iPhone(TM) & iPod Touch(TM) Users Get Ready to Ride The Lines!

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Tue Sep 2, 2008 8:45am EDT

INXILE ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE LINE RIDER(TM)

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- inXile entertainment
(http://www.inxile-entertainment.com) today announced they will release a
version of the internet phenomenon Line Rider for the iPhone(TM) and iPod
Touch(TM) in September 2008.  The new version of Line Rider will be available
on iTunes for $2.99 and will feature the ability to upload and download tracks
on the web at the official Line Rider Web site http://www.linerider.com.
Created in September of 2006, Line Rider was an immediate online sensation
with millions of players worldwide and thousands of videos posted on
YouTube.com showing off users' "custom" Line Rider tracks.
    "We have over a million visitors to LineRider.Com every month and our
strong and vocal audience has been asking for an iPhone(TM)/ iPod Touch(TM)
version of Line Rider ever since the touch interface was introduced," said
Brian Fargo, chief executive officer of inXile entertainment Inc. "Line Rider
is a natural fit for the iPhone as mobile users will be able to share their
tracks and ride the lines almost anywhere now."
    Line Rider 'fan boy' TechDawg will be collaborating with inXile to create
some groundbreaking tracks that will be available for download from the Line
Rider web site. The iPhone(TM) and iPod Touch(TM) version will feature a touch
interface and will allow users to playback tracks in a 'movie' mode as well as
upload tracks to the Internet for others to download and play. Players will be
able to search for tracks by track name and/or author, rate other people's
tracks and browse the list of "Most Recent Tracks" as well as "Top Rated
Tracks".
    Also scheduled for release in September 2008 is Line Rider(TM) 2: Unbound
from Genius Products for Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM) and PC. These brand new
games will feature new game modes, riders, community features and creative
tools. Line Rider 2: Unbound is the next level in this gaming phenomenon and
will feature 40 mind-bending puzzles created by the #1 Line Rider player in
the world, TechDawg.
    Located in Newport Beach, California, inXile entertainment is a game
development company that focuses on both licensed and original intellectual
properties and develops for personal computers, Nintendo Wii(TM), Nintendo
DS(TM), PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system and the Xbox
360(TM) video game system from Microsoft.
SOURCE  inXile entertainment

Kirk Green of Gonzo Communications, +1-949-459-2165, kirk@gonzocom.com, for
inXile entertainment
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