com is a business unit of Mpath Interactive, a company dedicated to providing technology and services for the creation of people-to-people experiences on the Internet.