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“Worms Forts: Under Siege” to Launch Exclusively Via Download

November 29, 2004. San Francisco, CA.

Trymedia Systems Brings Latest Title of Multi-Million Selling Strategy Game to PCs. Trymedia will exclusively release “Worms Forts: Under Siege,” Team 17’s new title of the popular Worms® franchise, throughout North and South America.

Technology Veterans Join Trymedia Systems’ Board of Directors

October 4, 2004. San Francisco, CA.

Trymedia Systems, secure digital distribution services provider and operator of the world’s largest distribution network for downloadable games, has bolstered its board of directors with the addition of two new members, Paul N. Bialek, former CFO of RealNetworks, Inc., and William J. Miller, former Chairman and CEO of Avid Corporation.

Trymedia Systems Increases European Presence, Expands World’s Largest Downloadable Game Distribution Network

August 31, 2004. San Francisco, CA.

Trymedia Systems today announced that two of the largest portals in Austria, Krone and Aon.at, part of Telekom Austria, have joined Trymedia’s International Distribution Network and will offer try-before-you-buy downloadable games to their visitors.

Trymedia Systems Moves to New SF Location, Opens London Office

June 9, 2004. San Francisco, CA.

Secure digital distribution experts Trymedia Systems today underscored the growth of the company’s market share in the games and entertainment software industry by announcing their move to larger headquarters in San Francisco and the hiring of several new executives. Additionally, the company has opened an office in London.

Game publishers Activision Value, Brighter Child, Eidos and Wildtangent tap Trymedia Systems to digitally distribute games

May 13, 2004. Los Angeles, CA (Electronic Entertainment Expo).

Game publishers Activision Value Publishing, Brighter Child Interactive, Eidos and WildTangent are among the latest companies to sign with Trymedia Systems, a digital distribution technology and services provider. Trymedia and its publisher customers are greatly increasing the variety and number of games available for download with options like Singles: Flirt up your Life and Apache AH-64 Air Assault among many others.

Trygames.com reveals latest downloadable games, launches "free trial CD" program

May 13, 2004. Los Angeles, CA (Electronic Entertainment Expo).

Today Trygames.com, one of the Internet’s fastest-growing game sites, revealed the names of game titles recently made available for legitimate online download Additionally the company has launched a ‘Free Trial CD’ offer for those who want or need a hard copy of games either because of dial-up Internet access limitations or for backup.

Trymedia Systems announces round 'B' funding from Intel Digital Home Fund and other investors

April 21, 2004. San Francisco, CA.

Trymedia Systems, a secure distribution technology and services company, today announced that it closed its “B” funding round. The investment is being led by the Intel Digital Home Fund and augmented by individual investors.

AOL UK tempts broadband gamers with ‘try before you buy’ option

March 25, 2004. GDC , San Jose, CA.

AOL UK has signed an agreement with PC games distribution services provider, Trymedia Systems, to provide AOL members with instant access to hundreds of major game titles online, which they can purchase and download straight from a co-branded site on the AOL UK service.

Yahoo! Australia, KPN, Eircom and Scandinavian Games deals grow Trymedia Systems' global game distribution network

March 25, 2004. GDC , San Jose, CA.

Trymedia Systems today made public agreements to distribute the ActiveMARK-secured game catalog through Yahoo Australia & NZ, KPN, Eircom and Scandinavian Games Ltd. In addition, Trymedia will offer technology enhancements aimed at the company’s international game and software developer, publisher and distribution affiliate customers.

Stats on consumer copying and sharing habits for PC games revealed

March 24, 2004. GDC , San Jose, CA.

Secure distribution technology and services provider Trymedia Systems today made public the results of a recent survey on consumer copying and sharing habits of PC games purchased at retail. The survey results indicate that although consumers are aware of the legal and ethical implications, they continue to copy games for archival purposes and social obligations.

Trymedia Systems offers first single secure delivery solution for simultaneous protection of online and retail games

March 24, 2004. GDC , San Jose, CA.

The game industry’s leading provider of digital distribution services, Trymedia Systems, announces the immediate availability of ActiveMARK™ version 5.2.

Strategy First teams with Trymedia to expand online game offerings

March 5, 2004. Montreal, Canada.

PC Game publisher/developer Strategy First is pleased to announce it has entered into a partnership with Trymedia Systems to use their unique distribution technology; ActiveMARK to bring SFI titles to a larger market.

Security track to focus on latest game protection challenges at GDC 04

March 3, 2004. San Francisco, CA.

Trymedia Systems will sponsor an entire track of sessions focused on the latest game security challenges at the upcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Jose, California.

Trygames and SwiftCD Team Up for Free Trial PC Game CD Capability

January 22, 2004. Conyers, Georgia

SwiftCD.com, the leading on-demand CD/DVD manufacturing and fulfillment service, and downloadable game destination Trygames have announced a partnership to offer Trygames’ customers dynamic built-to-order custom CDs.
IGN Joins Trymedia Distribution Network to offer Gamers Immersive Trial Experience

November 5, 2003. San Francisco, CA.

IGN Entertainment – home to IGN.com, the web’s largest gaming and entertainment destination and Trymedia Systems, today announced an arrangement that will bring full version PC game trials from Trymedia Systems’ catalogue to the IGN Network.

Gamespy-Trymedia agreement enables digital distribution of full games online

November 4, 2003. Irvine, CA.

GameSpy Industries, the operator of FilePlanet, the Internet’s leading site for online game file distribution, and digital distribution expert Trymedia Systems today announced that GameSpy has licensed Trymedia’s ActiveMARK digital rights management technology.

Rise in downloadable game ofering expected to give PC game sales a boost this holiday season

October 1, 2003. San Francisco, CA.

Trymedia Systems, a leader in the digital distribution of games, reports that as soon as Q4 of this year, sales of downloadable games can be expected to noticeably impact the PC game market, which has in recent years struggled to grow.

Sony Pictures Digital Networks releases Charlie’s Angels: Angel X

June 2, 2003. Culver City, CA

Sony Pictures Digital Networks announced today that "Charlie’s Angels™: Angel X" is now available. The network-delivered game can be accessed via the film's official web site, The Station, and a series of premiere distribution partners.

Legitimate entertainment downloads break through to the mass market

May 1, 2003. San Francisco, CA

If you thought file-sharing was a dirty word, you might have to take a closer look because legitimate downloadable entertainment is now reaching the masses in record numbers.

Trymedia Systems releases ActiveMARK 4.0 and software development kit

February 24, 2003. San Francisco, CA

If you thought file-sharing was a dirty word, you might have to take a closer look because legitimate downloadable entertainment is now reaching the masses in record numbers.

File-sharing transformed into file-giving for the holidays

November 21, 2002. San Francisco, CA

Doing your holiday shopping online is super convenient. Free shipping with your online purchase is nice too. Now, for the first time, Trymedia Systems is introducing free digital delivery of PC videogames directly to a gift recipient’s computer.

	November 4, 2004 Associated Press Trio of hot new games victimized by piracy “Gabe Zichermann, vice president of strategy and communications of security company Trymedia Systems, said video games are particularly vulnerable because so many people handle the games -- from artists and programmers to workers who package the final product. He said 70 percent of corporate security breakdowns are caused by insiders.”
	September 23, 2004 Electronic Gaming Business Download Time: Digital Distribution Goes Hardcore “What everyone wants in the market is more core gaming,” says Gabe Zichermann, VP of Strategy and Communications, Trymedia, which supplies the ActiveMark DRM wrapper for files at GameSpot, IGN, and AOL.”
	September 10, 2004 Gamers Europe Interview with Gabe Zichermann “For most indies, digital distribution is now the only option - the cost and risk of producing first run (retail) titles is prohibitive. Talk to any indie developer today and they'll tell you the same thing - if you want to self-publish you have to do it via download…”
	September 9, 2004 Indie Magazine Trymedia Increases European Presence “The downloadable games service provided by Trymedia Systems is set to widen its reach with two of the largest portals in Austria, Krone and Aon.at, part of Telecom Austria, joining the firm’s distribution network… The deal further increases Trymedia’s business-to-business distribution network for downloadable games.”
	May 6, 2004 The New York Times America Online introduced a video game site yesterday for high-speed subscribers “AOL said it would add games and game demos from companies including Trymedia…”
	May 5, 2004 Reuters AOL Launches Site For Video Games “Matthew Bromberg, vice president and general manager of AOL Games, told Reuters, ‘Nothing is more popular with broadband users than games.”
	April 21, 2004 The San Francisco Chronicle Intel Cash Heading For Home Chipmakers VC Fund to Pursue Digital Goal “Gabe Zichermann, Trymedia’s vice president of strategy and communications, said Intel’s investment validates his firm’s technology.”
	April 12, 2004 MCV One Technology Analyst Says Interest in Games On Demand is Slated to Spike – With More ISPs and Publishers Readying New Offers “It seems that companies such as Exent and Trymedia are both solving the digital-rights-management issue well. Trymedia has a very unique approach.”
	April 3, 2004 MCV Peer Pressure “The majority of piracy is casual. These people don’t want to harm revenue, so we must change the content model.”
	April 1, 2004 MCV AOL Sets Sights on Games, But Retail Shouldn’t Worry “Retail will not cease to exist, but we have a shifting landscape that needs to be addressed as we go forward.”
	March 30, 2004 Gamedaily AOL UK signs on with Trymedia “AOL UK has entered into an agreement with Trymedia Systems that will see the former provide its users with a wide range of PC games in a try-before-you-buy format.”
	March 25, 2004 Consumer Electronics Daily Videogame copying rampant but can be harnessed study says The company, whose ActiveMARK digital rights management (DRM) for games allows consumers controlled copying, also contended that ability could benefit game developers through “viral sales.”
	March 25, 2004 The Register If consumers want to copy games, let them “…the desire to make back-ups and the social reasons for copying are not going to go away, and should rather be leveraged than discouraged.”
	March 24, 2004 Tom’s Hardware New Trymedia Products Secures CDs as well as Downloads “Digital distribution solution provider Trymedia has announced the launch of a new version of its ActiveMARK security software which offers protection to traditional boxed PC games as well as downloaded titles.”
	March 24, 2004 Gamedaily Poll Eyes Copying / Sharing of PC Games “Why copy games? The top three reasons were: personal backup, to share them with friends and to use them on multiple computers.”
	March 24, 2004 Gameindustry.biz ActiveMark 5.2 Now Available “Two companies have already signed up to use ActiveMARK 5.2 for their boxed game distribution this year, with both Eidos and PopCap on board to use the product.”
	January 28, 2004 Gamedaily Weekly Update “ Companies such as Trymedia have already had significant success with digital distribution...”
	December 31, 2003 CNN Headline News A Few Online Games Can Be Priceless (At Trygames.com)“gamers can test various titles before paying cash to make them part of their online collection.”
	November 7, 2003 Consumer Electronic News IGN Entertainment Said it Signed a Deal “ IGN already posted the first game trial for Civilization III Gold Edition…”
	October 27, 2003 Games Arcadia Try PC Games Before You Buy “A Trymedia portal (trygames.com) that has been storming the Internet like gangbusters.”
	October 8, 2003 National Journal’s Technology Daily Tech Firm Finds Success Trading Games Via Filesharing “… the entire computer game industry had adapted to digital distribution and that 11 of the top 20 companies also embrace P2P distrribution.”
	September 29, 2003 Games Analyst Games Industry Seeks to Head Off Online Piracy “The spread of broadband has eliminated the file size safety barrier.”
	September 29, 2003 Games Analyst Trymedia Harnesses the Power of P2P Networks for Games “Trymedia Systems, a digital distribution technology and services provider, is making a name for itself in the videogames space with its ActiveMARK platform.”
	September 25, 2003 New Media Age Guerilla Gameplay: P2P network users are often seen as the pirates of the Internet. But instead of trying to catch them, the games industry is looking to turn them legit, by using P2P itself as a sales channel. “ It’s likely that more of the largest publishers will be following the lead of Eidos and Atari before too long.”

Best Buy's Next Online Sell: Games
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
September 1, 2003

Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour Flies Again on P2P
Electronic Gaming Business
May 7, 2003

ActiveMARK 4.0 Released
Gamedaily
February 24, 2003

P2P Growth Up Sharply
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
February 23, 2003

Kazaa Looks For Salvation
CNN
February 10, 2003

Is Digital Distribution the Future of Gaming?
GIGnews.com
February 1, 2003

Firm Turning File-Sharing Into Money Maker
Internet.com
November 22, 2002

Marketers Try to Turn Web Pirates Into Customers
New York Times
November 4, 2002

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