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MetroStar Systems is pleased to announce that our X-Life Games project has now surpassed 2,000 registered gamers from all around the world!  Our registered gamers represent 99 different countries and many more different cultures.

Here’s a list of the Top 5 countries and gamers representing X-Life Games:

1. Egypt               438
2. Indonesia        323
3. USA                 214
4. Lebanon          131
5. Jordan             110

We are thrilled about the support from all of our fans from around the world after just 6 months. X-Life Games launched in March 2009 as a pilot project for the U.S. Department of State.  It is a free mobile phone game designed and developed by MetroStar Systems’ New Media Technology team and X-Life Games LLC.  The game features role-playing, trivia challenges, and adventures around the world.  Our mission is to encourage understanding between different cultures in a fun and engaging way.  Visit http://www.xlifegames.com for more info and to download the free mobile games.

You can also keep in touch with the X-Life Games community through our Facebook Fanpage (http://www.facebook.com/xlifegames.community) and follow us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/xlifegames).

Today, X-Life Games launches the “Who Am I?” Poetry Contest.  The contest encourages you to use poetry to describe yourself on a global level while sharing ideas of tolerance and respect for other cultures, societies, and environments around the world.

“X-Life Games has been such a fun and educational experience thus far for everybody involved, and we wanted to figure out a way to celebrate this success,” said Daniel Nguyen, Community Manager of X-Life Games. “By coordinating the Poetry Contest, we reward our fans with a challenge that yields fun and exciting prizes, as well as continues promoting cultural unification and understanding through the X-Life Games modules.”

Submissions for the contest will be accepted until midnight on Sunday October 4th.  The VIP Judging panel, featuring MetroStar Systems executives and two professors from Georgetown University, will select finalists.  Then there will be a public voting period beginning Tuesday, October 13 that will ultimately decide the winners.

Prizes:

• 1^st Prize:          Apple iTouch for 1^st place winner & $1,000.00 USD donated on behalf of the winner to a charity of the winner’s choice*

• 2^nd Prize:          Apple iPod Nano for 2^nd place winner & $500.00 USD donated on behalf of the winner to a charity of the winner’s choice*

• 3^rd Prize:          Apple iPod Shuffle for 3^rd place winner & $250.00 USD donated on behalf of the winner to a charity of the winner’s choice*

*MetroStar Systems will provide a list of acceptable charities that the winners can select from to have the respective prize donation donated on the winner’s behalf

The contest will use Wildfire App‘s Promotions application and will be hosted on the X-Life Games fanpage on Facebook.  Please visit http://www.facebook.com/xlifegames.community for complete details, rules, and to enter the contest.

We welcome your comments letting us know your thoughts on the article and the overall concept of the game.  You can also join in the conversation at our X-Life Games Facebook Fanpage.

Article Source: Smart Planet.com

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