Artificial Life,
Inc., (OTC BB: ALIF), ( http://www.artificial-life.com ), today announced the
successful collaboration with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Games in bringing
Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself), the extremely popular online game, to the
iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game application is now
available in its new incarnation for purchase at $2.99.
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Artificial Life was previously chosen by Adult Swim for the launch of its
first iPhone game, Amateur Surgeon, in December, 2008. The game's top ranking
reached #5 in the paid game apps section on iTunes; the "Lite" version reached
#2 for free game apps; both the full and "Lite" versions have been in the top
#100 since launch under the "Adventure" and "Strategies" categories in most of
the countries where the game is available. The two companies have plans to
launch more mobile titles over the next year.
Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself), originally an online game from Adult
Swim, is brought to the iPhone with enhanced features added on top of the
original terrific gameplay and storyline The iPhone version offers a
multiplayer mode (via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), and a direct connection to
Facebook for players to publish their scores and comments onto their walls.
In the game, you're a common, everyday desk jockey at some blah company,
sitting in your blah cubicle. Suddenly you decide that you'd rather die than
go to another stupid meeting. But how to get the job done? This fast-paced
adventure game gives you exactly 5 minutes to kill yourself before the next
boring meeting starts. Fortunately, your office is filled with a great variety
of fun and dangerous objects: staplers, copiers, blow torches, a shark tank,
and even a pack of rabid weasels.
Game Features:
-- Easy-to-use controls makes killing yourself a delight
-- A three-storey office for you to explore and discover the most
efficient ways to kill yourself
-- Ordinary office supplies and equipments which help you to die in
extraordinary ways
-- Provoke co-workers by using small talk that's as rude and offensive as
possible!
-- Challenge friends or even a stranger in a race to the death in the
multiplayer mode
-- Taunt your Facebook friends with your score showing how well you
managed to end your life
"We are excited to have teamed up with Adult Swim on another iPhone game
to expand their iPhone product portfolio after our previous successful
collaboration on Amateur Surgeon. With the addition of Five Minutes to Kill
(Yourself), Adult Swim fans can enjoy another installment of wacky, edgy
gaming on the iPhone," said Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.
Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself) is now live in the Apple App Store and is
available for purchase at: http://itunes.com/app/5minutestokillyourself
(iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the US and other
countries. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc. App Store is a service mark of
Apple Inc. Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.)
About Artificial Life, Inc.
Artificial Life, Inc. (OTC BB: ALIF) is a public U.S. corporation
headquartered in Los Angeles, with its production center in Hong Kong and
additional offices in Berlin (EMEA headquarter) and Tokyo. As a leading, full-
service provider of mobile broadband 3G technology, mobile participation TV,
mobile gaming, and content and business applications, Artificial Life provides
2D and 3D multi- and single- player rich-media applications for 3G, 3.5G and
4G network-enabled mobile phones. Recognized internationally for outstanding
content quality and technology, Artificial Life transcends traditional modes
of mobile communications and interactive gaming. For more information, please
visit http://www.artificial-life.com or the company's m-commerce portal at
http://www.botme.com .
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reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
our ability to obtain additional funding to operate and grow our business; the
unproven potential of our mobile gaming business model; changing consumer
preferences and uncertainty of market acceptance of our products; timely
adoption and availability of 3G mobile technology; market acceptance for use
of mobile handheld devices to play the interactive games; unpredictable mobile
game development schedules; our reliance on a relatively small number of
brands; our ability to license brands from others; our dependence upon
resellers and telecommunication carriers and operators to distribute our
products; our ability to successfully develop, introduce, and sell new or
enhanced products in a timely manner; and the timing of new product
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