LOS ANGELES and HONG KONG, Nov. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF), a leading provider of award-winning mobile 3G technology and applications, announced today partnering with IG Fun, the international mobile publishing and development arm of Indiagames, to distribute their titles to some of Artificial Life's existing partners, as well as on its m-commerce portal: www.botme.com . IG Fun has published licensed titles such as Rush Hour 3, Predator, Godzilla, Tradewinds 2 and The Office amongst others.
This agreement will enable Artificial Life's customers to access branded titles from the IG Fun repertoire of mobile games. Consumers will soon be able to purchase games directly from the website and download them to their handsets independent of their location or mobile operator. With this partnership, IG Fun will open up a new revenue stream coming from online sales of mobile games and other content on www.botme.com. IG Fun branded games will also be offered to customers via telecom operators and resellers in countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Greece and others.
"This agreement will enable IG Fun to reach out to a whole new set of international consumers through Artificial Life's robust content delivery system. We are pleased to partner with Artificial Life and are confident this partnership will be a mutually beneficial venture. The IG Fun games catalogue will spruce-up Artificial Life's existing catalogue of 3G games & mobile entertainment applications and will be well received in the geographical regions catered by Artificial Life, " said Sean Malatesta, CEO of IG Fun.
"We are excited to work with Indiagames to distribute their branded titles to our many international partners. Indiagames has a diversified product catalogue including well known titles such as Rush Hour 3, Garfield and Bruce Lee. We are very excited to forge this publishing partnership with IG Fun and to help bring their titles to different markets around the globe," said Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.
About IG Fun
IG Fun LLC is the International mobile publishing and development arm of Indiagames; focused on the European and the Americas market and aims to be a Top 10 mobile publisher in every territory that it operates in. Since its launch, IG Fun has partnered with major Hollywood movie studio partners. The company operates under the simple idea that the "Customer is King" and aims to provide fun and exciting games for end user - The Consumer. IG Fun aims to provide high quality games, the widest handset coverage and support titles with clutter breaking marketing and merchandising. IG Fun distributes with most major carriers in almost every country in Europe and The Americas.
About Indiagames
Indiagames Ltd is India's #1 mobile and online games company and one of the leading global mobile game publishers. The Company is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms like Online, Mobile and consoles. Indiagames' products are developed and published across leading technology platforms and are distributed through partnerships with major mobile operators in over 67 countries. In India, the Company also distributes games via its consumer focused website http://www.indiagames.com. Indiagames has over 250 employees and offices in Mumbai, London, Los Angles & Beijing. Key investors include TOM Online Inc. (Nasdaq:TOMO) (HK GEM stock code: 8282) - a leading wireless Internet Company in China providing value-added multimedia products and services, Adobe Inc., and Cisco Systems Inc.
About Artificial Life, Inc.
Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF) is a public US corporation headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Berlin (EMEA headquarters) and Tokyo. We are a leading global full service provider of award winning mobile technology, mobile TV, content, games and business applications (see also our Company's homepage: www.artificial-life.com; and our m-commerce portal: www.botme.com).
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