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Tesseraction Games to Release Offline Version of ENIGMA: RISING TIDE
Cinematic naval combat game expands to offer an off-line experience.

Eugene, OR, September 12, 2002 - Tesseraction Games, Inc. announced today it will release a limited edition offline version of ENIGMA: RISING TIDE, its upcoming massively-multiplayer cinematic naval combat game. the release is scheduled for the end of September, 2002. ENIGMA: RISING TIDE will be available for purchase over the Internet and will include, upon registration, a free 30-day subscription to the multiplayer game. In addition, a playable demo of the off-line version of ENIGMA: RISING TIDE will be made widely available.

"We've received a large number of requests over the last few months for an offline version of ENIGMA," said Tesseraction Games President Kelly Asay. "Given the strength of that demand, this release makes perfect sense for Tesseraction Games. Our AI runs military strategy like a pro, and an offline version of ENIGMA: RISING TIDE lets us offer the community a taste of what we have in the works for the larger multiplayer game."

"The offline version makes for a fun, suspenseful experience," he said. "Plus you're going to need the training if you want to be competitive when the online version arrives."

According to Asay, ENIGMA customers will get Training Missions, Quick Patrols, and two replayable campaigns, one as a surface ship commander, one as a submarine commander. In addition, the offline version includes Voice Command and Control, an intuitive, easy-to-learn interface, and a real-time ocean from Areté Entertainment that adds a totally new dimension to tactics.

Tesseraction Games continues development on its flagship product, the massively-multiplayer online version of ENIGMA: RISING TIDE, which has been re-targeted for a Holiday release.

ENIGMA: RISING TIDE is an exciting, massively-multiplayer game featuring fast-paced ship-to-ship battles with very high player densities. The multiplayer game software will be available free-of-charge, and following an initial free trial period, players will register and pay a monthly subscription fee. In addition to tracking its persistent storyline, Tesseraction Games plans to release upgrades and expansions every three months for the life of the game, also at no charge to subscribers. More information on the game can be found at http://www.warfleet.net.

ENIGMA: RISING TIDE will unfold a detailed backstory which three Great Power "Empires" wage ware against each other using submarines, destroyers, destroyer escorts, corvettes, tankers, merchantmen, and aircraft. The game is designed to be action-filled and easy-to-learn while providing depth of strategy and cinematic cat-and-mouse suspense. Eventually, player actions and decisions will steer the direction of the alternate history story and the evolution of the online war.

Tesseraction Games has strategic partnerships with Intrinsic Graphics, Areté Entertainment, and Cybernet Systems to give ENIGMA: RISING TIDE a strong foundation for a robust game engine.

About Intrinsic Graphics®
Intrinsic Graphics provides developers and artists a powerful, more efficient way to create games, and to do it across multiple systems. The company's flagship product, Intrinsic Alchemy®, is a high-performance software platform for delivering real-time 3D applications on next-generation game consoles, personal computers, advanced TV set-top boxes and future generation handheld devices. Backed by some of the world's leading gaming and graphics companies including Sony Computer Entertainment, Intrinsic Graphics is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit the Intrinsic Graphics web site at http://www.intrinsic.com.

About Areté Entertainment
Areté Entertainment, Inc, established in 1996, specializes in providing 3D computer graphics software for photo-realistic simulation and rendering of natural environments and pyrotechnic FX to the entertainment/visual FX industry. AEI’s simulation and rendering products are available across a broad range of graphics platforms including Maya, Softimage 3D|Extreme, LightWave, 3D Studio Max, Electric Image Universe and After Effects. AEI’s software products have won numerous industry awards and have been used to generate digital imagery for many feature films such as Pearl Harbor, Castaway, Titanic and Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone. Areté Entertainment, Inc. now offers Digital GameWare API, a middleware solution for adding real-time natural FX to game environments.

About Cybernet Systems
Cybernet Systems Corp. is a profitable, rapidly growing technology-based company focused on developing projects that combine software and Internet intelligence with human-machine interaction. Cybernet has successfully leveraged its wealth of intellectual property to bring force feedback technology to market in the form of game controllers and joysticks, introduced a line of Linux-based Internet appliance software, and launched a PC game enhancement software product. The company continues to innovate in the areas of Internet medical systems, large-scale distributed network training, gaming and gesture control interface technology. Additional information on Cybernet Systems is available on the web at http://www.cybernet.com.

About Tesseraction Games, Inc.
Tesseraction Games is a recent entry to the high-tech computer game industry, focused on creating innovative interactive entertainment software for the global online gaming market. The company employs a 15-person team with over sixty years' experience in video game and software development. The team includes veterans of "AAA" titles, such as Tribes 2, Super Street Figher 2, X-Men, Trophy Bass Fishing, Dungeons & Dragons, and Darkstalkers. The company is based in Eugene, Oregon. For more information, please visit http://www.tesseractiongames.com.