SAN FRANCISCO and DUBLIN, Ireland, October 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Players Work Together as Nations to Create the Strongest Economy

eRepublik Labs today announced the public availability of the first
massively multiplayer online strategy game. The game, called eRepublik, is
set in a mirror world where players, referred to as citizens, join in local
and national politics, set economic policy, start businesses and wage wars
with other countries. With more than 35,000 active daily "citizens" playing
the beta version of eRepublik, this new release delivers an improved war
module that lets citizens stage resistance wars and more sophisticated
political and economic systems that include the management of natural
resources. Version 1.0 is immediately available free of charge with no
software to download.

"A lot of companies think they are going to take over the world;
eRepublik allows you to, virtually," said Carla Thompson, senior analyst of
Guidewire Group. "eRepublik has combined our favorite aspects of strategy
games like Risk and Civilization and placed them in the social context of a
massive multiplayer game. Countries rise and fall as they wage war, allocate
resources and fund economies. It will be interesting to watch how the game
resonates with players around the world and how those users will influence
the evolution of a truly intriguing concept."

The game is designed to take just 15 minutes per day to maintain an
active citizen. eRepublik estimates that over 90% of the content in the game
has been created by citizens, including thousands of newspapers, hundreds of
political parties, and more than 2,900 companies that employ over 23,000
citizens. Citizens also provide national defense as soldiers and set foreign
policy as presidents, congressmen and leaders of political parties.

Version 1.0 of the game builds on popular features including:

-- Resistance wars - countries that have been taken over or occupied can
now stage resistance wars against the aggressing country

-- Raw materials - countries will now be able to exploit and trade raw
materials such as oil, wood, grain and diamonds

-- Embargoes - presidents will be able to set economic embargoes against
countries

-- Minimized corruption - a new system that reduces the ability of
presidents to steal the assets of countries

-- New tools for Congress - ability to propose and debate laws and
impeach the president

-- Improved media section - a completely new media section that allows
media owners to better reach their subscribers

"Whether it's running a company or running a country, everyone has had
the thought 'I could do that better'," said Alexis Bonte, CEO of eRepublik.
"eRepublik allows people to pursue their dreams of dominating the world,
feeding the hungry or creating peace in the Middle East. It's all possible in
eRepublik."

For a complete list of features available in version 1.0, please visit
http://wiki.eRepublik.com.

The beta version of eRepublik, launched just under one year ago, has
attracted worldwide interest. Most of eRepublik's citizens come from Sweden,
Spain, the United States, Norway, Romania, Portugal, Indonesia, the United
Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands.

To join eRepublik visit http://www.eRepublik.com. It's free and there's
no software required.

About eRepublik Labs

Founded in 2007, eRepublik is the first massively multiplayer online game
from eRepublik Labs, a game developer based in Dublin, Ireland. Based in the
mirror world eRepublik citizens run countries, build businesses, lead
political parties, volunteer for the military and write newspapers in the new
world of eRepublik. At the launch of V1, eRepublik has more than 100,000
registered users and 35,000 active daily players. eRepublik Labs has received
euro 750,000 in funding from AGF Private Equity and has offices in Spain,
Romania, France and the U.S.

Web site: http://www.eRepublik.com
              http://wiki.eRepublik.com