We worked with the
Skunk team to deploy all of our signature features, including chat functions,
IM, unique player avatars, advanced game statistics, and special tournaments,
allowing Skunk to have the richest game experience possible.

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"Onroo. Often when companies
consider outsourcing the development of web-based business
applications and portals, they realize that text-based requirements
pose some of the greatest risks to these projects. "Skunk Studios is a top game developer that is building a
profitable casual game portal based on their signature game brands.

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LOS ANGELES, Onroo .com, Onroo Entertainment, LLC operates a complete range of
fantasy sports and reality-TV entertainment games using a unique format. For more information, please visit
CNA at www.skunkstudios. 415 -235-3235
212-561-7465 margaret@skunkstudios.

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Tip-off Challenge Fantasy Games Launched at Onroo.com is the only online vendor with fantasy game offerings for the
men's and women's NCAA tournaments," says Kirsten Korn, spokesperson for Onroo
Entertainment, LLC.onroo.
Onroo portal partners and game sponsors leverage Onroo's unique, patent-
pending format to drive brand loyalty and awareness. Game
Trust is there to help Skunk Studios increase revenues through new premium
models and retain players with rich community features."
"We are delighted to offer our players another way to play games on the
Skunk Studios website," said Margaret Wallace, Co-Founder and CEO of Skunk
Studios.gametrust. The Company is venture backed with offices in
New York and Denmark .com.

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Unlike traditional bracket-style games that do not begin until the NCAA
tournament field is announced, players can start their own Tip-off Challenge
games immediately, bringing the NCAA conference tournaments into play and
lasting through the championships.
Onroo's Tip-off Challenge provides a revolutionary fantasy option for
participating college basketball fans who bid for exclusive ownership of teams
in an online auction in which each team is awarded to the highest bidder.com uses state-of-the-art technology to assist league
commissioners, and all participants can access their game any time from the
beginning of their game through the championships to make trades or check
their progress and game standings.cna.

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com has been solely developed and presented by Onroo
Entertainment , LLC and neither the website nor Onroo Entertainment, LLC is in
any way authorized by or otherwise affiliated or connected with CBS, FOX, ABC,
NBC, The WB, UPN, MTV, the NCAA, the NBA, NASCAR, the PGA, MLB, or any other
network, station affiliate, or broadcasting sponsor, or any sports
organization or affiliate thereof. CNA's insurance
products include standard commercial lines, specialty lines , surety,
marine and other property and casualty coverages. Our clients include Equity
Office, JP Morgan, McDonalds, Nautilus, RadioShack and Shimano.

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Owners earn points as their teams advance in the NCAA tournament and the
Onrooligan finishing with the most points wins.

About Onroo Entertainment, LLC
Through Onroo.

All trademarks and names used in this press release and at
http: //www.
http://www. The iRise visual simulations for application
definition help companies eliminate expensive late stage rework due to
missing or ambiguous requirements, as well as ensure delivery of high
quality applications faster whether they are internal, outsourced or
global development projects.com. The new tournament titles provided by Game Trust include
more than 20 acclaimed titles , such as the hit series of online pool games,
the award winning "Shroomz," and "Secret of Maya."

About Game Trust
Founded in 2002, Game Trust (http://www.

About Skunk Studios
Skunk Studios is a leading game development studio where dynamic game
design, art, and sounds are combined to make games that everyone can play and
enjoy.

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iRise Selected by CNA for Visual Application Definition; Leading Business Insurer Adopts Application Simulation to Eliminate Costly Rework and Optimize Outsour

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engine of innovation in games with the leading platform for premium game play.

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onroo. CNA's services
include risk management, information services, underwriting, risk
control and claims administration.

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"Even casual fans of college basketball and traditional bracket -style
games will find it very easy to get started in the Tip-off Challenge -- you
don't need to be a statistics expert or spend an hour a day playing our games
to have fun," says Korn. In addition , iRise partners -- like the Acquity
Group -- are using the iRise solution, to quickly gather, analyze and
simulate the stakeholder requirements prior to development, thus
helping to ensure that customized portal projects will meet the needs
of their clients while minimizing expensive late-stage rework .

About Acquity Group LLC

Acquity Group is a leading provider of business and technology
solutions designed to optimize business performance.

Skunk Studios Expands Portal With Premium Play

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The "Tip-off Challenge" is the first
collegiate sports fantasy game of its kind that is widely available to the
public."

To start your own NCAA Tip-off Challenge tournament, visit
http: //www. To find out more about advertising or
licensing opportunities, send inquiries to media@onroo . - Hot Casual Game Developer Launches Premium Play Powered by Game Trust -

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Game Trust, the leading
infrastructure for premium casual games, and Skunk Studios , one of the world's
most acclaimed game development studios, today announced a relationship to
expand SkunkStudios.
SkunkStudios.

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"The iRise simulations allow us to rapidly and iteratively
validate the client's needs early in the process ensuring we have the
right requirements from the start," said Chris Dalton, CEO of Acquity
Group."
"Global development holds tremendous promise for leading
organizations today, but also tremendous risk," said Mitch Bishop,
chief marketing officer at iRise.com) with premium games and
skill tournaments for cash and prizes, powered by Game Trust.

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"Our Tip-off Challenge game delivers a more strategic,
competitive environment than traditional bracket pools because every college
basketball game becomes a direct head-to-head matchup between 2 players in the
same league -- every outcome is significant and you don't have everyone riding
on the same Final Four picks," adds Korn. To start your own Onroo
tournament, visit http://www.
The company is based in El Segundo, Calif.

About CNA

CNA is the country's seventh largest commercial insurance writer
and the 14th largest property and casualty company. CNA is a registered service mark, trade name and
domain name of CNA Financial Corporation.skunkstudios.

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"Once people start outbidding each other in the
auction, their competitive instincts take over and the game comes naturally.
As business systems have become more complex, text-based
requirements are not sufficient for defining and validating
application flow, business logic and usability.com.

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com.

Business Editors/High -Tech Writers

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. "iRise offers a simple and effective
way to eliminate much of this risk through interactive, visual
simulations that everyone understands. With the same focus , its services group has successfully
translated the needs of business users to deliver mission-critical
business applications for more than 100 customers on 300 engagements." Nearly one million unique visitors per month download
and play games at the destination, according to recent MediaMetrix data . The Skunk Studios website is a premiere destination for casual gamers
looking for all the latest games.

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Players can set up private
games to compete directly with their families and friends or join public
games.----iRise(R), the
world's leading application definition software and services company,
today announced that CNA, one of the country's largest providers of
property and casualty insurance, has adopted the iRise application
simulation platform. The result is
investments in business applications that actually meet the needs of
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For more information on Skunk Studios
games, visit http://www.

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Onroo's the Only True Fantasy Game in Town for College Sports

Onroo.
Onroo is marketing its Tip-off Challenge games to a national consumer
audience, and the Company expects to capitalize on the growing number of
consumers participating in online NCAA tournament games -- several million
entries were recorded for bracket games during the 2004 NCAA Tournament. To mitigate these risks, leading organizations are
adopting iRise to visually validate application requirements with the
necessary stakeholders, including the internal and outsourced
development teams.

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It allows an organization to
"test market" applications with customers, partners and employees
before making funding decisions and validate business requirements
with stakeholders during the definition process.com has become a major casual game destination by featuring
franchise titles, including the two international Skunk hits, "Gutterball 2"
and "Tennis Titans. We are also
integrating the Skunk hit games into the Game Trust infrastructure. Licensed by leading distribution
outlets worldwide, the platform reaches a combined audience in excess of
130 million players per month. Award winning games, such as "Shroomz," are
released by leading developers on the platform to reach millions of players
with new premium play models.com


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"Working with the iRise simulation platform enables us to fully
optimize the solutions into our customers' functionally-rich
environment. Focused on Fortune 1000 companies, its innovative iRise
Application Simulator enterprise software product recently received
eWEEK magazine's Analyst's Choice award.com (http://www.

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com will continue its focus on college sports fantasy games by
releasing a college football fantasy game in August 2005.onroo. Portals, in
particular, are inherently visual applications so without an
interactive, visual simulation, organizations face the threat of
delivering incomplete, incorrect or ambiguous requirements to the
development team.

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onroo.com.
Acquity Group is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in Los
Angeles and Phoenix. "The Game Trust premium and tournament play system is an advanced
gaming platform that seamlessly integrates with our own website, making it
easy to get up and running in no time.

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About iRise

iRise(R) is dedicated to bridging the communication gap between
business and IT by improving the process of defining business
applications.com
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For the first time ever, the excitement of
traditional NCAA tournament bracket pools has been combined with popular
fantasy-style gaming in Onroo's Tip-off Challenge, now available for both
men's and women 's college basketball at http://www.com.com.
Players will now be able to compete in skill tournaments for cash and prizes
on SkunkStudios.

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Like other major corporations
today, CNA is adopting simulation as a fundamental solution to getting
applications defined right -- the first time., with regional offices in
New York and San Francisco, and sales offices covering the continental
US. Our consultants
deliver measurable results to top-tier organizations by streamlining
processes , fueling efficient internal collaboration and aligning
systems for maximum revenue generation."
"This is a watershed moment in online gaming," said Adeo Ressi, CEO of
Game Trust.

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com officially launched its
"Tip-off Challenge" game for the Men's NCAA College Basketball tournament,
filling a niche that has gone untouched in the fantasy gaming industry until
now -- collegiate sports. Onroo .
The Game Frame platform is the industry standard for deploying community and
transactions within online casual games.

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