The survey also polled those who travel by airplane about their gaming
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Supplier by Category Cross-Reference section of the Guide. Properties are listed geographically and ranked by number of
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distribution network connects hundreds of publishers and Internet sites with
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-- Mobile phones were the most popular platform for commuters to play
games, followed by laptops and portable gaming devices.
-- Car and subway/bus commuters played the most games while train and
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(Logo: http://www. Trymedia Research Also Shows Extensive Game Play During Air Travel

SAN FRANCISCO, Game Developers Conference, Almost
one third of all commuters play games during their daily travel to work,
according to a new survey on game playing habits conducted by Trymedia
Systems, secure digital distribution services provider and operator of the
world's largest distribution network for downloadable games.

"The survey results reflect the fast-growing popularity of games being
downloaded to PC and mobile phones," said Alex Torrubia, Co-Founder and CEO of
Trymedia.

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The "Travel and Commute Gaming" study, an online survey of more than
8,000 game players, showed that 30 percent of commuters turned on their
laptops , clicked on their mobile phones or used their portable gaming device
to play games. Of those who played games to and from work, the average length
of game play was 23 minutes per trip.
The survey was conducted between February 24 and March 3 through
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-- When traveling by airplane, laptop computers were the most often used
platform to play games, followed by portable gaming devices.com.

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Featured listings include company name, address, branch office
locations, phone, fax, email address, website, executive contacts, up to 10
product and service categories, and a company description. in Room 2022 on site at the Moscone West
Convention Center. Trymedia's ActiveMARK(R) technology provides leading game publishers,
portals and retailers with DRM (Digital Rights Management), eCommerce and
Distribution services to maximize their PC game sales. Please visit http://www.

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The guide includes over 6,000 industry supplier listings listed
alphabetically in the "Industry Supplier" section of the Guide and cross-
referenced by product and service categories in the "Supplier by Category"
section .
Doing work on an airplane was last on the list of in-flight activities.

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Consumers Play up to 45 Minutes of Games Daily While Commuting Reveals New Survey

"The availability and selection of games available for download is
already huge and still expanding. An
Intel Digital Home Fund company, Trymedia is headquartered in San Francisco
with offices in Europe.

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-- Those who played games to/from work generally spent more time
commuting."
Additional data from the survey will be shared at Trymedia 's GDC sponsored
session, "Publishing and Distributing PC Games on the Internet," on Wednesday,
March 9 from Noon to 1 p.

Contact: Johnny Ng of Trymedia, +1-415-255-3060, ext.

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While reading, sleeping and watching in-flight movies remain popular,
30 percent of those who took at least one air trip per year said they often
played games and 16 percent said they played games every time they flew.com.

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.

About Trymedia Systems
Trymedia Systems is a provider of secure digital distribution services and
the operator of the world's largest distribution network for downloadable
games.

Sites on which information about a games convention is just one of several types of content are not listed in this category, but are often available through the sites in the Convention Listings category.

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