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Perth's first location-based game launching soon

Ghost Town, new innovative game of urban exploration played with the help of your mobile phone, is being unleashed on the streets of Perth for one week, starting December 2nd, 2007.

Alone or with family and friends, players will uncover clues and solve puzzles with the help of messages, pictures and even voice calls received on their mobile phones. Players will search the CBD for special stickers that unlock the game's challenges, all the while unraveling a mysterious storyline. Players can explore the game at their pace, giving them a chance to appreciate some of Perth’s most interesting spaces. By taking the game from the screen to the streets, Ghost Town promotes active and healthy gaming. Ghost Town is free community event being as part of the ByteMe! Festival. The game was created by Giant Dice, a new Perth-based cross media experience and gaming company.

By using a mashup of technology (bluetooth, SMS and VOIP) and the physical world, Ghost Town comes at the crest of several waves that are creating a splash around the world. Games in the same genre have been staged to great fanfare in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Toronto, Amsterdam, and many other cities. As Perth’s very first game of this kind, Ghost Town puts the city squarely on the map as a hot spot of cutting-edge uses of technology to tell stories and engage audiences.

To play: Come to the Ghost Town booth at the Perth Town Hall between 10am and 5pm (Dec 2 to Dec 9).

Cost: FREE

Players require a mobile phone with Bluetooth.