World War II Online Wins Accolades- Kicks Off Re-evaluation Program

World War II Online Wins Accolades- Kicks
Off Re-evaluation Program

Bedford, Texas
January 10 , 2002

Playnet.com, Cornered Rat Software and
Strategy First announced today details of a re-evaluation program targeting
former account holders, providing an opportunity to experience the many
improvements made since launch.

The program, which provides free play time
between January 11th and 25th for closed account holders, comes after the
release of version 1.5 and the recent achievement of winning Gamespy.com’s
"Gamers’ Choice Award" in its category, beating out established game franchise,
"Microsoft Flight Simulator".

"The successful release of version 1.5
follows significant improvements made to the game since June," says Al Corey,
Playnet’s Marketing Manager. "We’ve received tremendous encouragement from our
growing community of players who brought us the award as well as lending their
support to the re-evaluation program. They are telling us that now is the time
to bring back those players who gave up on the game and see for themselves how
far it’s come."

Starting at 1700 CT, Friday January 11th,
closed account holders can simply log into the game and auto-update their
software to the latest version and start playing. Once the free time ends on
January 25th, account holders will be encouraged to re-activate their
subscription to keep playing.

World War II Online has been getting positive
press attention following recent updates including PC Gamer who said, "…WWIIOL
is now the kind of game it should have been back in June…" and "Cornered Rat
has worked its ass off to improve the game while enduring a tsunami of scorn and
vitriol, and that speaks volumes for its dedication."

More details on the re-evaluation program can
be found at
www.wwiionline.com.

About Playnet Inc:

Playnet, Inc is an Internet technologies
company that specializes in design and development of massively multi-player
online games (MMOG) at its in-house software development studio, Cornered Rat
Software (CRS); and through its Playnet.com division operates an independent
Internet-based online publishing center and interactive entertainment
destination website,
www.playnet.com
that offers dynamic and customizable global delivery of a channelized line up of
e-content, games, and advertising products through its own web sites and dozens
of affiliated game and content sites. Established in April of 1999 and located
in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of Texas, Playnet publishes online titles World War
II Online, Wildcards and DarkSpace.

About Strategy First

Strategy First Inc. is a leading developer
and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the PC. Founded in 1990,
the company has grown rapidly, publishing major games in the industry and
simultaneously developing its own in-house titles such as O.R.B., Disciples II,
Nexagon: The Pit and Zero-G Marines. After winning numerous awards for games
such as

Disciples: Sacred Lands, Europa Universalis,
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Steel Beasts, Strategy First continues to push
the gaming envelope with its own groundbreaking titles, while maintaining its
reputation as a unique alternative for independent developers seeking to market
their games to a worldwide audience.