Trek Fans Worldwide Invited to MMO Gameplay Reveal at Annual Star Trek Convention August 10, 2008 or Via Live Webcast at www.startrekonline.com

Los Gatos, CA – July 28, 2008 – Cryptic Studios™, a leading independent developer and publisher of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), announced today that it has secured the global rights to develop and publish Star Trek® Online, a massively multiplayer online game based on the legendary Star Trek franchise, from CBS Consumer Products.

Cryptic will unveil the first Star Trek Online gameplay footage as well as details about this highly anticipated MMO at the annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas on Sunday, August 10, 2008. Trek fans from around the globe can also view the event live via webcast at www.startrekonline.com.

Interested participants can register today for the Star Trek Online webcast and to sign up for the STO Community by visiting www.startrekonline.com.

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NowPro’s Innovative Nintendo DSTM title to set new standards for crime investigation genre

London, UK – 28 July 2008 - Empire Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings (NASDAQ: SSTR), has today release more information about its forthcoming Nintendo DS™ title Unsolved Crimes. A new type of game for the Nintendo DS, Unsolved Crimes is an absorbing, enthralling, character driven adventure video game experience which integrates the thrills of an action game with the mental challenges of a 3D crime investigation.

You’re a rookie detective - part of the Homicide Division. An aspiring model, Betsy Blake has disappeared. A loner is the prime suspect. But this case is a whole lot deeper than it first appears… Crime is rampant in this city, and the disappearance of Betsy Blake is the latest in unnerving series of events that are slowly bringing New York City to its knees. Can you crack the cases the regular cops can’t? And can you get to the bottom of the kidnapping that’s all over the news? It’s up to you to disentangle the truth from lies, and try to save Betsy before it’s too late.

Product Information:
Unsolved Crimes integrates three gaming elements, an action game, a 3D crime investigation and a crime quiz to give players a uniquely absorbing experience. The game fully utilizes the Nintendo DS’ unique two screens allowing players to immerse themselves in the environments of New York. The innovative use of the Nintendo DS stylus will also allow you to trace marks, routes and memos on suspicious items discovered at crime scenes, all allowing you to move closer to solving the kidnapping mystery.

Key Features:

• Engaging Storytelling: An overarching story line runs throughout the game to fully immerse Nintendo DS gamers into the world of Unsolved Crimes
• Integrated gaming elements include, a story driven action game, point and click crime investigation, crime quiz, shootouts and action car chases!
• With over 8 independent cases to solve across diverse and fully Interactive environments: Gamers will have to be vigilant and use all of their powers of deduction to find the clues and crack the case

Genre: Action Adventure/Point and Click (Crime Mystery)
Format: Nintendo DSâ„¢
Release Date: Autumn 2008
Brand: Empire Interactive
SRP: £29.99

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PhaseSpace used in new Nintendo® WiiTM Title

San Leandro, Calif. July 28, 2008 - PhaseSpace, the price and performance leader in optical motion capture, announced today that 3G Studios has implemented a large PhaseSpace Impulse motion capture system in its studio in Reno, NV. This marks another win for PhaseSpace continuing to demonstrate why they are at the forefront in motion and performance capture products in the US.

3G Studios is an experienced next-gen development studio currently working on the recently announced Jillian Michael’s Fitness Ultimatum 2009 for the Nintendo® Wiiâ„¢ due out this fall as well as an unannounced next-gen title. 3G Studios made a significant studio investment by purchasing the robust PhaseSpace Impulse System which supportsreal-time previews and features well-defined hand and facial capture. The PhaseSpace system will allow 3G Studios to provide ahigher level of realism and perform complex motions with less time spent on clean-up, allowing the studio to work faster than many of its competitors.

“The visualization demands of next-gen development forced us to make the investment in a large scale PhaseSpace system. It’s already had an immediate impact on our current projects,” said Ryan Cullins, 3G Studios Art Director. “The PhaseSpace technology presented a powerful value proposition that meshed well with our existing animation pipeline while requiring less data clean up. Some of our needs were impossible for many motion capture solutions, such as the need to operate outdoors on a machine-gun range, but the PhaseSpace system works well in just about any lighting condition.”

The PhaseSpace motion capture system uses active LED markers which modulate, producing a unique ID for each marker. At 3 times the speed and 3 times the resolution of other systems, the Impulse system displays motion data in real time and is currently used by NASA, the US Armed Forces and several major research and academic institutions around the country. It is also one third the price of older technologies allowing the tracking system configurations to start below $50.000.

To find out more about PhaseSpace please go to our website at www.phasepace.com

About 3G Studios Inc.
3G Studios, Inc. is an experienced next-gen development studio, based in South Reno, NV. Founded in 2006 by seasoned professionals from video game, entertainment and software industries, 3G Studios maintains standards of high quality game development paired with maximum efficiency using its proprietary technology and processes. 3G’s published works include collaboration with Electronic Arts to release Rock Band in 2007, SWAT: Target Liberty for the PSP released in 2007, and Stacked with Daniel Negreanu, released in 2006 for the PSP. After successful releases of past projects, 3G Studios is currently focused on next-gen technologies and IP development. One of 3G Studios teams are in development of Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 to be released later this year for the Nintendo Wii and another team is in full development of an unannounced AAA project, scheduled to be released sometime next year. For more information, please visit www.3gstudiosinc.com.

Wii, Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Mii, Wii Balance Board and the Wii logo are trademarks of Nintendo. © 2006 Nintendo.

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Based upon the mascot of the leading Japanese mobile phone company, NTT DOCOMO, INC. – Boing! Docomodake DS will be released exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ this Autumn.

Set on the day of the annual festival held in the Docomodake Forest, the Docomodake family is nowhere to be seen! You play as Papa Docomodake and guide him through various obstacles and challenges in order to find his family and get them to the festival on time.

Obviously, Papa Docomodake has a trick or two to help him on his quest. With a tap of the stylus he can release ‘Minis’ that aid him when the going gets a little tough. Remember, Minis make the impossible possible!

‘Boing! Docomodake DS has all the elements needed for a great platform game’, says Peter Rollinson, Product Manager, Ignition Entertainment Ltd. ‘the game has a wide ranging appeal, and offers more than enough to keep all gamers happy’.

Boing! Docomodake DS will be available Autumn ’08 exclusively for the Nintendo DS™

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