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YNK INTERACTIVE RELEASES THE YNK GAME CARD
Posted on 12 Feb 2010
Available at participating BLOCKBUSTER® stores in the US

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Feb. 12, 2010 – Online PC game publisher YNK Interactive has announced the release of the YNK Game Card through their partner InComm, the leader in sales and marketing of prepaid products. The YNK Game Card is available at participating BLOCKBUSTER stores throughout the US. The card can be redeemed for currency points within all YNK Interactive games.

“We are pleased to welcome the YNK Game Card into BLOCKBUSTER stores this week,” said Fred White, Director of Business Development and Marketing for YNK Interactive.com. “The card is a safe and convenient way for players to purchase points for all YNK Interactive games, especially for players who do not want to use a credit card. The YNK Game Card is available in the U.S. and can be redeemed worldwide.”

The YNK Game Card is a prepaid card that can be used with all YNK Interactive games, including the massively multi-player online role playing games R.O.H.A.N.: Blood Feud, Seal Online: Evolution, K.O.S. – Secret Operations (a first person shooter), and Krazy Aces (an aerial combat racing game). All games are free to play, and are for the PC.

"We are excited to work with YNK Interactive to launch their new prepaid gaming card,” said Brian Parlotto, Senior Vice President of Consumer Products and International for InComm. “Through our marketing expertise and best practices with regard to launching products at retail, we're providing YNK Interactive with a valuable new revenue stream. Additionally, this partnership provides us with the opportunity to further expand our business in the gaming sector and strengthen our relationships with our leading retailer partners like Blockbuster. As YNK Interactive being the leader in the online gaming category, it is especially great to secure a partnership like this where everyone wins—the retailer, the new product provider and the gaming consumers.”

To locate a BLOCKBUSTER store near you, visit www.blockbuster.com/stores/storelocator. For more information on all YNK Interactive games, visit www.DONTBLYNK.com & www.playrohan.com

About YNK Interactive
YNK Interactive is a subsidiary of YNK Korea, one of Korea’s largest online game developers and publishers since 1998. Based in Orange County, California, YNK Interactive’s mission is to publish global versions of high quality game titles in English. The global network including YNK Taiwan and YNK Japan is known for its award-winning MMO games for PC, such as R.O.H.A.N.: Blood Feud, Seal Online, and K.O.S.-Secret Operations. The new DONTBLYNK game network continues to add new and exciting games for players of all ages and geographical locations.

About Blockbuster Inc.
Blockbuster Inc. is a leading global provider of rental and retail movie and game entertainment. The Company provides its customers with convenient access to media entertainment anywhere and any way they want it – whether in-store, by-mail, through vending and kiosks or digital download. With a highly recognized brand name and a library of more than 125,000 movie and game titles, Blockbuster leverages its multi-channel presence to further build upon its leadership position in the media entertainment industry and to best serve the two million daily global customers and more than 50 million annual global customers. The Company may be accessed worldwide at www.blockbuster.com.

About InComm
InComm is the industry leading marketer, distributor and technology innovator of stored-value gift and prepaid products using its state-of-the-art point-of-sale transaction technology and payment solutions to revolutionize retail product sales and customer experiences. With nearly $8 billion in retail sales transactions processed in 2008, InComm is the nation’s largest provider of gift cards, prepaid wireless products, reloadable debit cards, digital music downloads, content, games, software and bill payment solutions. InComm partners with consumer brand leaders around the world to provide more than 150,000 retail locations the products and services their customers demand. Since 1992, InComm's patented technologies have made the buying process easier for consumers while streamlining the selling process for product and retail partners. To learn more about InComm, visit www.incomm.com or call 1.800.352.3084. InComm is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices in Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Colorado, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Oregon, Arkansas, Alabama and Minnesota.

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