31st Mrch 2010
dx hosts Jolt Online Gaming

dx the leading custom hosting solution and services provider dedicated to the games industry, is pleased to announce that it is providing infrastructure, hosting and IP transit for leading global browser game publisher Jolt Online Gaming.

The Jolt Online Gaming Network owns and operates a wide variety of high profile and popular persistent online games and related websites. dx organised and managed a wholesale migration of Jolt's multi-rack server farm to the dx Tier4 data centre and onto dx's fully redundant multi-homed Tier1 network. The move provides Jolt with substantial room for growth as well as a significant increase in available resources.

About Jolt Online Gaming
Jolt Online Gaming is one of the leading global browser game publishers, with a specific focus in North America and the UK. Jolt develops and publishes online games that are free-to-play and can be accessed from any Internet browser. Jolt's portfolio includes Legends of Zork, ), Utopia Kingdoms, Hattrick and the soon to be released Playboy Manager. The company was founded by Dylan Collins, a serial online games entrepreneur, in 2008 and has acquired several other gaming properties including Trukz.com, Jolt.co.uk and Swirve.com. Jolt functions as an independent GameStop operating unit under the direction of company founder and Chief Executive Officer Dylan Collins, and is part of GameStop's Digital Ventures division. More information is available at www.JoltOnline.com or you can follow the daily Jolt commentary at www.twitter.com/JoltOnline

About GameStop Digital Ventures
GameStop Digital Ventures (GDV) is the global strategy, M&A and incubation arm of GameStop. GDV is focused exclusively on innovative game and game-related products, services and technologies worldwide. The company looks for partnership, acquisition and, in some cases, investment opportunities where it can accelerate the growth of those opportunities through GameStop's global financial, management, retail and digital resources. GDV is based in El Segundo, Calif.

About dx
A leading custom hosting solutions provider dedicated to the games industry, dx understands the special needs of games companies. Using a multi-homed network infrastructure and Tier 4 data centres in Europe and the USA dx delivers the performance, reliability and crucially the economy, needed to ensure stunning gameplay and a faultless end user experience.

dx clients include some of the biggest names in gaming with deployments ranging from latency sensitive First Person Shooter clusters, complex MMORPG server farms, robust web and dB driven applications through to business continuity cover. The knowledgeable and experienced dx team have been at the heart of online gaming and managed services for over two decades. For more information visit www.dx.net

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