June 27, 2005 (SEATTLE) - WizKids Inc., creators of the runaway hit games MechWarrior®: Age of Destruction and Pirates of the Spanish Main™, are proud to announce an alternative special prize for the winner of the MechWarrior World Championship held at Gen Con Indy 2005: a virtual reality pod from www.mechjock.com and Virtual World's MechWarrior virtual reality experience!

"This partnership allows us to offer our finest players one of the greatest MechWarrior prizes ever," said Mike Samora, vice president of Sales and Marketing at WizKids®. "The virtual reality pod game has pleased millions of fans at Virtual World arcades for years." The pod, which comes complete with a single-person version of the Firestorm software that fuels the MechWarrior virtual reality game, is the closest a person can come to climbing into the cockpit of a BattleMech™.

Should the winner choose not to accept the pod, he or she shall receive a full supply of MechWarrior for one year. For images of the pod, and more details as Gen Con approaches, visit www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior.

Founded by 25-year game-industry veteran Jordan Weisman, WizKids is a Seattle-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating tabletop games driven by imagination. Its Mage Knight®, MechWarrior and HeroClix® CMGs and Pirates and Rocketmen™ CSGs are among the most successful games on the market today, and the company has sold hundreds of millions of game pieces worldwide. WizKids Inc. is owned by The Topps Company Inc. For additional information, visit www.wizkidsgames.com.

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