Scaleform

GREENBELT, MD, USA – June 9, 2009 – Scaleform® Corporation (Scaleform), the worldwide leader in user interface (UI) engines for video games, has announced a multi-title agreement with leading Korean publisher Nexon Corporation (Nexon), one of the world's largest publishers of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). This agreement integrates the Scaleform GFx™ UI solution into four future Nexon titles, including the highly anticipated Mabinogi: Heroes, and establishes a Master License Agreement that paves the way for future titles.

Nexon has a long history of pioneering leadership in the gaming industry, particularly with casual games. Mabinogi: Heroes is a highly anticipated online game based on the immensely popular Mabinogi title. The Mabinogi game service has global reach, with availability in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, North America and most recently New Zealand and Australia. In addition, Nexon's Kartrider was recently recognized with the top 2008 award for best racing/casual game by the South Korea-based first Global Online Game Awards, organized by the Korea Game Industry Agency.

"To deliver our next generation of MMOGs, only a best-of-class user interface solution would suffice: we chose Scaleform GFx," said Eun-Seok Yi, project manager for Mabinogi: Heroes. "Scaleform and Adobe® Flash® is unquestionably the right solution due to its proven value proposition, which allows us to accelerate our workflow and advance quality while intelligently lowering costs and development risks – a business advantage in today's challenging economy."

"We are excited to be aligned with the leading publisher of MMOGs in Korea," said Brendan Iribe, president and CEO of Scaleform Corporation. "As a global leader, Nexon's selection of Scaleform signals our solution's increasingly pervasive adoption for PC-based titles that span from casual gaming with mainstream audiences to hardcore AAA titles, particularly as publishers look for innovation opportunities that deliver on a cost-conscious bottom line."

Iribe continued, "The deal with Nexon underscores our commitment to PC and casual game development, and to the global marketplace."

Scaleform GFx delivers a proven and familiar artist-driven Flash solution with unmatched return on investment for developers and publishers by combining cutting-edge hardware accelerated Flash rendering with Adobe Creative Suite's® award-winning image, vector and video motion graphics software tool chain. Development teams can quickly and easily implement 3D hardware accelerated game content and interfaces, including intro logo and cut scene videos, menu UIs and HUDs, animated textures, mini games and even full casual games, speeding up development workflow and freeing up programmers and artists to focus on what's most important: gameplay and design. Scaleform GFx is fully cross-platform and preintegrated with leading game engines for rapid, out-of-the-box UI and casual game development on all major PC and console systems.

About Nexon
Established in South Korea in 1994, Nexon Corporation is a pioneer of interactive entertainment software and the world's leader in massively multiplayer online games. Since its development of the world's first graphic massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), The Kingdom of the Winds, in 1995, Nexon's innovative titles have continued to redefine online entertainment. Nexon is headquartered in South Korea, with branch offices in Japan, China and the US, and partners in international markets including Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.

About Scaleform
Scaleform Corporation revolutionizes the interaction between humans and media with its industry leading Flash-based UI design environment for video games. Enabling a new way of crafting media, Scaleform functions as an extension of its clients' teams, enhancing and streamlining the development process with technical ingenuity and accelerated workflow while lowering risk. The company's flagship solution, Scaleform GFx, is fast becoming ubiquitous in UI design, driving over 400 titles worldwide across multiple platforms, and is integrated with leading game engines for rapid, artist-driven Flash UI and casual game development on PC and console systems. tcn.scaleform.com

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