The customer demographic of both Big
Fish Games and Ion Thunder are at the heart of the rapidly growing segment of
casual game players.bigfishgames.

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"It brings together a leading downloadable games
destination with an undiscovered but compelling community gaming destination
and firmly positions Big Fish Games as a significant player in the broader
casual games market.

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USA TODAY Sports Weekly covers baseball and professional football with
detailed analysis and in-depth cover stories on the players and issues that
shape the two sports.

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bigfishgames. Ion Thunder will expand Big
Fish Games' current downloadable games sales business with an advertisement
and subscription supported offering. "When
our marketing expertise and existing customer base of over 15 million users
are spread to this incredibly addictive offering, we believe this site will
rapidly become a top game site in the world.com Company
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Plus, a review
of each team's three-year draft strategy.

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* How They Were Built: We look at how the NFL's two dominant teams of
recent years -- the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles --
have used the draft to build the nucleus of their teams.com) a top 5 casual games Website(1), today announced they
have acquired the multi-player community based games site IonThunder.
"Big Fish Games' acquisition of Ion Thunder is a smart move," said Andrew
Wright, CEO of Muskoka Media, and former Vice President of RealNetworks'
RealArcade Business.com makes acquiring downloadable
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Sports Weekly
publishes special editions throughout the year covering special events in
baseball and professional football."
Ion Thunder's community based, multi-player games will offer Big Fish
Games users a new type of game playing experience beyond their current online ,
downloadable, and tournament game offerings.com.

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The
Sports Weekly NFL Draft Guide '05 will give football fans all they need to
know about this year's top prospects. Ion
Thunder (considered one of the "stickiest" game sites in the world with
average visitor time spent eclipsing the 40 hours per month mark(2)), offers
free games, chat, lotteries, prizes and more. is a Washington State corporation that can be visited at
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* Player Capsules: Capsules on our Top 100 players as well as
information on the Top 500 players by position.

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, A special edition of USA TODAY
Sports Weekly devoted to the 2005 NFL draft guide hits newsstands today.

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tell you who they are.com. Ion Thunder
will be integrated into the Big Fish Games' network under the brand Atlantis
Games and will be found at atlantis.

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There is no off-season for either sport in Sports Weekly
- readers will find complete baseball and professional football coverage in
all 52 issues throughout the year.

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Big Fish Games Acquires Leading Multi-player Casual Game Site Ion Thunder

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* Mock Draft: Sports Weekly 's own mock draft gives a view how our
reporters think the draft could go. (NYSE: GCI).

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(1) Source: Alexa Internet, an Amazon.

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* Team Profiles: Profiles of all 32 teams with analysis of each team's
needs and draft strategy as well as possible selections. Unlike traditional "(hard) core" game players, this
segment is primarily over age 40 and predominantly female. Players win tokens that
can be used to buy lottery tickets to win real cash and prizes. Big
Fish Games, Inc.

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bigfishgames ., a developer and distributor of casual, family
friendly games, offers consumers a "New Game Every Day" and one of the best
game catalogs on the Internet.

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Featured in this 48-page special issue:
* Number 1 Roulette: Without any true top choice in this draft, there
are still 11 players at the top who could produce a handsome payoff.
"Ion Thunder is a truly remarkable phenomenon where its players
practically live on the site," said Paul Thelen, CEO of Big Fish Games .

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(http://www. The casual game
market is expected to grow to over $760 million by 2007(3) and Big Fish Games
recently announced a 400% increase in sales over the 2004 period in their
downloadable games business.

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Ion Thunder games include over
40 bingo, card, puzzle, and casino games that are all free to play and
supported by a wide range of advertising placements.

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The Sports Weekly NFL Draft Guide '05 will be on sale at newsstands
through the April 23-24 draft at a cover price of $4., Inc.

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