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Video Game Publishers Embrace Digital Distribution Model; More Than 20 Publishers, Developers to Provide Games for Infinium Labs' Phantom Game Service.


SARASOTA, Fla. -- Broadband Games-on-Demand Service First To Deliver Games to Consumers In Their Living Room; 24 x 7 Service Will Offer Games for the Whole Family

In a move that indicates the video game industry is embracing digital distribution as a vehicle to expand the market, more than 20 major game publishers and independent developers have signed on to supply titles for the Phantom Game Service(TM), an on-demand game service to be offered by Infinium Labs (OTCBB OTCBB

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In the first of a series of planned announcements, Infinium Labs unveiled an initial content partner roster for the Phantom Game Service that includes four of the top 10 PC publishers in the industry; game companies that represent, collectively, one-third of the current PC games market, according to according to
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Publishers and developers supplying content include 21-6 Productions, BraveTree, Chronic Logic, Codemasters, Dreamcatcher
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 Interactive, eGames, Eidos, Enlight Interactive, Framework Studios, GamerBlitz, Gameware Development, GarageGames, Global Software Publishing, Interplay, Kuma Reality Games, Legacy Interactive, Max Gaming, O-3 Entertainment, Riverdeep, Skunk skunk, name for several related New World mammals of the weasel family, characterized by their conspicuous black and white markings and use of a strong, highly offensive odor for defense.  Studios and Vivendi Universal Games Universal Games is a Nevada company that produced such board games as Merger, Titanic: The Board Game, and the Apollo 13 edition of Solarquest.

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. Atari Inc. has also signed on to supply select titles for the service.

The company has already secured more than 500 titles, a wide breadth of content which includes more than half of the 50 best PC games of all time, as rated by Gamerankings.com.

"Our agreements demonstrate that game publishers and developers are recognizing that digital distribution offers them a significant opportunity to expand sales in conjunction with the existing retail model. They're joining with us to promote market expansion," Kevin Bachus, president and COO, Infinium Labs, said.

In addition to securing a new audience for their latest releases, Infinium Labs' content partners will recognize a new revenue stream from their back-catalog of previously released games. Retailers will get incremental revenue from the sale of hardware, subscriptions and games.

The Phantom Game Service will offer a wide range of game genres, including Action/Adventure, Strategy, First Person Shooter (FPS (Frames Per Second) The measurement of full-motion video performance. See frame.

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) and Role Playing Games See CRPG.  (RPGs) as well as Classic Games, Arcade Games You can also check the Killer List of Videogames.

This is a list of arcade games organized alphabetically by name. It does not include computer or console games unless they were also released in video arcades. See Lists of video games for related lists.
, high quality Educational Titles, Games for Young Children and Board Games This is a list of board games. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see for a list of board game articles. . Consumers subscribing to the service will be able to access the game of their choice anytime, day or night, from a consumer electronics device sitting near the TV in the living room, and play brand new titles as well as popular old favorites, games made by independent developers, imports and games not sold at retail.

The Phantom Game Service will help content creators reach several largely untapped audiences. Although avid gamers have expressed the highest level of initial interest in the service, Infinium Labs' research studies also suggest that an enormous and growing segment of the population -- lapsed gamers who played games earlier in life but no longer participate in a gaming lifestyle -- are an important new target.

"By making the game selection and purchase process as easy as watching television, we plan to welcome former gamers back into the fold. It's always gratifying grat·i·fy  
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 to see the immediate enjoyment they get from playing on our service," Bachus said. "Amazed at how fast they can call up games and begin having fun, they see that the Phantom service offers something for the whole family."

About Infinium Labs

Based in Sarasota, Fla., Infinium Labs (OTCBB:IFLB) is in development on The Phantom Game Service, the first end-to-end, on-demand game service. Delivered over broadband, the Phantom Game Service will offer casual and avid gamers a broad library of titles, available anytime, day or night, from the comfort of their living room.

Infinium Labs is led by a management team with extensive experience in interactive media, entertainment, broadband services, technology and video games See video game console. . For more information, please visit www.phantom.net.

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Certain statements included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from such statements expressed or implied herein as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to: the development of the Infinium Labs technology, the successful marketing and distribution of the Phantom Gaming System, acceptance by the market of Infinium Labs, products and technology, competition and timing of projects and trends in the gaming industry, as well as other factors expressed from time to time in filings Infinium Labs will make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). As a result, this press release should be read in conjunction with periodic filings Infinium Labs makes with the SEC. The forward looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date of this press release, and Infinium Labs undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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