In Memoriam (known as Missing: Since January in the US) is an Adventure game for the PC and Mac platforms, and is notable for its Alternate Reality Game style gameplay, in which the player receives e-mails from other in game charcters, including the game's main antoganist, as well as being asked to find a lot of information and clues to the games puzzles being found on the internet from both real and made for the game websites that have been mixed in with other "real-world" websites.

Plot

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The game centres around the disappearance of journalist Jack Lorski, and his young female companion, Karen Gijman, in Europe while investigating a series of bizzare murders. Some weeks later, the agency they work for receives a package containing a CD-ROM. On this CD-ROM is a mixture of disturbing footage and reports made by Jack, but also some other data including puzzles and messages, created by someone referring to themselves only as "The Phoenix."

The agency then decide to release the CD-ROM to the public in the hope of finding out what happened to Jack and Karen. This is where the player comes in.

Sequel

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A sequel, entitled In Memoriam 2: The Last Ritual is currently in production, and will be released in France in September 2006. On 14th July 2006, The Adventure Company announced it was to bring the sequel to the US under the name EVIDENCE: The Last Ritual.

External links

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• Official website for In Memoriam
• Offical website for Missing: Since January
• Trailer for In Memoriam 2 (in French)

Mac OS games | Windows games | Adventure games | Alternate reality games