PersistentWorldZ and yourDictionary Partner to Raise the Language Bar in Z-Opolis^TM

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Irvine, CA (August 27, 2002) - PersistentWorldZ, a Game Service Provider focused on opening up the world of Massively Multiplayer Online Games to the casual and occasional gamer, especially kids, today announced their partnership with yourDictionary.com, the most comprehensive and authoritative portal for language and language-related products and services on the web. Initially PersistentWorldZ will include the yourDictionary.com English and then Spanish "off-color language" dictionaries into Z-Opolis (website and Massively Multiplayer Online Community Game) for message board and chat filtering. Future plans include development of mini word-games, based on the yourDictionary.com reference dictionaries; the mini-games, playable from within the virtual world of Z-Opolis, will enable players to increase their avatars' IQ.

"Although we believe that the massively multiplayer online game experience should be fun, we don't believe that this requires using off-color language," said Kevin Hannah, Chief Marketing Officer at PersistentWorldZ. "Utilizing the extensive experience of yourDictionary.com allows us to not only safe-guard players, but to start promoting the use of good language as an actual part of game play."

News media around the world have come to rely upon yourDictionary.com as the language portal of record, with them being prominently featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN International, El Mundo (Madrid), Le Monde (Paris), The Wall Street Journal, the London Times, London Daily Mail, and the BBC.

"We see this as a great opportunity to lend our language skills to the exploding world of massively multiplayer games," said Paul J.J. Payack, President and CEO of yourDictionary.com. "Z-Opolis strives to promote positive social interaction and education as part of game play, and we think that yourDictionary.com can play a key role."

About PersistentWorldZ, Inc.

PersistentWorldZ (www.persistentworldz.com), founded in December 2001 and headquartered in Irvine, California, is set to be a leading Game Service Provider, through the introduction, continued expansion, and successful service, of massive unique persistent game worlds that capture the imagination of hard-core, casual and occasional gamers alike - Massively Multiplayer Online Community Games (MMOCG's) for the mass-market audience.