JOINT OPS: DOWNLOADS RISING! Watershed week for Joint Ops fans!

CALABASAS, CA (August 24th, 2004) – This week promises to quicken the pulses and tax the internet connections of Joint Ops fans the world over with the release of three key ‘must haves’ for the number one selling, record breaking, large scale FPS.

The download bonanza starts with a new key update to the game that tackles several known issues and includes key optimizations for older systems. This update paves the way for the second release of the week – The Joint Ops mission editor.

Codenamed N.I.L.E (NovaLogic Internal Level Editor) the mission editor will be released in beta format, allowing consumers to create new maps and missions from existing items and terrains. N.I.L.E will be updated with enhancements over the coming months, but in the mean time the initial beta release will allow gamers to test out the new mission editor and give NovaLogic valuable feedback. More information about N.I.L.E will be made available on its release.

The final download of the week will be a brand new multiplayer map for Joint Ops, utilizing the Advance and Secure gametype. More information on this map will be available later this week.

Set in Indonesia in the near future, Joint Ops is the record breaking, largest multiplayer Modern Combat FPS game ever released. Developed using NovaLogic’s enhanced Black Hawk™ engine, with superior multiplayer technology, Joint Ops lets gamers play revolutionary 150 player games, across vast terrains online over NovaWorld.

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising is in stores now on PC CD ROM. To get the downloads for the game later this week, visit the Joint Ops web site: www.jointopsthegame.com .

About NovaLogic
Founded in 1985, NovaLogic Inc. is a developer and global publisher of games for the PC, PlayStation® game console and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Xbox™ video game system. Based in Calabasas, California, the company's European arm, NovaLogic Ltd., has its offices in London, UK. Key game franchises include Delta Force®, Delta Force® - Black Hawk Down®, Joint Operations ™, Comanche® and F-22 Lightning®. For more information go to http://www.novalogic.com/