Critically Acclaimed Studio Digital Playground Receives 5 XRCO Awards

‘“Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge”, Cheerleaders” & Superstar Stoya™ Honored with Coveted Accolades!

March 17, 2009 --- VAN NUYS, Calif. --- Continuing one of the most successful years in adult history, Digital Playground received five prestigious awards from the X.R.C.O. show in Hollywood. Joone's blockbuster Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge was honored with Best Epic, Most Outrageous Extras, and Best Single Performance Actor (Evan Stone). Robby D.'s best seller Cheerleaders received Best Release, while Digital Playground contract girl Stoya™ received the trophy for New Starlet. Angelina Armani™, Digital Playground's newest contract star, gracefully represented the studio through her acceptance of the honors and presentation of three additional categories. Jared Rutter, X.R.C.O. founding member says, “It's no surprise that Digital Playground walked away with five awards. Their movies have always been held in high esteem by adult critics. This is the second year running that they've won Best Release—'Cheerleaders' was preceded by 'Babysitters'. As for 'Pirates II', it's also no surprise that it won three awards. It's a milestone in adult moviemaking.”

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Angelina Armani says, “What a spectacular night. It was so exciting to be able to accept the awards on behalf of Digital Playground and to be around the amazing critics who praised our movies.”

Digital Playground's previous X.R.C.O. Awards include: 2007 Best Release (Babysitters), 2006 Best POV Release (Jack's POV 5), 2005 Best Epic (Pirates), 2005 Best Release (Pirates), 2005 Best Director (Joone, Pirates), 2004 Best New Starlet (Teagan Presley), 2004 Teen Cream Dream (Teagan Presley), 2000 Best New Starlet (Tera Patrick).

Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge stars Digital Playground's beautiful contract girls Jesse Jane®, Shay Jordan™, Katsuni™, Stoya™, Riley Steele™ and Gabriella Fox™. The film costars the international talents of Belladonna, Sasha Grey, Jenna Haze, Brianna Love, Abbey Brooks, Shawna Lenee, Rhylee Richards, Brea Lynn, Shyla Stylez, and Veronica Rayne. Evan Stone, Tommy Gunn, and Steven St. Croix reprise their ground-breaking roles from the original Pirates. The film also includes industry studs Manuel Ferrara, James Deen, Marco Banderas, Mick Blue, Ben English, and Charles Dera.

All hands are on deck for the epic, blockbuster Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge, directed by award-winner Joone, and produced by Joone and his business partner Samantha Lewis. The film premiered at the heralded Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles and released on DVD on September 27 and Blu-ray on November 7. A MPAA R-rated version hit major retail stores like Blockbuster, Best Buy, and Albertsons, and e-tail sites like Amazon.com in February.

About X.R.C.O.

Founded in 1984, the X.R.C.O. was formed to give writers and editors from the adult entertainment industry a voice in selecting the best in and brightest in the world of adult cinema. Original members included a small group of writers from Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia. Over the years, select and qualified membership has expanded to include some of the best adult reviewers from both print and internet. In 2005, the X.R.C.O. welcomed its first European members. 2009 marked a quarter century of excellence with the X.R.C.O.'s Silver Anniversary.

About Digital Playground:

Digital Playground is the world leader in adult filmmaking and interactive formats boasting the largest HD library available, as well as sexy and powerful novelty lines to compliment blockbuster films. Since the Company’s inception in 1993, Digital Playground has earned over 300 awards, currently garners more than 80% of high definition sales within the adult market, and is a leading provider of Blu-ray™ titles. Female owned and operated, Digital Playground emphasizes quality first, employing fastidiously high production values in erotic film for women, men and couples. Digital Playground’s commitment to excellence, innovative technology, brilliant full-length productions and exclusive Contract Stars are the secrets to its success and makes Digital Playground the most highly demanded supplier of content for hotel, IPTV, cable, pay-per-view and mobile networks worldwide.

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