Variety of Belkin cases include stylish, functional designs to keep you always connected by providing easy access to your new iPhone. Cases cater to the many different ways you carry your device

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 17 June 2010 – Today Belkin launched stylish new cases for the iPhone 4, designed to complement the way that consumers carry their devices.

“iPhone users lead mobile lifestyles, taking their devices wherever they go to ensure anytime connectivity. The phones get dropped into cluttered handbags, stuffed into pockets and even carried in hand by constant users. Belkin’s new cases have been designed to protect the iPhone however it is carried, keeping it safe from damage.” said Patrick Domingue, Managing Director, Belkin ANZ.

Belkin has identified five main ways people carry their iPhone: in a pocket, in the hand, in a bag, attached to themselves, and whilst active.

For those carrying their iPhone in their pocket, Belkin’s slim cases are easy to grip, they slide in and out of a pocket smoothly, and they provide impact protection from everyday drops. For people who keep their iPhone in hand at all times, they will appreciate our line of cases that are comfortable to hold, shock-absorbing, and easy to grip. Belkin has also created cases that make your iPhone easy to find within the interiors of a travel bag or handbag and protect it against constant contact with other items.

To accommodate consumers who like to keep the device attached to themselves, Belkin offers cases that range from armbands to belt buckles, making the iPhone easy to access for intermittent use.

AVAILABILITY

• Cases in select styles will be available starting July in Australia and New Zealand.
• Other styles will continuously be made available for purchase throughout 2010

GRIP CASES

Grip cases protect your iPhone and come in a variety of textured designs while adding style, colour, and gripability. Grip cases’ form-fitting design lets your iPhone charge while still in the case. These cases are great for those carrying their iPhone in their palm and using it to video chat and play games.

Grip Ergo with Strap (F8Z624tt) – $29.95

• Ergonomic case design and removable hand strap provide a secure way to hold your iPhone
• Colours: Vivid Blue, Black, Clear

Grip Graphix (F8Z627tt) – $24.95

• Features designs that make it easy to grip your iPhone
• Colours: Vivid Blue/Clear, Royal Purple/Clear, Black Pearl/Clear

Grip Vue (F8Z642tt) – $29.95

• Designed to increase gripability with a sleek, high-gloss finish
• Colours: Clear, Vivid Blue, Royal Purple, Black Pearl

Grip Edge (F8Z639tt) – $39.95

• Features a unique combination of grip and style
• Colours: Black Pearl (Carbon), White Pearl, Toffee

SHIELDED CASES

Shield cases protect your iPhone while providing increased shock absorption and impact resistance. These sleek cases add no extra bulk and offer maximum protection while allowing full access to connector, buttons, and iPhone screen. Shield cases work well for pocket carriers.

Shield Eclipse (F8Z621tt) – $34.95

• Provides a firm grip in your hand
• Easily slides in and out of your pocket
• Colours: Vivid Blue, Black Pearl, White Pearl, Royal Purple

Shield Fusion (F8Z637tt) – $34.95

• Provides improved grip while in your hand
• Slides easily in and out of your pocket
• Colours: Black Pearl, Royal Purple

Shield Shock (F8Z640tt) – $34.95

• Features a lightweight, impact-resistant exoskeleton and a shock-absorbing interior lining for maximum protection
• Provides a firm grip in your hand
• Colours: Black Carbon/Royal Purple and Vivid Blue, Black Carbon/Translucent White and Translucent Black

Shield Micra (F8Z623tt) – $34.95

• Features sleek design for protection without bulk
• Colours: Black/Translucent White and Translucent Black, Black/Vivid Blue and Royal Purple

VERVE CASES

These fashion-inspired leather cases protect your iPhone from everyday scratches and scuffs. Tailored to be slim and form-fitting, they also provide easier and more sensitive access to the home key.

Verve Cinema (F8Z636tt) – $39.95

• Features kickstand to view media content comfortably

Verve Sleeve with Clip (F8Z612tt) – $39.95

• Clips onto a belt—ideal for those who like to keep their iPhone on their body at all times

Verve Folio (F8Z609tt) – $39.95

• Features a cover that folds to protect the screen and a soft inner

FIT ARMBANDS

Fit armbands are designed for the active user. Made with breathable and hand-washable fabric, these cases are easy to put on and remove, and flex with you as you move about your workout.

DualFit (F8Z610tt) – $34.95

• Adjustable dual-fit system allows for best fit on any arm?maximizes sizing
• Key pocket for convenient storage while at the gym or outdoors

FastFit™ (F8Z611tt) – $39.95

• Patent-pending clip system provides easy on/off access
• Features removable sleeve for iPhone, low-profile belt clip, and key pocket
• Cable capsule stores and manages earphones in convenient rubber dome
• Key pocket for convenient storage

OVERLAYS

Belkin overlays protect your new iPhone screen from everyday scratches.

MatteScreen™ Overlay – 3-Pack (F8Z710tt) – $19.95

• Features glare-reducing protection for your iPhone screen

ClearScreen™ Overlay – 3-Pack (F8Z678t) – $19.95

• Provides a clear protective shield for your iPhone screen

To see the full range of new cases, visit http://www.belkin.com/iPhone/

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About Belkin International, Inc.

Belkin offers an extensive range of innovations designed to give computer and consumer electronics users seamless integration in their homes, cars, and on the go. Belkin, a privately held company founded in California in 1983, is the recognized global leader in connectivity solutions. Since our inception in 1983, Belkin has experienced an amazing 25 consecutive years of dramatic growth and remains committed to making significant strides in the areas of research and design.

Our diverse and far-reaching product mix includes award-winning innovations for easy-to-use networking solutions, accessories for mobile devices, such as iPod®, iPhone™, laptops, and netbooks, as well as energy conservation products. You can view and purchase them at www.belkin.com, as well as through a network of major distributors, resellers, and superstores.

Belkin also provides business-class solutions that include KVM switches, LCD rack consoles, racks and enclosures, in addition to a broad USB and cable product mix. Belkin has developed industry-leading innovations, prized by channel partners and end users alike for their dependability, customer service, and comprehensive warranties.

Belkin’s U.S. presence includes corporate headquarters in Playa Vista, CA and a distribution centre in Indianapolis, IN. With major facilities in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, our reach extends throughout Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, with offices in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Hong Kong.

I’m pleased to inform you that Wargaming.net today announces the release of its new teaser for the upcoming massively multiplayer online action game World of Tanks. Atmospheric layers are not barriers for Tank Power which is still destructible even in distant spheres of Space. You can feel it yourself by watching the new World of Tanks teaser video here: http://www.worldoftanks.com/gallery/video/1

Brand-new WORLD OF TANKS Teaser is available for download here:

http://213.184.232.58/press/WOT_teaser_3.avi (67Mb)

http://213.184.232.58/press/WOT_teaser_3.flv (33 Mb)

http://213.184.232.58/press/WOT_teaser_3.wmv (40 Mb)

We hope that the tank enthusiasts around the globe will enjoy watching our new video while anticipating the game of their dreams – World of Tanks.

Free-to-play action MMORPG available to all players starting June 24, 2010

Santa Clara, CA – June 17, 2010 – Today at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3, ChangYou.com (US) announced June 24th as the Open Beta date for their innovative free-to-play action MMORPG Blade Wars. The game features 99 motion-captured martial arts moves, choreographed and performed by Chinese Sanda champion Liu Hailong.

Additional unique features include an advanced Combo Skills System and an exclusive Music Skill development path called “Maestro.” Blade Wars allows players to chain a series of attack skills together to form special combination skill attacks. Combo strings can be set and tailored to suit varied attack scenarios. The best players have been able to create combo strings that result in a chain of up to 99 uninterrupted hits.

The Maestro system in Blade Wars allows players to make music through use of mouse movements. Following a series of colored lines across the screen, players can begin to play pre-set tunes and then customize them with horizontal mouse movement to change the duration of selected notes and vertical mouse movement to change the pitch. If the player does well, their character earns combos and gains experience toward the next level in Music Skill. Nearby characters may enjoy the music and even join in.

“Besides ‘Maestro,’ my favorite aspect of Blade Wars is the Combo System,” says Blade Wars producer Eron Garcia. “Instead of simply attacking with the same skill over and over, or repeatedly tapping attack shortcuts, Blade Wars allows players to string together attack skills to form unique Combo attacks. We’ve adopted the phrase ‘Think before you act’ as a mantra for the Combo system.”

To learn more about Blade Wars, visit BladeWarsMMO.com. You can also follow all of the excitement at E3 by visiting the live broadcast at us.ChangYou.com.

THE GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO ENTERS ITS 13TH WEEK

Rialto Distribution is delighted to announce that THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is now entering its 13th week and shows no signs of slowing down.

The Swedish language film, based on the first book of the international best selling ‘Millennium Trilogy’ novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson, has taken nearly $5,250,000 in 12 weeks and continues its run on over 30 screens nationally.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, which opened on the 25th March, is proving to be one of the biggest grossing foreign language films in Australia. Having already surpassed the success of Downfall, The Lives of Others and As It Is In Heaven, DRAGON TATTOO is rapidly gaining on successful foreign language films Hero, which took $5,732,635, Life is
Beautiful and Amelie.

Rialto Distribution’s General Manager, Mike Vile says “It’s a fantastic result for the film and augurs well for the remaining two films in the trilogy. Although some people may have had reservations that it was foreign language the simple fact of the matter is that it is an exciting and tense thriller that works well as a film. The continued word of mouth is great and we should see the film still performing strongly for several more weeks”.

The second part in this thrilling trilogy, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, will be released in cinemas through Rialto Distribution on 23rd September 2010.

For session times for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO please check your local paper.

Sonic Free Riders™ brings full body motion controlled fast-paced boarding action into people’s homes! 

Wednesday 16th June 2010 – SEGA Europe Ltd. & SEGA America Inc., today announced Sonic Free Riders™.  Set for release late 2010, Sonic Free Riders™ offers an extreme fast-paced boarding game and is developed to take full advantage of Kinect^TM for Xbox 360® 

For the first time ever in a SEGA game, full-motion body control will allow you to twist and turn your way through a range of visually stunning courses in an action-packed Sonic experience unlike any other!  Kinect for Xbox 360’s unique motion sensor means Sonic Free Riders™ will see family and friends controlling their fully customisable hover board or bike by twisting, turning and jumping in an exhilarating race to be the first to cross the finish line!  Choosing from one of your favourite Sonic characters, or your own Avatar, you can reach out and grab a variety of pickups along the course.  By throwing, shaking, or swinging your arms to launch your weapon, you can gain the competitive edge over your rivals in high octane single or multiplayer races.

“SEGA is immensely excited to be a part of Microsoft’s line up for Kinect for Xbox 360, the full body motion control is an innovative avenue allowing for complete immersion in the game” commented Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA Europe and SEGA America. “This is a whole new way to play as Sonic!  By providing a complete level of freedom, movement and ease of play, Kinect for Xbox 360 and Sonic Free Riders ensures all the family can enjoy the thrill of racing as if they were actually on their hover boards.”

Sonic Riders™ will be available to play with Kinect for Xbox 360 for late 2010.

For more information please visit www.sega.com/sonicfreeriders

For press assets please visit www.sega-press.com

About SEGA Europe Ltd.:

SEGA® Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe’s web site is located at www.sega.com

About SEGA of America Inc.:

SEGA® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home.  The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.  SEGA of America’s Web site is located at www.sega.com

For the very first time this August, fans of Ni Hao Kai-Lan (popular preschool title with parents thumbs up), can enjoy playing as their favourite character from the hit Nickelodeon TV show on Wii and DS. Please refer to the fact sheet attached. 

Ni Hao, Kai Lan: Super Game Day (Wii)

Join Kai-Lan and friends on a super happy game day filled with excitement! Including 10 fun filled mini games, multi-player games, the Wii game encourages good sportsmanship and cultural broadening and is kid –tested for approval.

Ni Hao, Kai Lan: New Years Celebration (DS)

Get ready for the greatest Chinese New Year celebration ever with Kai-Lan and her friends! Help them craft paper lanterns, cook Chinese dumplings, march in a parade, play in a band and loads more! The DS version teaches kids Mandarin Chinese in a fun and exciting way and includes loads of fun games!

Deputy Premier and Racing Minister Rob Hulls has announced today that Te Papa, New Zealand’s national museum, will loan Phar Lap’s skeleton to Melbourne Museum to celebrate this year’s 150th running of the Melbourne Cup.

“This is a major coup for Melbourne as New Zealand has never before agreed to lend Big Red’s skeleton to an international museum and it will be the first time it has travelled overseas since it arrived in New Zealand in 1933” said The Hon. Rob Hulls.

“This historic reunion of Phar Lap’s hide and skeleton will be a fitting tribute to his important place in Victoria’s racing history,” said Brett Dunlop, Manager, Melbourne Museum. “I’m sure this will make Melbourne Museum’s most popular exhibit an even greater attraction.”

“This significant loan from Te Papa will be a great way to kick off celebrations for Melbourne Museum’s 10th birthday in October”, he added. “The timing is wonderful.”

An assessment of the state of Phar Lap’s skeleton undertaken by Te Papa conservators showed that the skeleton could be loaned to Melbourne Museum without major risks.

The skeleton will go on display from September 2010 until January 2011, and will be shown alongside Phar Lap’s magnificent hide in the Melbourne Gallery at Melbourne Museum.

Deputy Premier and Racing Minister Rob Hulls made the call in April this year to reunite Phar Lap’s heart from the National Museum of Australia and its skeleton from New Zealand’s national museum Te Papa for a temporary exhibition at Melbourne Museum to celebrate the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup, as well as the 80th anniversary of the racing legend’s 1930 Melbourne Cup win.

Unfortunately museum conservators decided that Phar Lap’s heart was too fragile to travel to Melbourne from Canberra.

Over seven million visitors have come to Melbourne Museum in the past ten years, making it Australia’s most popular museum. At least 350,000 people are expected to visit the Phar Lap display at Melbourne Museum during the exhibition period.

June 17th, 2010 – Welcome to Fruit Ninja version 1.3, where we are proud to release the Dojo – a new menu to help you manage your Fruit Ninja career! We will be adding more features to the Dojo in every update, and are kicking off the launch with some much-requested customization options.

The Dojo addition for version 1.3 is Sensei’s Swag – an area where you can unlock and apply some amazing changes to the game. By completing various objectives within both Classic and Zen Mode, you can unlock new backgrounds and swipes and begin using them instantly!

This update includes three new backgrounds and three new swipes – simply open the Sensei’s Swag menu to see which you have unlocked and the objectives required for each one.

And finally, one of the most requested fruit from the community has now been added! It may not be particularly sweet but it sure is juicy – please welcome LEMONS to the cast of colorful characters! Best of all, they come with a whole range of new and exciting Fruit Facts.

We will be continuing to add more content to the game modes, the Dojo and Sensei’s Swag in the near future!

About Halfbrick

Halfbrick is a professional game development studio based in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 2001, it has developed popular titles for the Game Boy Advance, PSP, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, with expansion into XBLA, PS3 and iPhone development. For further information, please visit www.halfbrick.com and follow on Twitter, Youtube and Facebook!

Santa Clara, CA – June 16, 2010 – Today at E3 ChangYou.com (US) announced that they have signed acclaimed comic book creators Devin Grayson and Roger Robinson to work on a “secret project” for their new flagship game Zentia.

Grayson and Robinson are comic industry veterans who last worked together to create the award-winning comic series Batman: Gotham Knights, which ran for a total of seventy-four issues from March 2000 through April 2006 with Grayson and Robinson collaborating on the first thirty-four. Both Grayson and Robinson are also experienced in the gaming industry, Grayson having worked on localization and communications at top gaming companies such as PlayFirst, Inc. and Perfect World, and Robinson working on Concept design and Cinematics for BottleRocket Entertainment.

Though unable to comment on the exact nature of the project, which will be announced in greater detail later this year, Grayson confirmed that she and Robinson were pleased to be working together again in one of their favorite mediums. “Both Roger and I love gaming,” Grayson acknowledged at the ChangYou.com (US) booth at E3, “and like the characters we’ve worked on together before in comics, the characters of Zentia are strongly archetypal. They lend themselves extremely well to stories, which is why they’ll be so fun to work with, and also while they’ll be so much fun for RPGers to play.”

Attendees at E3 are getting a first look at the Zentia characters coming to life in an exclusive one-page comic handout by Grayson and Robinson. With a limited print run of 5,000, the booth giveaway has become an instant collector’s item.

Developed by Pixel Soft, Zentia features a humorous comic book style in 3D, unique characters, and a unique social leveling feature that requires the entire community to work together to open higher level game content. The game is scheduled to enter Closed Beta on July 8, 2010 at 4PM PST.

Learn more about Zentia at ZentiaTheGame.com and follow all the excitement at E3 by visiting the live broadcast at us.ChangYou.com.