e-Institute Incorporated Launches Online Game Development Institute GameInstitute to Offer Entertainment Developers Affordable Online Courses New York, NY—April 6, 2001—e-Institute Incorporated, a distance education and electronic publishing company, today announced GameInstitute (http://www.gameinstitute.com), a series of online courses for current and aspiring interactive entertainment developers. GameInstitute will begin offering eight Internet courses focused on modern videogame development with a faculty of professional game developers, published authors, and experienced educators. The courses consist of electronic textbooks, multimedia lectures, real-time faculty question and answer, and message board technologies. “The educational process can be very effective when it is bi-directional, interactive and multimedia,” said Andre LaMothe, Chief Executive Officer of XtremeGames, Ltd. and the industry’s top selling game programming author. “For the first time, and at a very reasonable cost, game developers can receive a rich and information-packed multimedia educational experience as well as a convenient interface to a professional and experienced faculty. With this kind of support, they can progress at a rate far greater than was previously possible.” GameInstitute courses are 6 to 12 weeks in length with pricing from $45.00 to $90.00, which includes electronic textbooks, weekly lectures and online support. An additional dozen courses are scheduled to roll out by year-end. "Our goal is to provide educational material in a comprehensible and accessible format quickly to interactive entertainment developers," said Ralph Decatrel, Chief Technology Officer, GameInstitute. “Innovations in both the hardware and software fields have given even the amateur developer the power to generate and manipulate complex three-dimensional worlds both on and off the Internet. With our dedicated faculty and electronic format, we are always able to provide a thorough curriculum that is maintained at the cutting-edge of technology.” About e-Institute Incoporated e-Institute, Inc. is a New York City-based privately held company focused on developing core proprietary educational software products and technologies in the field of distance learning. For more information see www.gameinstitute.com.