KUMA REALITY GAMES AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL® MEET DEMANDS OF NEXT-GENERATION VIEWING TRENDS WITH SYNERGISTIC GAMING AND TV CONTENT

Beginning in November, Kuma will Produce Video Games to Coincide with Weekly TV Episodes of The History Channel Series “Shootout!”

New York (October 19, 2006) – Kuma Reality Games, a leading game publisher and developer specializing in high-quality episodic games, and The History Channel® today announced a landmark partnership to develop synergistic gaming and TV content. Beginning November 3, 2006 with the launch of the second season of The History Channel series “Shootout!,” Kuma will release video games online simultaneously with upcoming “Shootout!” television episodes, allowing audience members to watch the show and then “live” the historical event by playing a 3D game re-creation of the episode.

Through this unique alliance, Kuma Games and The History Channel intend to deliver on the emerging generation of wholly interactive entertainment experiences. For advertisers, this hybrid of television and video games offers a powerful new toolset to connect audiences and program sponsors. “Shootout!” advertisers can utilize in-game and around-game advertising opportunities in addition to traditional on-air spots, offering them a platform to reach the coveted ‘gamer’ demographic.

“We are helping TV take its place in today’s exploding game marketplace,” said Keith Halper, CEO of Kuma Reality Games. “The ability to reach key consumers is greatly enhanced for Advertisers by combining TV’s reach and brand impact with games’ immersive nature, relevance to key consumers and unique messaging capabilities.”

“Shootout!” examines, dissects, and re-creates some of the most famous gun battles in history, from the Wild West to Guadalcanal to Fallujah. Using heavy 3D CGI animation sequences, the audience will experience the thick of battle from the point of views of the players themselves. Beginning with the November 3 season premiere, viewers can log onto History.com and download Shootout! the online game for free. Episodes of the game are based directly on 3 episodes of the series, Iwo Jima, Battle of the Bulge and the Tet Offensive. Viewers and gamers alike can watch the show and then "live" the historical event by playing the 3D game re-creation of the episode.

“We are really excited to extend the viewer experience for ‘Shootout!’ with this cutting-edge, companion video game from Kuma,” said Dolores Gavin, Director, Historical Programming for The History Channel. “Season two of ‘Shootout!’ was developed with gamers in mind. We think that the unique perspective of the series combined with the immersive nature of the game will allow our viewers to experience history in a whole new way.”

About Kuma
KUMA, LLC., is the industry leader in the new market for Episodic Video Games – intense and powerful, up-to-the-minute 3D game experiences delivered to PCs in weekly episodes. Using ground-breaking technology, Kuma’s free games are inspired by just-released TV shows or films, real world news events, and pop culture happenings. The episodic games are a thoroughly unique user experience and present distinct marketing advantages for advertisers, content owners and distributors. Kuma has extensive experience in developing accurate re-creations of military events. For over two years, Kuma\War has expanded the boundaries of news reporting through accurate and timely re-creations of real-world military events through its episodic game series KUMA\WAR, now in its 79th episode. KUMA\WAR is widely recognized for its accuracy and immersiveness, and is used by the US ARMY for training purposes.

Kuma Reality Games, headquartered in New York, New York, is a privately held company.

About The History Channel
The History Channel® is one of the leading cable television networks featuring compelling original, nonfiction specials and series that bring history to life in a powerful and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. The network provides an inviting place where people experience history in new and exciting ways enabling them to connect their lives today to the great lives and events of the past that provide a blueprint for the future. The History Channel has earned three Peabody Awards, three Primetime Emmy® Awards, ten News and Documentary Emmy® Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's Save Our History® campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. The History Channel reaches more than 90 million Nielsen subscribers. The website is located at www.History.com . Press Only: For more information and photography please visit us on the web at www.historychannelpress.com .