Stainless Steel Studios Kicks Off Daily Empire Earth®

                   Historical Trivia Contest Online

                         (www.stainlesstseelstudios.com)

For Immediate Release

Question: What civilization invented the concept of immortality?

Answer: Egyptian

This is the type of historical trivia question gamers can answer in order to win awesome prizes at the
official Empire Earth web site (http://www.stainlessstudios.com).

Stainless Steel Studios, the game development company founded by Rick Goodman
(creator/lead-design of Microsoft’s Age of Empires®), has announced a daily historical trivia
contest that’s being held online at the company’s web site, starting on July 31st.

Gamers interested in learning more about Empire Earth – the real-time, multi-player strategy
game for the next millennium that’s being created by Goodman, and those who want to
participate in the daily historical trivia contest, should visit the official Stainless Steel Studios web site at
http://www.stainlesssteelstudios.com.

Each day, a new historical trivia question will be posted on the site. The answer to this question can be
researched online, within the site’s ‘Empire Earth Encyclopedia’ area. One
winner will be picked at random from those who submit the correct answer to the daily trivia question.

For the first fifty (50) days of the contest, collectible 11" x 17", full-color, limited edition posters,
offering a sneak preview of the Empire Earth game’s technology tree (numbered and
autographed by Rick Goodman) and suitable for framing, will be awarded. Future prizes will include
Empire Earth T-shirts, hats, mouse pads and other official merchandise.

"Since we announced the formation of Stainless Steel Studios and the development of Empire Earth,
the response from gamers around the world has been phenomenal. Our web site is the best place for
gamers to keep tabs on the game’s development and also participate in exciting contests that
relate to the game and to real-life history," stated Rick Goodman, founder of Stainless Steel Studios,
Inc.

Empire Earth will use the core game play experience that Age of Empires offered as a starting point,
but will offer gamers an entirely new type of multi-player, real-time strategy game experience.

This summer, Stainless Steel Studios plans to announce an exclusive distribution and marketing
partnership with a major software publisher to handle the worldwide release of Empire Earth and the
company’s subsequent titles, including multiple expansion packs for Empire Earth.

For more information about Stainless Steel Studios or Empire Earth call:

                              Dara-Lynn Pelechatz

                        Director of Corporate Communications

                                 (617) 437-6605

                         dara-lynn@stainlesssteelstudios.com

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    Microsoft and Age of Empires are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Empire Earth is a trademark of Stainless Studios, Inc.