[March 29, 2004] RCN Launches RCN interACTION Games; New Broadband Subscription Service Delivers Online PC Games PRINCETON, N.J., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RCN Corporation today announced the launch of its newest premium broadband offering, RCN interACTION(SM) Games, which will be available to customers later this week. RCN interACTION Games, the first fully integrated subscription gaming service, offers unlimited access to over 40 premium games that stream directly to customers' PCs over RCN's MegaBand(R) network. RCN interACTION Games (http://www.rcninteraction.com/) is powered by the EXEtender(TM) Turnkey technology solution from Exent Technologies Inc., which also powers leading interactive entertainment services in North America, Europe and Asia. We're proud to be the first provider in the US to deliver this unique broadband service, said Rick Rioboli, Vice President of Product and Marketing. RCN will continue to provide the newest and most innovative broadband services for our customers combined with RCN's MegaModem(R) Internet service - the fastest residential cable modem service. RCN interACTION Games offers customers a destination to play a wide selection of popular PC games from leading publishers, in genres ranging from action and strategy to simulation and arcade. Users can make their selection by browsing game titles, or can learn more about games through screen shots, reviews, demos and more. Unlimited access to games such as Unreal(R) Tournament, Civilization(R) III Conquest, and RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 2 will be available to any RCN high-speed Internet customer who uses a Microsoft Windows operating system. Subscribers' monthly usage fees will be conveniently included on their cable television statement. Providers delivering content-rich broadband tiers to consumers will differentiate themselves from competitors, said Elad Nafshi, Director of Internet Product Management and Development. RCN interACTION Games is the first of multiple channels of interactive broadband content we plan to launch this year; our state-of-the-art network enables us to roll out new levels of content seamlessly to our customers. About RCN interACTION Games RCN interACTION Games requires an RCN high-speed Internet connection. Additional PC system requirements include Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, as well as a Pentium 233 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 500 MB of hard drive space, Direct X and compatible SVGA video and sound cards. Users must also complete a one-time download of the EXEtender(TM)Player, powered by Exent Technologies. The EXEtender(TM) Player allows players to download only the files necessary to begin game play while the remaining required game elements download and stream in the background. About RCN Corporation RCN Corporation is the nation's first and largest facilities-based competitive provider of bundled phone, cable and high-speed Internet services delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to consumers in the most densely populated markets in the U.S. RCN has more than one million customer connections and provides service in Boston, New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. metropolitan markets. RCN Corporation CONTACT: Barak Bar-Cohen, RCN Public Relations, +1-609-919-8144; or JimDowning, RCN Investor and Public Relations, +1-609-734-3718 Web site: http://www.rcn.com/http://www.rcninteraction.com/ [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]