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GameRanger Improvements Revive and Extend Multiplayer Life of PC Games

Perth, Western Australia — March 19, 2009 — GameRanger, the PC 
multiplayer online gaming service, added improvements to give games a 
longer multiplayer life. Rather than waiting around for a multiplayer 
game, people are now immediately notified the moment anyone wants to 
play a game of theirs that interests them.

GameRanger’s new notifications mean that people can be always ready 
for a game even while  occupied with other PC activities by simply 
having the GameRanger icon in the system tray. This increases the pool 
of available players for all games at all times. Once people have 
decided they want to play, GameRanger handles the rest so they have no 
need to worry about the usual headaches of network issues or 
connection problems.

Most multiplayer games have a spike of activity just after release and 
then trail off, making it increasingly harder to find others to play 
against. Some games never even reach the levels needed for their built-
in lobbies and auto-matching in the first place. Potential players end 
up quitting out of frustration or boredom before they find a match, 
perpetuating the problem, because they can’t do anything else while 
they wait.

“Although digital distribution has increased the shelf-life of PC 
games, little has been done to boost their multiplayer shelf-life and 
dwindling online-gaming communities,” observed Scott Kevill, president 
of GameRanger Technologies. “Now with GameRanger, the Long Tail 
doesn’t need to be a Lonely Tale.”

GameRanger runs on Windows XP or later, and is available as a free 
download from http://www.GameRanger.com

About GameRanger

GameRanger is the longest running multiplayer online gaming service, 
having originally opened to Mac gaming in 1999. In November 2008, 
GameRanger expanded to PC gaming with full lobby support for over 500 
games — significantly more than any other multiplayer service — and 
is rapidly becoming the preferred choice of gamers for playing their 
friends online. GameRanger Technologies is located in Perth, Western 
Australia.