LOS ANGELES – Nov. 11, 2009 – Just in time for Thanksgiving, Gamepot (USA), Inc. is rolling out a gift that will keep on giving: Bright Shadow’s official release. With the launch of the free-to-play massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) known for its cute, anime-style characters, rich community, and imaginative monsters also comes the grand opening of Bright Shadow’s Cash Shop, where players can buy stunning hairstyles, ninja gear, giant toothbrushes and more for endless customization of their characters.

To commemorate Bright Shadow’s official release, Gamepot will be hosting several holiday-themed in-game events over the next few weeks. The events include “A Thanksgiving Nightmare” quest to earn a quirky Turkey Weapon or Indian Outfit, a massive Black Friday sale in the Cash Shop, a Guild Thanksgiving photo competition and much more.

“The holidays are the perfect time of year to roll out a festive and colorful game like Bright Shadow,” said Thomas Lee, senior director of business and marketing, Gamepot (USA), Inc. “At Gamepot we’re always trying to invent new ways to bring fun, free, online entertainment to our community and show them how thankful we are for their loyalty and contributions. We look forward to giving Bright Shadow players new content and events over the next two months and beyond.”

In Bright Shadow, players enter the world of Luciena, a peaceful civilization that controls the mysterious properties of “Soul Power” – an entity that exists within every facet of the universe, in all sentient beings, and can be used for benevolence or manipulated for evil. However, deep within the Umbra Realm, nefarious beings seek to use the Soul Power to enslave, oppress and kill others; believing death is the only path to unlocking its true potential. After enduring countless attacks at the hands of the Umbra, the people of Luciena have dedicated themselves to the study of Soul Power to use it as a weapon against their enemies. Now with the battle lines drawn, an epic war has begun, with total control of Soul Power hanging in the balance.

Like all Gamepot games, Bright Shadow is a 100% free-to-play experience with the option of purchasing “Pot Cash” for special in-game items. A sampling of the upcoming in-game events can be found below:

A Thanksgiving Nightmare
• Date: Nov. 16 – Nov. 30
• Rewards: Indian Outfit or Turkey Leg Weapon
• Content: Players can take on the exclusive Thanksgiving Event to earn exclusive rewards.

Black Friday Sale
• Date: Nov. 28 – Nov. 29
• Rewards: Huge Discounted Items
• Content: Limited quantity items for sale at big discounts.

Guild Thanksgiving
• Date: Nov. 18 – Dec. 02
• Rewards: Guild Package (Items, Effects, Etc.)
• Content: At 2:00PM each day, we will teleport all users who are gathered at the “Event Location” to a “Sealed Room.” The users who are gathered at the “Event Location” will be the users who are willing to participate in the event. A wave of monsters will be summoned within this room. If the GM dies, then the event is over. The users must continue to protect the GM until all 10 waves are over. If they succeed, the GM will reward all the users within that room instantly on that day.

For more information, a full list of events, or to play Bright Shadow, please visit: http://brightshadow.gamepotusa.com.

About Gamepot (USA), Inc.

Gamepot (USA), Inc. is the U.S. publishing division of Gamepot, Inc., one of Japan’s top gaming firms. Opening its Los Angeles office in August 2008, Gamepot (USA), Inc. is dedicated to providing the best games free of charge, and invites all players to “Taste the fun”. Gamepot has a full course meal of fun, fulfilling games slated for North America and beyond. For more information, please visit http://www.gamepotusa.com.

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IRVINE, CALIF. – Nov. 12, 2009 – The wait is over. Modern warfare is front and center on the hardcore online gaming portal ijji.com with the launch of the highly-anticipated and ambitious Unreal Engine 3-powered multi-player online first-person shooter (MOFPS), Alliance of Valiant Arms (A.V.A). Prepare for an intense battle to rage as online gamers receive a beautifully crafted, heart-pounding free-to-play game that answers the call of duty. Alliance of Valiant Arms transports the action-hungry and fragging elite to present day, war-torn cityscapes with the promise of combat that blurs the lines of reality. Gamers ready to put their life on the line can download the client here: http://ava.ijji.com.

“Once gamers play A.V.A for themselves, they will wonder why they ever paid a cent for a game,” said Philip Yun, CEO, NHN USA, Inc. “The launch of Alliance of Valiant Arms should have retail-based games nervous, because it isn’t just going to blow online gamers minds, but those of console gamers as well.”

Numerous maps depicting actual modern-day cities obliterated as combat zones and realistic rag-doll physics to animate the atrocities of battle may have gamers pinching themselves to ensure that they are not actually crawling on the front lines. With the launch of Alliance of Valiant Arms, ijji.com is yet again bestowing their community and the online world with a polished game that offers intense high-stakes action, clean imagery and unique battle modes – for free.

Seasoned FPS players, such as Justin “Prank” DeMara, a member of Team Pandemic’s Call of Duty 4 division, lauded A.V.A as boasting “Fast gameplay, heavy amounts of teamwork, replayability.” Having jumped into early versions of the game as well, his colleague Joseph “Nabore” Amorosa commented on the technical nature of the gameply, and how “[A.V.A] takes more skill to master than Call of Duty games.” While the storyline and platforms between the two titles vary, the consistent provision of solid hardcore FPS goodness resonates with any intense PC gamer.

In Alliance of Valiant Arms, modern warfare hits combat zones around the globe where a formidable battle has broken out between the European Union (EU) and the Neo Russian Federation (NRF). Players are tasked with picking a side and squaring off in an unprecedented battle amongst skyscrapers and deserted city blocks. With the signature quick-fragging action of the Unreal Engine 3, combat escalates quickly and tensions run high as players anticipate a bloody clash around every corner. Europe has yet to see more ominous missions or relentless enemies as seen on the streets of Alliance of Valiant Arms.

Console gamers, modern warfare fans and ijji.com members alike must wait no longer; the grimy present-day battle is live and available for gamers able to handle the wrath of war on: http://ava.ijji.com.

About ijji.com

ijji.com (www.ijji.com) is the leading portal for hardcore online gaming. Owned and operated by Irvine, Calif.-based NHN USA, Inc., ijji.com launched in 2006 and now boasts more than 8 million unique registered gamers. The portal hosts a diverse suite of hardcore, fast action free-to-play online games, each with an optional micro-transaction model.

ijji.com’s extensive portfolio includes the renowned online games Lunia, GUNZ The Duel®, SOLDIER FRONT™ and DRIFT CITY™. The portal will soon include the highly-anticipated Unreal Engine 3-powered games Huxley: The Dystopia, a massively multi-player first-person shooter (MMOFPS), and Alliance of Valiant Arms, a multi-player online first-person shooter (MOFPS); in addition to the World War II-era MOFPS KARMA: Operation Barbarossa and the fantasy MMORPG Soul of the Ultimate Nation.

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On the e-commerce side of WComms’ roster, One World Direct’s bylined article on marketing through shipping posted today on Multichannel Merchant. Thomas Unterseher, CEO, One World Direct, offers the following tips for growing e-commerce businesses:

Use your own packing slip. Even if you outsource your shipping or use a drop-shipper, ensure that you can include a packing slip that prominently displays your logo or name.

Put marketing materials or memorable inclusions in your packages. Most outsourcers will drop inserts or catalogs into your outgoing shipments for a reduced price—this is a great way to get a mailer, promotional coupon or offer into your customers’ hands without additional shipping costs.

Customize your boxes. If you ship U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail and meet its volume qualifications, you can even get free boxes from the USPS for your shipments with your custom design or text printed on the outside of the box.

Read the full article here.

IRVINE, Calif. – Nov. 9, 2009 –Exploding into the new decade, ijji.com is heading towards a landmark milestone of 10 million unique registered players. To further establish itself as the foremost online destination for hardcore gaming, the portal of choice for first-person shooter, role-playing and other intense action genres has roughed up its logo – giving the ijji.com brand just the right amount of badass to fit effortlessly with its intense games. The new logo spells out “ijji” in a clean, metallic typeface in shadows of black and gray, reflecting the smoking gun barrels, heavy steel swords and lead-heavy gas pedals found in the portal’s games.

“ijji.com foresaw the trend of hardcore gamers moving to the online space, and we are proud to say we are the first to cater to that market exclusively,” said Philip Yun, CEO, NHN USA, which hosts ijji.com. “We want our branding to represent that effort: Instantly recognizable for an intense, engrossing hardcore gaming portal dedicated to giving its community unrivaled entertainment experiences. Anticipating the surge of seasoned gamers streaming into the online realm is what differentiated us from others who are desperately trying to keep up.”

ijji.com is home to several vastly different hardcore online video games, with many new triple-A additions on the horizon. A multi-player online first-person shooter (MOFPS) that answers the call of duty, Alliance of Valiant Arms offers gamers heart-pumping action that transports players to the deserted urban streets of a modern day world war. A visually stunning fantasy MMORPG, Soul of the Ultimate Nation immerses players in an enchanting world ravaged by corruption and war. From the pedal-pumping thrill of extreme drift racing in Drift City to the modern gritty battlefields of Soldier Front, the portal provides an assortment of settings. Some of ijji.com’s games combine facets of several genres, as found with Gunz The Duel, a massively multi-player online realm where fantasy and enchantment meet the industrial world in a clash of notorious outlaws and iron-fisted bounty hunters after the same sparse treasures.

More information on the portal and its games is available at www.ijji.com.

About ijji.com

ijji.com (www.ijji.com) is the leading portal for hardcore online gaming. Owned and operated by Irvine, Calif.-based NHN USA, Inc., ijji.com launched in 2006 and now boasts more than 9 million unique registered gamers. The portal hosts a diverse suite of hardcore, fast action free-to-play online games, each with an optional micro-transaction model.

ijji.com’s extensive portfolio includes the renowned online games Lunia, GUNZ The Duel®, SOLDIER FRONT™ and DRIFT CITY™. The portal will soon include the highly-anticipated Unreal Engine 3-powered games Huxley: The Dystopia, a massively multi-player first-person shooter (MMOFPS), and Alliance of Valiant Arms, a multi-player online first-person shooter (MOFPS); in addition to the World War II-era MOFPS KARMA: Operation Barbarossa and the fantasy MMORPG Soul of the Ultimate Nation.

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IRVINE, CALIF. – Nov. 3, 2009 – Online gaming prowess can take you far – to Korea, in fact. The modern warfare, Unreal Engine 3-powered Alliance of Valiant Arms (A.V.A.) kicks off its first tournament this week with a bang, on the hardcore online gaming portal ijji.com. The nine million-strong site is offering an all-expense paid trip to Korea for the number one North American clan to frag it up against top international counterparts. Avid shooters, clear your calendars from now until Nov. 8, 2009 because qualifying rounds will take place, and only the top 32 clans will proceed into the first round of the tournament. Once invited to join the tournament, clan-mates should prepare themselves for intense twitch-based, fast multi-player online first-person shooting (MOFPS) action, from which only the very best will ascend.

“A.V.A. offers gamers something profoundly different from other online games on the market: A beautifully constructed game, with more thrills, more action and more maps for less money – actually, for free!” said Philip Yun, CEO, NHN USA, which hosts ijji.com. “We never tire of giving back to the ijji.com community, and what better way than rewarding them with a once in a lifetime opportunity to fly to Korea to throw down with some of the best A.V.A. players in the world.”

The supreme battles of Alliance of Valiant Arms will test the strength and ability of clans across North America, as they take chances in tank escort missions on the eerily demolished streets of modern Europe. On Nov. 15, 2009, the penultimate stage of the tournament will see two clans go head to head, in a merciless scrap to determine who truly has what it takes to represent all of North America as the Alliance of Valiant Arms victor. With a crisp, engrossing European backdrop to the rugged, heart-pounding combat, Alliance of Valiant Arms offers gamers the thrill of being a part of the next World War.

Dutiful soldiers that think they can battle the most elite competitors can begin their quest for A.V.A. glory at http://ava.ijji.com.

About ijji.com

ijji.com (www.ijji.com) is the leading portal for hardcore online gaming. Owned and operated by Irvine, Calif.-based NHN USA, Inc., ijji.com launched in 2006 and now boasts more than 9 million unique registered gamers. The portal hosts a diverse suite of hardcore, fast action free-to-play online games, each with an optional micro-transaction model.

ijji.com’s extensive portfolio includes the renowned online games Lunia, GUNZ The Duel®, SOLDIER FRONT™ and DRIFT CITY™. The portal will soon include the highly-anticipated Unreal Engine 3-powered games Huxley: The Dystopia, a massively multi-player first-person shooter (MMOFPS), and Alliance of Valiant Arms, a multi-player online first-person shooter (MOFPS); in addition to the World War II-era MOFPS KARMA: Operation Barbarossa and the fantasy MMORPG Soul of the Ultimate Nation.

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