GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN and FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- July 25, 2007-- Entropia
Universe, the safest virtual world utilizing a real cash economy, has signed a license
agreement to use the stunning high-tech game engine CryENGINE 2®, from German
developer Crytek, creators of "Far Cry®" and upcoming "Crysis®." This will make Entropia Universe the closest-to-reality looking massively multiplayer online game ever seen. The transition to an Entropia Universe platform built around this new technology is expected to be finished by mid-2008, and will be available to all Entropia Universe
partners.

Creator MindArk PE AB's CEO Jan Welter Timkrans explains, "The upgrade of Entropia
Universe will be built around the spectacular features supplied by CryENGINE 2®, offering a complete and immersive experience to Entropia participants. It will create synergies between the proven and safe Real Cash Economy backbone, the Entropia storyline with colonists fighting to establish a new world, and the very life-like visuals supplied from CryENGINE 2®."

He continues, "When we saw what the engine was capable of, we immediately understood that it would be perfect for Entropia, as both MindArk and Crytek are pioneers in their respective fields."Avni Yerli, Crytek's Managing Director, says, "We are thrilled to have been chosen by such a well regarded and successful industry leader as MindArk to be their future engine provider for Entropia Universe.

We think the combination of our CryENGINE 2® technology and their extremely popular virtual playground will result in a new kind of rich and immersive experience that has not been possible until now. It will also expose a
wide new audience to the stunningly realistic graphics, environmental physics and believable animations which are made possible by the award winning CryENGINE 2®
together with some of the most recent advances in PC hardware and operating systems."About CryENGINE 2®

Real time editing, bump mapping, dynamic lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows and a dynamic music system are just some of the state-of-theart features the CryENGINE 2® offers. The engine supports all video and hardware
currently on the market. New hardware support is constantly added as it becomes available. Some of the features available: Real Time Lighting and Dynamic Soft Shadows: CryENGINE™ 2 features
natural looking light sources, and creates soft shadows that
dynamically respond to natural movements. It includes highresolution,perspective correct and volumetric smooth-shadow implementations.Volumetric, Layer and View Distance Fogging: Create clouds or fog
banks which can hug the ground and realistically reduce both visibility and contrast, and properly interact with both dynamic lights and shadows, add depth and dimension to a landscape by reducing scene contrast and clarity for distant landmarks.

All images courtesy of Crytek. All screenshots made with CryENGINE 2®.

Note: View the CryENGINE2 trailer at top right.