Ziff Davis Announces 11th Electronic Gaming Summit

Ziff Davis announced today the return of the Electronic Gaming Summit, the only event of its kind which focuses solely on industry trends and issues and caters to the video game industry's top- level executives. The 11th Annual Electronic Gaming Summit will be held on May 19-21, 2008 at the Silverado Resort and Country Club in Napa, California and will be restricted to invitation-only.

The 2008 Summit promises to continue its long-standing tradition of showcasing new strategic marketing approaches and future gaming industry trends, while providing a platform for leading industry influencers and executives to educate attendees on the latest industry issues and network in an exclusive setting.

"We are thrilled to bring back the Electronic Gaming Summit at such a crucial time with the establishment of the new "current-generation" consoles," states Jason Young, CEO, Ziff Davis Media. "1UP Network is widely recognized as the authority on video game culture, and to be able to provide a platform to present our knowledge, along with the expertise and insider intelligence of gaming industry leaders, creates a unique and invaluable experience. We look forward to bringing together executives from all realms of the gaming industry to see what 2008 and beyond will bring."

For more than 10 years, the Electronic Gaming Summit has been the gaming industry touchstone for exposing trends and jumpstarting future industry thinking with topics such as online gaming, social networking and community, the evolution of next-generation platforms, retail ecology, and lifestyle/gaming trend crossover.

In past years, Electronic Gaming Summit has hosted keynotes and presentation from such industry luminaries as Kazuo Hirai, former president and COO of SCEA, Peter Moore, former corporate vice president, Interactive Entertainment Business, Entertainment and Devices Division of Microsoft, Int., and Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, in addition to key influencers and experts from Wedbush Morgan Securities, Def Jam Recordings, Amazon.com and ESPN Network.

To check out what the 1UP Network is all about, please log on to http://www.1up.com. For more information about the 1UP Network, please log on to http://gamegroup.ziffdavis.com

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