XFIRE CROWNS WINNERS OF “WORLD OF WARCRAFT® SUMMER MOVIE CONTEST”

Favorite Machinima Movies In Four Categories Announced
$23,000 In Prizes Awarded to Winners

MENLO PARK, CA – October 27, 2006 – Xfire, Inc., a division of Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) MTV Networks, unveiled the winners of the “World of Warcraft® Summer Movie Contest” last night at a special Machinima event and screening at Stanford University. The contest winners, chosen by the gaming community, Blizzard and Xfire, each took home a portion of the $23,000 in total prizes.

Xfire tapped into its 5.5 million user base and the millions of World of Warcraft® players for the “World of Warcraft® Summer Movie Contest,” welcoming entrants from around the world to create movies using Blizzard’s wildly popular World of Warcraft® . Five outstanding finalists were selected in each of four separate categories, and gamers everywhere went to xfire.com to vote for their favorite Machinima movies.
“Machinima is an extraordinary new art form that allows anybody with time and talent to create great works of entertainment which can be instantly distributed to a global audience,” said Mike Cassidy, CEO of Xfire. “The finalist movies from this contest were already viewed over one million times on Xfire – not a bad month for an independent movie at the box offices.”

The contest winning movies are outstanding examples of the originality and creativity behind this exciting, emerging art form. Winners from each category are as follows:

Best Overall & Best Drama/Action
Jason Choi
The Edge of Remorse

Comedy
Ryan and John Ebenger
The Brother’s Tauren 2

Music Video/Dance
Brandon Dennis
The Anti-Elf Anthem

Short Film
Jun Falkenstein
The Ballad of the Noob

For more details on the competition and to view the finalists and winning movies, please visit: http://www.xfire.com/wow

About Xfire, Inc.
Xfire, Inc. is the fastest growing online gaming platform and community in the world helping gamers to easily connect, chat and play with their friends online. Xfire is a free service that allows gamers to easily browse for game servers, chat with friends through IM and voice chat, as well as download the latest updates and additions to their favorite games. With more than five million members in over 100 countries, Xfire is an international community connecting gamers around the globe. Xfire is a wholly owned subsidiary of MTV Networks and is based in Menlo Park, CA.

MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 130 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services – MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, with all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 100 interactive properties worldwide, including GameTrailers.com, IFILM, Neopets, Xfire, Y2M, and online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services. MTV Networks also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.