RealNetworks' RealArcade Holds SCRABBLE Man vs. Machine Challenge Friday, November 17, 2006 Live in Seattle

RealNetworks' RealArcade Holds SCRABBLE Man vs. Machine Challenge Friday, November 17, 2006 Live in Seattle

Can the Scrabble National Champion Beat the Computer and win the $10,000
Prize?

SEATTLE -- Nov. 16 -- RealNetworks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK), the world's largest publisher of casual games, today will hold its SCRABBLE Man vs. Machine competition in Seattle where the winner of the 2006 SCRABBLE Open will use his talents to try and beat the artificial intelligence in the game developed by RealNetworks.

WHO:
-- Jim Kramer, the national SCRABBLE Open champion
-- John Curley, anchor of Seattle's Evening Magazine and host of the
SCRABBLE Man vs. Machine competition
-- John Williams, president of the National SCRABBLE Association

WHEN:
-- Friday, November 17, 2006
-- 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

WHERE:
-- Seattle's Westlake Center, Westlake Plaza
-- 400 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101

VISUAL:
-- National SCRABBLE Open Champion enclosed in an elevated isolation booth
competing on a computer against RealArcade's SCRABBLE
-- SCRABBLE game projected on a giant video screen as the Man vs. Machine
competition takes place
-- Policeman handcuffed to a clear briefcase containing the $10,000 prize
-- Westlake Center's Westlake Plaza transformed with giant tents, flags,
balloons and game stations
-- Crowds gathered to watch the competition and play RealArcade's SCRABBLE
for themselves at game stations
-- Host John Curley giving play-by-play commentary and humorously
interacting with the crowd

About RealNetworks, Inc.

RealNetworks, Inc. is the leading creator of digital media services and software including Rhapsody, RealPlayer(R) 10, and casual PC and mobile games. RealNetworks has more than 2.2 million paid subscribers to its premium digital media http://www.real.com/ . Broadcasters, network operators, media companies and enterprises use RealNetworks' products and services to create and deliver digital media to PCs, mobile phones and consumer electronics devices. RealNetworks' corporate information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/company .

Contacts:
Carol Rogalski Ashley Allman
crogalski@real.comashley@barokas.com
425-890-4747 206-344-3133

PRNewswire -- Nov. 16

Source: RealNetworks, Inc.

Web site: http://www.realnetworks.com/

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