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Transgaming becomes Khronos Group Member

From:  Paul Nowosad <paul.nowosad-AT-transgaming.com>
To:  general_media-AT-dispatches.transgaming.com
Subject:  [General_media] TRANSGAMING JOINS INDUSTRY LEADERS AS KHRONOS GROUP MEMBER
Date:  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:08:57 -0400
Message-ID:  <9C0BE949-5998-4331-8A77-DC95EFCCA4A9@transgaming.com>



TRANSGAMING JOINS INDUSTRY LEADERS AS KHRONOS GROUP MEMBER

Software Technology Leader Adds A New Voice To The Creation Of Open  
Standards For The Authoring And Acceleration Of Dynamic Media



Toronto, Canada - March 28, 2008 - TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), a  
leading developer of portability and graphics technologies has become  
a Khronos Group Contributing Member, joining over one hundred  
industry leading technology companies.  TransGaming will participate  
and vote with all Members in the ongoing development and promotion of  
open standards for the authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on  
platforms ranging from embedded systems to high-performance desktop  
and workstation systems.

"We are delighted that TransGaming has joined the Khronos Group,  
bringing valuable software vendor perspective to the desktop OpenGL  
standards process," said Neil Trevett, president of the Khronos Group  
and vice president of mobile content at NVIDIA.  "The experience and  
hard work of members like TransGaming enable Khronos to push forward  
the OpenGL standard to enable even richer 3D applications across a  
wide variety of platforms."

TransGaming is a premier entertainment and graphics software provider  
widely recognized for the Cider and Cedega Portability Engines. All of  
TransGaming's portability products rely heavily on OpenGL to provide a  
robust and high performance standard graphics interface on targeted  
platforms.  The company has substantial experience working with OpenGL  
and brings extensive technical knowledge of game-engine technology and  
graphics systems to Khronos and the OpenGL ARB.

TransGaming has joined the Khronos Group to help advance and influence  
the OpenGL standard. Through Khronos TransGaming will aid the  
evolution of OpenGL, which is critical to the success of our gaming  
and entertainment products.  As a contributing member, we will  
participate in the evolution of these open standard APIs to ensure  
that all ISVs are able to take full advantage of the capabilities of  
their hardware, regardless of their platform of choice," commented  
Gavriel State, Founder and CTO of TransGaming.

TransGaming is ?Broadening the Playing Field' for consumer  
technologies, and working with Khronos will ensure development  
standards continue to enable products that meet or exceed consumer  
demands.


About TransGaming, Inc.

TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), is a leader in the development of  
unique software portability products that facilitate the deployment of  
games across multiple platforms. TransGaming's portability  
technologies significantly reduce the time-to-market for and costs  
associated with multi-platform game releases.  TransGaming works with  
many of the industry's leading developers and publishers to enable  
their games on the Mac and Linux operating systems, and currently  
markets its products under four brand names: Cider (Mac), Cedega  
(Linux), SwiftShader (Graphics), and GameTreeOnline.com (Retail).   
TransGaming is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and maintains a  
research and development center in Ottawa, Canada.  To learn more  
about TransGaming's products visit www.transgaming.com.

About Khronos

The Khronos Group is a member-funded industry consortium focused on  
the creation of open standards such as OpenKODE, OpenGLŪ ES,  
OpenMAX, OpenVG, OpenSL ES, OpenML and COLLADA to enable the  
authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on a wide variety of  
platforms and devices. All Khronos members are able to contribute to  
the development of Khronos specifications, are empowered to vote at  
various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate  
the delivery of their cutting-edge media platforms and applications  
through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests. .  
Please go to www.khronos.org for more information.

Khronos, OpenKODE, OpenVG, OpenMAX and OpenSL ES are trademarks of the  
Khronos Group Inc. COLLADA is a trademark of Sony Computer  
Entertainment Inc. used by permission by Khronos. OpenGL and OpenML  
are registered trademarks and the OpenGL ES logo is a trademark of  
Silicon Graphics Inc. used by permission by Khronos. All other product  
names, trademarks, and/or company names are used solely for  
identification and belong to their respective owners.



Contacts For TransGaming:
Paul Nowosad	Jean-Francois (JF) Dube
Director of Marketing	Investor Relations
TransGaming Inc.	TransGaming Inc.
416.979.9900 x323	877.848.8790
paul.nowosad@transgaming.com	investors@transgaming.com

Contact For Khronos:
Elizabeth Riegel
Khronos Group Public Relations
+1 740 649-7755
elizabeth@goldstandardgroup.com

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept the responsibility for the  
adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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