2014-09-23

Mobile Gaming Subsidiary to Direct Market Eight Major Races in the “Drive to Championship Weekend” With Rick Ware Racing

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Sep 23, 2014) – Retro Infinity Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WRIT Media Group, Inc. (OTCQB: WRIT) and publisher of classic video games on today’s mobile devices, including the Amiga Games brand, announced today that it has teamed with Rick Ware Racing (“RWR”) for eight major racing events in the US & Europe. The RWR Retro Infinity “Drive to Championship Weekend” will encompass eight select motorsports events, including NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the NASCAR Whelan Euro Series race. The company will be launching many of its mobile gaming titles throughout the series events, and anticipates making a major announcement during the Homestead Miami championship weekend.

“NASCAR provides an exciting environment in which to provide awareness and showcase our mobile gaming products, and we look forward to further enhancing the fan experience at home, at the track and on the go for these races,” says Retro Infinity CEO Eric Mitchell.

Scheduled drivers for the racing events include Timmy Hill — Sprint Cup driver and 2011 Nationwide Series “Rookie of the Year”, Carlos Contreras — multi-time Mexican championship driver, Stanton Barrett — veteran NASCAR driver & Hollywood stuntman & director and Kevin O’Connell — California NASCAR & IMSA road course driver and 1st American to road race NASCAR Europe.

The following nationally televised motorsports events will carry Retro Infinity and Amiga Games as the primary brand and will receive prominent logo placement on RWR race cars, driver uniforms and crew uniforms:

NASCAR Nationwide Series Dover Race Sat Sep. 27 / 03:30 PM ET / Dover, Delaware Int’l Speedway
Kansas Lottery 300 (Nationwide Series) Sat Oct. 04 / 03:30 PM ET / Kansas City Speedway
NASCAR Nationwide Series Charlotte Race Friday, Oct. 10 / 07:30 PM ET / Charlotte Motor Speedway
NASCAR Whelan Euro Series Sat Oct. 11 / Sun Oct. 12 / Le Mans France – Circuit Bugatti
Kroger 200 (Camping Truck Series) Sat Oct 25 / 01:30 PM ET / Martinsville VA
Goodys Headache 500 (Sprint Cup Series) Sun Oct 26 / 03:30 PM ET / Martinsville VA
NASCAR Nationwide Series Phoenix Race Sat. Nov. 08 / 04:00 PM ET / Phoenix International Raceway
Ford Ecoboost 300 Sat. Nov. 15 / 04:30 PM ET / Homestead-Miami Speedway

In addition to direct car and driver logo branding, Retro Infinity will launch a social media campaign in conjunction with other promotions, which include printed materials available at the racetrack, contests, event-related NASCAR national press releases, stories, and team owner and driver interviews.

About Rick Ware Racing
Rick Ware Racing (RWR) has competed in every NASCAR sanctioned series, ARCA Series, the WMA Motocross Series, AMA Arenacross, Motocross and Supercross Series, Summer X-Games and Rolex Grand-Am Series.

About WRIT Media Group
WRIT Media Group, incorporated in 2007, is a digital media company with two operating divisions, Front Row Networks, a content creation company providing production, distribution and financing of live concerts, music documentaries, and family programs for theatrical and ancillary distribution; and the “retro” video gaming division, collectively comprised of Retro Infinity Inc. and Amiga Games Inc., videogame publishers of classic games, for a wide range of smartphone, mobile, and TV set-top devices. The company is publicly traded on the OTCQB stock exchange under the symbol WRIT.

About Amiga Games and Retro Infinity
Amiga Games Inc. licenses classic pre-Windows computer game libraries and adapts and republishes the most popular titles for smartphones, modern game consoles, PCs, tablets, and other television streaming devices such as Roku. Retro Infinity Inc. was established to publish and brand games that were not originally released for Amiga brand computers. The two companies tap into the growing “retro gaming” marketplace, building on the “Amiga”, “Atari”, and “MS-DOS” brands, to deliver retro-gaming titles adapted for modern devices as well as merchandise featuring brands and characters from the games.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those discussed in WRIT Media Group Inc.’s latest 10-Q filed August 15, 2014 and 10K filed July 15, 2014. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Rick Ware Racing, and related trademarks and names are the property of Rick Ware Racing and are registered and/or used in the U.S. and countries around the world. Amiga is the registered trademark of Amiga, Inc. in the U.S. and other territories, Amiga Inc. Trademarks and Software have been licensed to Amiga Games Inc. and Retro Infinity, Inc. for mobile devices under a Software and Trademark License Agreement. All rights reserved. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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