SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- 1UP.com, Ziff Davis Media Game Group's online community for gaming enthusiasts, unveiled a unique new concept in videogame coverage: an online "cover story" series featuring exclusive video, screenshots, interviews, and news on Namco's Soul Calibur III, the most anticipated fighting game of the year. The week-long series of articles, blogs, and media is tied to a companion worldwide exclusive cover story in the September issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, combining the strengths of both media for the most comprehensive coverage in the industry. The Soul Calibur III Week series is online at: http://soulcalibur3.1up.com/

"Ziff Davis Media Game Group readers are familiar with the multi-page cover features we put together each month in our related magazines Electronic Gaming Monthly, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine and Computer Gaming World," said Sam Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, 1UP.com. "We're going to do the same thing on 1UP.com, with week-long features that rival the quality and depth of anything we've done in print. Readers have long been waiting for this; we're proud to offer them such a rich editorial product."

Ziff Davis Media Game Group editors traveled to Japan to obtain never- before-seen screenshots and video footage of Soul Calibur III and interviews with its designers. The editors also gained exclusive hands-on experience playing the game itself, all well before the anticipated release date of September 29, 2005

Soul Calibur III Week is the first of many online cover stories that 1UP.com will release over the coming months. The new format expands Ziff Davis Media Game Group's tradition of providing the most in-depth stories with the absolute latest info and exclusive media. The media and articles will be released over the following daily schedule on 1UP.com:

   Monday, July 25th:
   Spotlight:  Soul Calibur III
   Exclusive feature on Namco's next masterpiece. New screens and info
   inside!

   Tuesday, July 26th:
   Video Feature:  "Behind The Game"
   Producer Hiroaki Yotoriyama gives us the inside scoop on Soul Calibur III

   Wednesday, July 27th:
   Video Feature:  "Behind The Game-Pt. 2"
   Never before seen footage on character creation and Chronicles of the
   Sword!

   Thursday:
   Video Feature:  "Retro/Active"
   Travel back to the stage of history with the Soul Calibur series.

   Friday:
   Video Feature: 1UP's massive Soul Cali tourney caught on film!

  About Ziff Davis Media Game Group

Ziff Davis Media Game Group is the largest publisher of electronic game magazines in the United States. Electronic Gaming Monthly has the highest rate base of any independent gaming magazine published. It covers the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, and all relevant and emerging game systems. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine is the #1 publication for passionate PlayStation and PSP gamers. Computer Gaming World is the longest running and most respected publication for core PC gamers. 1UP.com features exclusive editorial content in addition to content drawn from Ziff Davis Media Game Group magazines Electronic Gaming Monthly, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine and Computer Gaming World. The site taps into the Game Group's unparalleled editorial resources to provide a rich body of reviews, previews, cheats, Top 10 lists, downloads, news and stories. Ziff Davis Media Game Group reaches 8 million core gamers per month, making Ziff Davis Media the largest publisher of video and PC game magazines in the United States.

About Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Ziff Davis Media is a leading integrated media company serving the technology and videogame markets. The Company is an information services provider of technology media including publications, websites, conferences, events, eSeminars, eNewsletters, custom publishing, list rentals, research and market intelligence. In the United States, the Company publishes 10 magazines including PC Magazine, Sync, ExtremeTech, DigitalLife, eWEEK, CIO Insight, Baseline, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. The Company exports the power of its brands internationally, with publications in 40 countries and 20 languages. Ziff Davis leverages its content on the Internet with a network of highly-targeted technology and gaming sites including PCMag.com, eWEEK.com, ExtremeTech.com and 1UP.com. The Company also produces highly-targeted b-to-b and consumer technology events including DigitalLife. With its main headquarters and PC Magazine Labs based in New York, Ziff Davis Media also has offices and lab facilities in the San Francisco and Boston markets. Additional information is available at http://www.ziffdavis.com/.

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