SWING FOR THE FENCES WITH THE NEW ONLINE UBO HOMERUN TOURNAMENT

Netamin Releases Second Mini-game for its Forthcoming  Massively Multi Player Online Baseball Title

DIAMOND BAR, CALIF. – Jan. 2, 2003 – Netamin® Communication Corporation, a global pioneer in Massively Multiplayer Online Sports Games (MMOSG), has launched its latest Ultimate Baseball Online (UBO) mini-game, UBO Homerun Tournament.  Players can swing for the fences by downloading the game, available now at: www.UltimateBaseballOnline.com.

UBO Homerun Tournament is the second mini-game released by Netamin in order to help familiarize gamers with the forthcoming Massively Multiplayer Online Sports Game, Ultimate Baseball Online.  The newest installment allows players to compete, going toe-to-toe with other sluggers, for the homerun championship crown.

“Hitting homeruns requires extraordinary eye-hand coordination and this game certainly tests your skills.  I’ve hit home runs against the major league’s best, but now I get to test my skills against anyone on the Internet,” said Darrell Evans, 21-year Major League Veteran, All-Star and Netamin baseball consultant.  “The online competition will let baseball fans everywhere in the world get in on the action.”

Gamers can log into the UBO Homerun Tournament clubhouse to, select difficulty level, join a competition or host one of their own.  Up to four players can take turns stepping up to the plate in a virtual 3D stadium.  Each slugger is given ten pitches and every ball is either knocked out of the park for a homerun or counted as an out.  Live chat functions allow players to talk trash during the tournament or even in the clubhouse.  All individual statistics are automatically tracked so players can check out their homerun hitting skills.

Also available on the UBO website is UBO Batting Zone, which showcases the individual batting aspect of Ultimate Baseball Online.  Since the first mini-game launched, over ten thousand gamers have registered with the UBO site.

“We genuinely appreciate the huge response and support from fans who are awaiting the launch of UBO.  With UBO Homerun Tournament, we hope to offer everyone a bigger glimpse into Ultimate Baseball Online,” said Andy Wang, CEO of Netamin.  “UBO Homerun Tournament gives players the chance to check out the greatest feature of UBO, multiplayer online competition.”

A free seven-day trial of UBO Homerun Tournament is available to download at: www.UltimateBaseballOnline.com.   The new game is also free for all existing UBO Batting Zone customers.

The final, massively multi player version of UBO will “throw out the first pitch” in early 2003.

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