MAXIMUM CHARISMA STUDIOS ANNOUNCES SECOND STAGE OF FIGHTING LEGENDS BETA TESTING

More Role Play Elements Added To The Massively Multiplayer Online RPS Title

ARVADA, CO – June 28, 2001 - Maximum Charisma Studios (www.mcszone.com) , creator of the new, massively multiplayer online role-playing strategy game (RPS), Fighting Legends, will enter into its second stage of Beta testing on July 2nd, leading toward a fourth quarter 2001 game launch. This next stage of testing includes the beginnings of guilds, relics, trading of units and resources, quests, and overall balancing tests. Testers will experience a level of depth in Fighting Legends not seen before. A host of Game Masters and Apprentice Game Masters will also be introduced into the game to help new testers, as well as host awesome events.

Fighting Legends, beta tested by over 1,000 gamers worldwide to date, has received consistently positive reviews regarding the overall stability of the game. Steve Escalante, VP Sales and Marketing comments, “We were pleasantly surprised by how stable and optimized the game was for Phase One. The fact that Phase One gamers, worldwide, played off our local server and that we ran 21 consecutive days without a complete system failure, strongly supports our November release date.”

Fighting Legends is a role-play strategy title with action elements. The unique look of the anime style characters is set in a myriad of color and bazaar landscapes. Players can choose from 81 potential avatars. Community is a strong focus, as gamers must trade to diversify their squad, of 16 characters, in order to triumph in battle. In addition to fighting, there is an assortment of quests to choose from, ranging from mini scenarios to uber quests that require a group of allied player’s to complete. GM hosted events will be a prominent element with rewards such as; relics, monuments erected in-game, cash prizes and more.