Gigex Offering Kids' Game Downloads on Yahooligans! New Service Focused on "E"-Rated Child-Friendly Games San Francisco, CA -- Dec
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Gigex Offering Kids' Game Downloads On Yahooligans! New Service Focused On "E"-Rated Child-Friendly Games San Francisco, CA -- Dec. 4, 2001 -- Gigex, a leading outsourced marketing and fulfillment firm specializing in distribution of popular game demos and trailers, today announced that its newest list of child-friendly game trailers and demos are now available on Yahooligans!(R) (www.yahooligans.com), Yahoo!'s (Nasdaq: YHOO - news) Web guide for kids ages 7-12. Available from the Yahooligans! front page and games area (games.yahooligans.com), both parents and children can access a rotating list of five titles, including (list some of the more popular here), as part of the "Gigex Download" feature. All titles on the Gigex "Family Friendly Download" list are rated "E" for everyone by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (www.esrb.org). The Gigex download service is well known to consumers for its ease of use and "guaranteed download" feature that enables users to recover from lost or interrupted Internet connections. "Offering our service on Yahooligans! will enable parents, teachers and children to preview and experience appropriate child-friendly entertainment in a leading Web environment designed for kids," said Mark Friedler, President of Gigex. "Our goal is to highlight quality entertainment from leading publishers that both children and adults can enjoy together. We make the evaluation process extremely user friendly and that is good for both publishers and game fans." Launched in 1996, Yahooligans! continues to be one of the Web's leading resources for safe, fun, kid-appropriate information. Complementing the human-surfed Yahooligans! directory and games, the site also includes instant messenger, reference materials, movies information, "Teachers' Guide," "Parents' Guide," Downloader, where kids can download thousands of cool images, sounds and video right onto their desktop; as well as daily news, sports, and jokes. About Gigex Gigex is a leading promotions and marketing company specializing in distribution of product demos and trailers to key consumer press and media on the Internet. Gigex is a leading outsourced service provider used by game publishers, developers and retailers to host and deliver broadband downloads, provide broad distribution, tracking and follow-up services. Gigex has promoted hundreds of major game titles for leading publishers including 3DO, Eidos Interactive, Infogrames, Interplay, Microsoft, Namco, SEGA, Sierra, Square/Electronic Arts, Take Two Interactive, THQ, UbiSoft, Vivendi Universal and others. Founded in 1995, Gigex www.gigex.com is privately held with offices in San Francisco and New York City. The Company's investors include JP Morgan Partners (NYSE: JPM - news), TechFund Capital and Citizens Ventures (NYSE: CZN - news). About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 218 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. Through the Yahoo! Enterprise Solutions division, the company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States. Contact: Dean Jutilla Yahoo! 408-349-5338 [email protected] Mark Friedler Gigex 415-227-4770 x101 [email protected] # # # .