HONG KONG, April 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF), a leading provider of award winning mobile 3G technology, games and applications, today announced a new partnership with arvato mobile GmbH, one of Europe's leading distributors of digital and mobile content. arvato mobile GmbH will release and distribute 'Poli - der Eisbar(tm)' and other mobile games from Artificial Life, Inc. in selected countries in Europe.
"We are happy that we can now also publish the mobile games of Artificial Life, Inc. Artificial Life produces high quality titles that fit neatly in our content portfolio. 'Poli - der Eisbar(tm)' is a game that would receive great media attention due to the famous icebear baby 'Knut'," stated Bernhard Ribbrock, CEO of arvato mobile GmbH.
"We are excited to work with arvato mobile, one of the biggest and strongest content publishers in Europe. Our partnership with arvato mobile is part of our roll out strategy for Europe," said Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.
About Artificial Life, Inc.
Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF) is a public U.S. corporation headquartered in Hong Kong and a leading global provider of multi award winning mobile technology, content, games and applications. For more details, please visit: www.artificial-life.com; www.v-girl.com; www.virtual-boys.com; www.toonmates.com; www.v-disco.com; www.v-penguins.com; www.poli-the-bear.com and our m-commerce portal www.botme.com.
About arvato mobile
arvato mobile offers its customers worldwide digital entertainment contents as well as innovative concepts and interactive solutions. The company considers itself to be a 360* manager along the whole digital value chain. The subsidiary of the international media and communication services provider arvato, a corporate division of Bertelsmann, works very closely with network operators, internet service providers, media companies and brands in more than 75 countries. arvato mobile is partner to all big music labels and rights owner in the film, TV and games industries. arvato mobile assures for its customers the complete content, category and royalty management. With gnab and the Entertainment Platform 2 (EP2) arvato mobile possesses two state-of-the-art platforms for processing and distribution of digital contents. The consumer brands handy.de and tj.net are two successful mobile entertainment portals run by arvato mobile.
arvato mobile - the future of entertainment. www.arvato-mobile.com
arvato mobile press contact: Anja Schlumberger, +49 (0) 40 6461-5291, anja.schlumberger@corelations.de Cornelia Busse, +49 (0) 40 6461-5305, cornelia.busse@corelations.de Wandsbeker Strasse 3-7, D- 22172 Hamburg Fax: +49 (0) 40 6461-5492
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