30 June 2009, Moscow. Holding company Astrum Online Entertainment, the leader in online entertainment market, together with the South Korean company Joymax announce the start of collaboration. According to the agreement signed by the parties, IT Territory – a company owned by Astrum Online Entertainment – will become the release partner for Silkroad Online project on the territory of the former CIS and the Baltic states.

“Given the circumstances the execution of this Agreement is quite evident.” – said Alexander Vaschenko, CEO of IT Territory. - “In fact, IT Territory as part of the largest player on Russian online game market is in constant search for partners which could help us to strength our leading position. Joymax is well-known as one of the leading developers in Korea which is the homeland of the best free-to-play MMORPGs, and cooperation with this company is a great opportunity for us. Such successful and at the same time extra-ordinary project as Silkroad Online will perfectly fit our existing portfolio. I'm sure that localized Silkroad Online will be great and long-awaited gift to Russian gamers.”

Russian localized version of Silkroad Online will be free-to-play (available for free download and play). At the same time, at the players’ choice micro-transactions are possible to acquire game-related artifacts, easing advancement through the game etc.

Release of the localized version of Silkroad Online is scheduled for the end of 2009 – beginning of 2010.

About Silkroad Online:
Silkroad Online was developed by South Korean company Joymax. It is a free global massively multi-player online role-playing game based on the legends and historic facts of ancient China, as well as Muslim and European civilizations of 7th century A.D. The idea of the Great Silk Road that was uniting the three great cultures of the time is the centerpiece of the game making it possible to create a huge and varied game world with a unique social and economic model. “Triangular conflict model” of the three groups of players – Merchants, Hunters, and Thieves – is the foundation for social and economic parts of the game and is unparalleled in the world. By now, Silkroad Online has been released all over the world (in over 200 countries) and enjoys uniform success.

For additional information, please contact:
Vladimir Ryzhkov
Press-office, Astrum Online Entertainment
Tel. +7 (495) 952-4482, 952-0765
e-mail: press@astrumonline.ru

About Joymax
Since it founding in April 1997, Joymax has been developing high-quality games for the rapidly growing market of interactive entertainment. Based in Seoul, South Korea, the company has released many titles for PC, and its first MMORPG Silkroad Online that was launched in 2004 currently works in over 200 countries around the globe. Joymax is a global company that generates and distributes multimedia content through the world. For additional information, please go to http://www.joymax.com.

About Astrum Online Entertainment

Holding company Astrum Online Entertainment is the largest player in interactive online entertainment market in Eastern Europe. Currently the holding owns five companies including Nival Online (http://www.nivalonline.com), Nikita.Online (http://www.nikitaonline.ru), IT Territory (http://it-territory.ru), TimeZero (www.timezero.com), and DJ Games. The companies have successfully released over thirty massively multi-player online games, including such popular projects as Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar (http://www.lotro-russia.com), Legend: Legacy of the Dragons (http://w2.dwar.ru), Territory (http://www.territory.ru), TimeZero (http://www.timezero.ru), Sphere (http://www.sphere.nikitaonline.ru), Piratia (http://www.piratia.ru), Perfect World (http://www.pwonline.ru) etc.
As of May 2009, general audience of the holding’s project was over 20 million players.
In the course of 2009, Astrum Online Entertainment is working to release 10 proprietary game projects, and localize six online games of its international partners. For additional information, please, visit our web site at http://www.astrumonline.ru.

About IT Territory
IT Territory (http://www.it-territory.ru) is a developer and publisher of online games. The company is owned by Astrum Online Entertainment (http://www.astrumonline.ru) – the largest game holding company in Russian market. IT Territory is now the leader in Russian online games market having released 14 browser online games.
At the beginning of 2009, the cumulative number of registered users of IT Territory’s projects was about 12.5 million people.
The company’s flagship product is a free online role-playing game Legend: Legacy of the Dragons (http://w2.dwar.ru) released in Russian and English (http://www.warofdragons.com), German (http://www.warofdragons.de), Chinese (http://w1.lz.woniu.com), and Turkish (http://www.dwar.gen.tr) languages.