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Cambridge, Mass. – May 22, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three tracks from industrial metal pioneers Ministry will be added to the Rock Band^®Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION^®3 computer entertainment system and the Wii™ system. Also coming in next week’s lineup is music from The Cranberries and The Zombies.

Ministry played together from 1981 until 2008 and, during this time, laid the foundation for American industrial metal. The “Ministry Pack 01” will feature “Cuz U R Next,” from The Wicked Soundtrack by Al Jourgensen, the Ministry frontman-scored soundtrack to the 2008 film, Wicked Lake, as well as “The Great Satan” and the Grammy-nominated“LiesLiesLies,”both from the band’s 2006 album Rio Grande Blood. This three pack marks Ministry’s first appearance in the Rock Band catalog.

Also making Rock Band soundtrack debuts next week are 60s English rock band, The Zombies, and Irish alternative rock band, The Cranberries. “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No,” both from The Zombies self-titled 1966 album, will be made available, as will “Linger,” from The Cranberries 1993 album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? The song was named by VH1 as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s.

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City of Industry, CA., (May, 2009) – For years we’ve been personalizing out favorite handheld game devices, iPod™’s and laptops with custom decals. But the fact is most decals quickly bubble, peal and fade in a very short time. Now Innex has announced the launch of Exo-Flex Skins which have been engineered with RapidAir® Technology by Orajet to eliminate air bubbles and significantly extend the life of the decal.

Exo-Flex Skins, which will debut at E3 2009, conform perfectly to any surface. Injected with three layers of resistant material, Exo-Flex Skins wont fade, tear, or stretch, require no squeegee and can be reapplied to any surface.

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NEW YORK, May 21, 2009 — Spike TV and GameTrailers.com, the leading on-air and online destinations for year-round video game programming, announced today the most comprehensive video game coverage plan in the network’s history. Spike’s unparalleled multi-platform coverage will kick-off the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The network will debut “GameTrailers TV Presents: The 2009 VGAs-E3 First Look Special,” a blow-out hour-long preview special that teams up with leading game publishers to unveil the most anticipated games of E3 before the game industry’s biggest trade show even opens. The special marks the kick off to the “2009 Video Game Awards” which will air LIVE in December from Los Angeles. In addition, GameTrailers.com will provide wall-to-wall, 24-hour coverage including high-definition gameplay videos, interviews and live, commercial-free streams of the five major press conferences from Xbox, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sony and Nintendo.

“Every day of the year Spike is the #1 place guys go for gaming info across our hit brands like GameTrailers TV, “The Video Game Awards,” GameTrailers.com and video game launch specials,” said Kevin Kay, president, Spike TV. “No other network comes close to our reach or impact and our plans for E3 2009 prove why Spike is the undisputed leader in the space.

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May 21, 2009, New York – Vogster Entertainment, LLC, an international innovator in video-game design and content, is pleased to announce their full lineup of games for its debut attendance at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).  Vogster Entertainment will offer hands-on demonstrations at booth 5555 in the West Hall for the following titles:

UNBOUND SAGA (PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) System) — Based on the upcoming Dark Horse comic book of the same name, UNBOUND SAGA is a comic book inspired, arcade-style brawler for the PSP System that features interactive environments with real-time physics.  In UNBOUND SAGA players can throw down as ‘comic book tough guy’ Rick Ajax as they brawl their way across the panels and toward their final showdown with the omnipotent entity know as The Maker.

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Pepsi, Rock Band and MTV Team Up To Make You Famous

Summer Promotion to Offer Music Fans Thousands of Rock Band Tracks and Games

First-Ever MTV Video Music Awards Moonman for Best Rock Band Music Video to be Awarded to Contest Winner

New York, NY (May 20, 2009) – Today, MTV and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) and Pepsi announced a multi-platform “Drink Up, Rock Out” promotion that will give away thousands of Rock Band® DLC music tracks and games. Music lovers and gamers nationwide will be able to win prizes instantly and will have the opportunity to participate in the first-ever Pepsi Rock Band music video contest that will award one talented band a 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Moonman.  The summer promotion begins June 2 and continues through the MTV Video Music Awards.

As part of the “Drink Up, Rock Out” promotion, fans who see a Rock Band icon on specially-marked packages of 20-ounce and 1-liter bottles of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max and other Pepsi products are encouraged to look under the cap for a code and then go to www.pepsirockband.com to enter the code for a chance to win prizes. During the promotion, MTV and Pepsi will give away a Rock Band®2 Special Edition bundle every hour and thousands of Rock Band downloadable tracks each day. Additionally, fans can enter a weekly sweepstakes for opportunities to win a trip to a Harrah’s Entertainment property, Xbox 360 Consoles and other great prizes.

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