HEATWAVE
INTERACTIVE MAKES STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GODS
& HEROES
IP AND CORE ONLINE GAME TECHNOLOGY

Transaction
by NextGen
Entertainment Company Secures Award-winning Roman Mythology Title, Game
Engines
and World-class Online Platform

Austin, Texas –
February 22, 2009 –
Heatwave Interactive™, a
game development studio and online
publisher creating innovative cross-media properties, announced today
the
acquisition of the intellectual property rights and all assets for Gods
& Heroes: Rome Rising
, the highly anticipated Roman
mythology
themed Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game.  As
part of the transaction with PlayGrid™,
Heatwave also obtained a source code license to the PlayGrid Platform,
their
online game publishing technology as well as acquiring two game
development
engines.

style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“Heatwave’s
philosophy is to identify and develop world class
IP, and we believe the project is just that,” said Anthony Castoro,
co-founder
and CEO, Heatwave Interactive. “With this acquisition Heatwave greatly
expands
its core development capabilities as well as adding a well-known,
award-winning
title to its expanding intellectual property portfolio. This game hits
the
Heatwave ‘HIP’ mark in terms of its social gaming features and the
intrinsic
entertainment value found in its mythological storyline, high action
adventure
and beautiful art style. ”

The
newly acquired game engines, previously developed by Perpetual
Entertainment
for in-development titles Gods & Heroes:
Rome Rising
and Star
Trek Online
, will serve as the technology foundation for
Heatwave’s
planned roster of MMOs.

style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“The
Perpetual team built high quality engines and a very robust
and easy-to-use platform. Through this transaction with PlayGrid we
secure all
the necessary components needed to not only complete this game but also
to
operate our entire portfolio of online games on one platform,” said
Donn
Clendenon, co-founder and chief strategy officer, Heatwave Interactive. 
“This world-class online platform technology
will
allow us to reduce both development costs and time to market.”

Gods &
Heroes: Rome Rising
is a full scale
action adventure MMO that immerses the audience in
Roman mythology. Players step into a hero’s sandals to battle monsters
and
command minions while seeking favor from the gods. Heralded at the
Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2006 as “Best in Show” by leading MMO sites Allakhazam
and TenTonHammer, and dubbed
“Game of Show” and “Best Graphics” by MMORPG, God &
Heroes
was in
closed beta when production was halted in 2007.

style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“We at
PlayGrid are thrilled to see Rome rise again with the
Heatwave team,” said Chris McKibbin, co-founder, PlayGrid, and former
president,
Perpetual Entertainment. “Gods and Heroes was designed for both core
and casual
MMO players alike and Heatwave is one of the few studios with the
talent and experience
to fulfill this vision while delivering a final version that will fit
with what
today’s gamers are looking for. We are also thrilled that Heatwave has
chosen
to license the PlayGrid Platform to solve their game operating needs

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With
a strong roadmap of titles and a talented development team, Heatwave
Interactive is focused on incubating its diverse and marketable roster
of
intellectual properties that have cross-media entertainment potential.
The
company has previously announced two IPs: Platinum
Life: Web Edition
and iSamJackson.
A precursor to the in-development massively multiplayer online game, Platinum
Life
will launch March 2010 on social networks and the web, the
game
will offer players the opportunity to become a music icon, taking them
from the
mean streets to the penthouse suites. Heatwave’s first launched title
is the
top-rated entertainment app, iSamJackson
for Apple’s App Store, an
innovative soundboard app that features a extensive collection of
original and
authentic recorded quotes, humorous adages and sage insight all
provided by
mega-celebrity Samuel L. Jackson.

For
information about Heatwave Interactive and their entertainment
offerings,
please visit
www.heatwave.com
and www.godsandheroes.com  

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About
Heatwave Interactive:

Based in Austin,
TX, and established in
2007, Heatwave Interactive, Inc. is a game development studio and
online
publisher revolutionizing the entertainment landscape by creating
cross-media
properties for gaming, film, music and television. The credited works
of the
veteran team includes over 200 commercial video, PC and tabletop games,
and
Academy Award-winning films. Heatwave’s current products offerings
include iSamJackson
(iPhone and iPod touch) and the soon-to-launch hip hop social gaming
experience
Platinum Life: Web Edition (Social Networks/Web). For
more
information please visit
www.heatwave.com

About
PlayGrid:

PlayGrid is a
next-generation online publisher headquartered in
San Francisco, California. PlayGrid provides developers a complete
solution to
publish, market and operate online games. The PlayGrid Platform is the
world’s
leading integrated technology solution for monetizing and servicing
online
content--- from the newest social web game to the big budget MMO. 
With
its service oriented business model PlayGrid offers developers a total
solution
that allows them to stay focused on what they do best-- Build Great
Games. 

For more
information about PlayGrid please visit
href="http://www.playgrid.com">www.playgrid.com


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