Buku Sudoku

SUDOKU ON-DEMAND DEVELOPMENT

Absolutist Ltd and Merscom LLC Announce Multi-Title Deal For Sudoku Game Development

October 25, 2005 - Absolutist Ltd today unveiled the details of a deal to produce multiple titles based on its highly competitive and proprietary sudoku puzzle technology for Merscom LLC, a North Carolina publisher of PC and console games. Developed for the PC, Absolutist's sudoku games will be published worldwide.

Merscom first tapped Absolutist to develop Buku Sudoku, a feature-packed game that will raise the bar for all sudoku titles currently on the market. Absolutist was chosen for the project due to its broad experience in the development of casual games for mass audiences, and particularly for its talent in honing sudoku game technology and algorithms. The decision was also prompted by the fact that Absolutist has an R&D department that is known for its preliminary research aptitude and information streamlining procedures.

Buku Sudoku is scheduled for retail release in North America later this fall. Announcements regarding the additional titles are forthcoming.

About Absolutist

Absolutist Ltd. (http://absolutist.com) is a game developer and publisher with a staff of close to 70 and headquarters in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Each programmer has at least five years of experience specializing in C++ programming, Flash, Shockwave, JavaScript and more. Absolutist provides clients with unmatched experience in on-demand game and applications development, cross-platform porting, localization as well as expertise in reducing costs, improving service and maximizing revenue.

About Merscom

Merscom LLC (http://www.merscom.com/) is a publisher of PC and console games. Founded in 1999 by video game veterans with over a decade of experience working with the industry's leading developers and publishers, Merscom produces fun, easy to pick up and play entertainment products for gamers of all ages.

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Press Release (Oct. 25, 2005) - absolutist.com

Experience the puzzle sensation that is sweeping the globe. Buku Sudoku offers countless hours of Sudoku logic challenges and even teaches you how to beat them.

Choose from soothing themes like Ancient Japan, Underwater Paradise, and Tropical Rainforest.

Create and solve your own Sudoku puzzles, including those found online and in newspapers! The most all-inclusive Sudoku game on the market, Buku Sudoku ships with a built-in tutorial, a robust puzzle generator, two game modes, three difficulty levels, and options that let you customize grids, display hints, highlight errors, undo moves, and solve puzzles.

Features* Beginners welcome! Develop your Sudoku strategy with the handy "How To Play" and "Hint" functions. * Two game modes: Play at your leisure in Puzzle Mode or test your skills in the timed Arcade Mode. Both let you vie for a spot on the Top Ten list. * Create your own Sudoku playing board or choose from countless randomly generated grids. * Experiment with grids in all the classic sizes - 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, 9x9, 12x12 and 16x16. * Three difficulty levels will keep you satisfied, no matter what your degree of expertise. * Quickly solve ANY Sudoku puzzle using the "Create Your Own Sudoku" feature. * Decode Sudoku puzzles using numbers, letters, shapes, animals—even Japanese characters. * Save, print and email any Sudoku game.

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merscom.com

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - March 14, 2007 - Merscom, a leading publisher of casual PC and console games, has selected Gate to Games for online distribution of eight of the company's most popular casual and action titles. The titles covered by the agreement range from puzzle games to adventure and strategy titles and include Buku Sudoku, Buku Kakuro, Ball 7, D.N.A, Masterpiece Fishing, Fastlane Pinball, WWII Tank Commander, and X2 Zombie Smashers.

Gate to Games, an e-commerce solution created by Defendion, allows publishers to create their own distribution platform and manage their own products and online activities through an administration center. In addition, Gate to Games has a unique online protection system that protects games against unauthorized copying and allows for the creation of limited trial versions.

"We are very excited to work with Defendion," said Lloyd Melnick, Director of Merscom. "We find their technology and business model very promising."

About Merscom

Merscom is a global publisher of computer and video games that distributes games through multiple channels, multiple platforms and multiple revenue models. Merscom's channels include retail distribution in the US and Europe, online sale through major portals worldwide and games on Microsoft® Xbox Live® Arcade. Merscom publishes games from leading casual game developers, including Sandlot Games, Reflexive Entertainment, Absolutist and Pi-Eye Games. Merscom publishes on multiple platforms including PC, console and handheld. Merscom produces entertaining products for gamers of all ages and guarantees all customers a great experience with its "Fun Guarantee." For more information visit www.merscom.com.

About Gate to Games and Defendion

Gate to Games is an e-commerce solution for selling downloadable games worldwide, offering world-class copy protection for free of charge and providing sellers with an ability to manage and protect their products through a web-based administration system. For more information visit www.gatetogames.com.

Defendion is the leading developer of innovative software security solutions and the originator of cutting edge software protection technology, Full Metamorphosis, which significantly enhances the strength of software protection. Defendion enables the software industry to build secure application software by providing it with range anti-piracy solutions that prevent unauthorized copying, use and distribution of software applications. For more information visit www.defendion.com.

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Press Release (March 14, 2007)

They've appeared in newspapers, on mobile game devices, and all of the Internet. Countless books have been published, both as sets of puzzles and on strategies to solve them. The puzzle that took the world by storm in 2005 is Sudoku, and it has that signature feature of popular puzzles everywhere; it's easy to learn, but keeps you occupied for hours.

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GameTap Overview Page

Experience the excitement of the world's hottest number game sensation! Buku Sudoku™ takes the pen-and-paper puzzler high-tech with HD graphics, helpful tutorials, single- and multiplayer game modes, multiple grid sizes, and the option to display hints, highlight errors, undo moves, and even solve puzzles. 1,200 puzzles give you plenty of opportunity to challenge your own brain, play cooperatively with friends, race head-to-head to see who can complete a board first, or compete in the new battle mode, where completing a line, row, or square will remove numbers from your opponent's board. It's Sudoku however you like to play it!

• Multiplayer: Three different modes offer new ways to play that are impossible on paper, including co-op, team battle, and even an active duel where your performance directly affects your opponent's puzzle.
• Puzzles galore: Fifteen books worth of Sudoku puzzles are ready for play at your leisure.
• Sudoku your way: Buku Sudoku supports multiple controllers, allowing players to choose how they wish to play. The player's ability to customize the game is furthered by a series of optional control schemes. With eight options to choose from, whether it's picking between the one-handed setup, the casual scheme, the faster-than-paper advanced scheme, or even a dance pad, there is a control option to suit any person or mood.

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www.playstation.com

Egal ob Sie Einsteiger oder bereits erfahrener Sudoku-Knobler sind - Sie werden BUKU SUDOKU lieben!

Auszug der Features:

• Schier endloses Spielvergnügen durch Millionen möglicher Spielfelder

• 3 verschiedene Grafikstile: tropischer Wald; altes Japan: Unterwasser Paradies

• 2 Spielmodi - Puzzle und Arcade

• Editor zum Erstellen eigener Level

• Verschiedene Schwierigkeitsmodi

• Unterschiedliche Spielfeldgrößen

• Jedes Level kann zu jedem Zeitpunkt gespeichert, gedruckt oder per E-Mail versandt werden

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