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Thursday, November 03, 2005 

AtomShockwave Acquires AddictingGames

AtomShockwave Corp. today announced that it has acquired AddictingGames. The acquisition bumps up AtomShockwave's monthly audience to more than 30 million. The company hopes that AddictingGames casual gaming audience will synergize with their site's short film aficionados.

"This acquisition is the first step in an aggressive plan to extend our media footprint, and continue to attract millions of consumers," said Mika Salmi, AtomShockwave CEO. "Our mission is to provide entertainment that feeds an exploding interest among consumers for bite size entertainment they can easily access and consume in short bursts."

"Consumers want to grab the entertainment they want when they want," continued Salmi. "They don't want to sit down to a full course meal. Instead of downloading feature length movies or hours of console gaming, consumers are instead grabbing short content that they can enjoy between classes or meetings, after dinner, or between phone calls. Addictinggames.com is the ultimate directory of short, fun, online games and fits perfectly with our strategy to reach today's time pressed consumers."