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Planetwide Games Revs Up for Million Dollar Video Game Tournament at E3

  Planetwide Games Exhibits at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los
 Angeles with first skill-based Video Game tournament to give away a million
                                   dollars.

    LOS ANGELES, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Planetwide Games Exhibits at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles with first skill-based Video
Game tournament to give away a million dollars.

    What: "RYL: Path of the Emperor" will be the first Massively Multiplayer
Online Role Playing Game to offer a $1,000,000 Grand Prize to the winner of a
Player vs. Player Skill-Based Tournament. The "RYL" qualifying tournament will
start July 1, 2005, and will end April 30, 2006, culminating in a Final
Tournament event to be broadcast live and to take place in conjunction with
next year's E3 Video Game Expo in May 2006. http://www.RYL.net.

    Planetwide will also be sponsoring the iHollywood Forum event at E3 in the
Fox Sports Skybox in the Staples Center all day on Thursday, May 19.
Highlights include:
    * Planetwide President Kevin Donovan speaking on panel from 3:45pm to
      5:00pm
    * Press reception/ Networking Event from 5:30 to 8:00pm

    You must RSVP with iHollywood to attend any part of the all day event.
http://ihollywoodforum.com/NextGenGames.htm.

    A second event will be eFocus @ Los Angeles, a Pepcom event on May 17, the
eve of the E3 show. The event will take place at the California Market Center
in downtown LA from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Planetwide Games will have a table at
the event with computers displaying "RYL: Path of the Emperor" gameplay and
attendees will have the ability to speak with top Planetwide execs.
    For more information please visit http://www.pepcom.com or RSVP to Jon Pepper at
jon@pepcom.com or Jen Ferency at jen@pepcom.com

    Who: Planetwide Games (a Bluetorch On-Line Games, Inc. company) is based
in Costa Mesa, CA, and is establishing itself as a provider of leading online
video game interactive entertainment. Bringing Worlds Together(TM), Planetwide
Games also develops proprietary online technology and is building a worldwide
network of affiliates to distribute video games.

    Visit http://www.PlanetwideGames.com.

    When: May 18th-May 20th, 2005

    Where: Los Angeles Convention Center, Kentia Hall #6547


     Media Contact:
     Rita Tennyson
     Terpin Communications
     310/821-6100x104
     rita@terpin.com

     Jackie Lacambra
     on site at E3310/719-5508

    This press release distributed by PRWEB (http://www.prwebdirect.com/), a
service of eMediawire.


SOURCE Planetwide Games




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    CONTACT:
    Rita Tennyson of Terpin Communications,
    +1-310-821-6100, ext. 104, or rita@terpin.com, or Jackie
    Lacambra, on site at E3, +1-310-719-5508, both for Planetwide
    Games