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Drop Your Linen and Start Your Grinn'n in Eidos' 'Singles: Flirt Up Your Life' Eidos Breaks all Boundaries and Clothing Mandatory Rules in this Relationship Simulation Game Scheduled for North American Release SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eidos plc , one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announced it has secured the North American publishing rights for Singles: Flirt Up Your Life. Developed by the German company, Rotobee, Singles: Flirt Up Your Life is a life and reality simulation game, which brings the excitement and anticipation of new, budding relationships into play. Eidos, in partnership with Deep Silver, a company of the Koch Media Group, will release Singles: Flirt Up Your Life for PC via online download early this Summer 2004. "Eidos is taking the idea of reality simulation up several notches to a new, unhindered level of gameplay, offering consumers the opportunity to not only develop relationships and manipulate character interactions, but to also take on a voyeuristic role that is so popular in today's reality television shows," says Tom Marx, project manager at Eidos. "Singles breaks the barriers and paves the way for more jaw-dropping, eye-popping fun the way reality simulation should be." Singles: Flirt Up Your Life places players in the role of matchmaker. Choosing from over a dozen, unique characters, the player will pick two people to move into a sparsely decorated apartment and begin their adventure together as new roommates. Numerous opportunities to engage the characters in situations will make or break their relationship in the house. The player, having no idea what each individual's tastes and opinions are, must choose the character's actions as they interact and learn about one another. Anticipation and curiosity will build from learning how to collaborate on furnishing the home, to finding out what your roommate enjoys watching on television most. Of course, if someone forgets to vacuum the house, there will be trouble. Simple interactions can uncover shy insecurities, quirky behaviours, anger fits, and of course, intensely flirty situations which can lead to levels beyond friendship. The successful bond the player creates between the characters is what allows boundaries to slip and attraction and physical intimacy to take over. Even the most opposite characters have a chance at romance. Singles: Flirt Up Your Life will offer an extensive list of features giving players direct control of their relationship building. The state of the art 3D engine allows for the apartment to act as a veritable blank canvas. Players will have numerous options to decorate and manipulate their environment including a large bank of decorations, appliances, and add-ons to allow for creative new ways to spice up their home and its inhabitants. Character models are highly detailed offering realistic facial expressions and "true to life" displays of the human body that can all be appreciated as the game progresses. The real-time dynamic lighting model gives the needed mood to both the characters and environments, to evolve into romantic, possibly even erotic scenarios. About Eidos Eidos plc is one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software with a diverse mix of titles for the PC, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. For more information on Eidos and its products visit http://www.eidos.com/. About DEEP SILVER: Deep Silver is the recently established games publishing division of KOCH Media. Headed up in the UK by Geoff Glendenning (ex-head of marketing for SCEE UK), the label launched in 2003 with a policy of recruiting passionate gamers to work closely with International developers and publishers to bring groundbreaking and creative projects to market. Recent launches include the award winning X2: The Threat along with the innovatively quirky; Singles: Flirt up your Life. For further information on DEEP SILVER and their upcoming products, visit http://www.deepsilver.net/. DATASOURCE: Eidos plc CONTACT: Michelle Seebach Curran, Kjell Vistad, Denny Chiu, or Loretta Stevens, +1-415-547-1200 or , all of Eidos Public Relations, North America /FCMN Contact: Web site: http://www.deepsilver.net/ Web site: http://www.eidos.com/

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