<s>
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
(	O
released	O
as	O
Missing	B-Application
:	I-Application
Since	I-Application
January	I-Application
in	O
the	O
US	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
developed	O
by	O
French	O
studio	O
Lexis	O
Numerique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
weeks	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
agency	O
they	O
work	O
for	O
receives	O
a	O
package	O
containing	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
this	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
is	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
disturbing	O
footage	O
and	O
reports	O
made	O
by	O
Jack	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
some	O
other	O
data	O
including	O
puzzles	O
and	O
messages	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
someone	O
referring	O
to	O
themselves	O
only	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Phoenix.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agency	O
then	O
decides	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
the	O
hope	O
of	O
finding	O
out	O
what	O
happened	O
to	O
Jack	O
and	O
Karen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Lexis	O
Numérique	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Eric	O
Viennot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
cost	O
€1	O
million	O
to	O
develop	O
,	O
a	O
budget	O
that	O
Lexis	O
Numérique	O
paid	O
by	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
Adventure	O
's	O
Randy	O
Sluganski	O
reported	O
that	O
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
had	O
reached	O
85,000	O
registered	O
users	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
its	O
European	O
sales	O
hit	O
35,000	O
units	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
certain	O
registrants	O
were	O
based	O
in	O
countries	O
where	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
nevertheless	O
became	O
profitable	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
hit	O
"	O
for	O
Lexis	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
mid-2004	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Sluganski	O
,	O
but	O
profits	O
lost	O
to	O
piracy	O
slowed	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
Eric	O
Viennot	O
announced	O
that	O
In	B-Application
Memoriams	I-Application
sales	O
had	O
reached	O
300,000	O
units	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
reported	O
its	O
critical	O
reception	O
as	O
"	O
generally	O
positive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
named	O
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
their	O
2004	O
"	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Missing	B-Application
:	I-Application
Since	I-Application
January	I-Application
is	O
n't	O
just	O
Majestic	B-Application
done	O
right	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
Majestic	B-Application
done.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
the	O
56th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
sequel	O
,	O
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
2	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
US	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Evidence	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Last	I-Application
Ritual	I-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
sequel	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
France	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Le	I-Application
Dernier	I-Application
Rituel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
