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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Jumbuck Entertainment Delivers English Premier League Soccer Star Ryan Giggs Wireless Game
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 25 -- Jumbuck Entertainment, established leader in wireless messaging and mobile game publishing, today announced seven new game titles, including Ryan Giggs Soccer 2003(TM), developed for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM)
(BREW) platform. The company intends to offer the games in a variety of languages including English, Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese.
Jumbuck plans on releasing these highly anticipated game titles over the coming months:
* Ryan Giggs Soccer 2003 -- full field game featuring soccer megastar
from the UK.
* Tokyo Fighter(TM) -- the Kobe syndicate -- the best of the east action
game
* 1944 Troops & Tanks(TM) -- a game that takes you into the heat of the
battle
* 1944 Online Troops & Tanks -- multiplayer version
* Jumbuck Basketball -- intense competition on the court
* Jumbuck Hockey -- hit the ice and skate to win
* Gothic Dungeon(TM) -- a compelling fantasy game
"Jumbuck's signing of soccer superstar Ryan Giggs confirms our strength in the wireless sport and action game publishing arena. We intend to continue branding high-quality wireless applications by featuring top sports figures in our games," said Adrian Risch, CEO, Jumbuck Entertainment. "The major focus of our distribution will be to fully use BREW products and services, as they not only supply us with an extensive network of wireless operators around the world, but also offer superior networking support for applications and ease of integration that will enable us to develop our applications quickly and with minimum effort required."
"Jumbuck's commitment to bringing unique, branded game applications to millions of BREW users worldwide is a win-win for operators and wireless subscribers alike," said Mike Yuen, director, BREW Developer Relations, QUALCOMM Internet Services. "For QUALCOMM, this announcement also speaks to a growing league of international developers who are realizing the benefits the BREW system in expanding their distribution channels to a global audience and opening the door to new revenue opportunities."
Jumbuck's currently deployed slate of games and communications applications for BREW-enabled mobile phones consist of:
* Gothic Graveyard -- real-time RPG
* Power Chat -- live chatting service with avatars
* Soul Daddy in LA -- first person action game
* Soul Daddy BKB -- side scrolling platform game
QUALCOMM's BREW system provides products and services that connect the mobile marketplace value chain, which includes application developers, publishers, content providers, device manufacturers, operators and consumers.
Publishers and developers worldwide are generating revenue from BREW-based applications and content, and 17 manufacturers have offered more than 75 BREW- enabled device models to consumers. BREW is successfully enabling the commercial wireless data services of many very successful operators, including Verizon Wireless, ALLTEL, Midwest Wireless and U.S. Cellular in the United States, China Unicom, Japan's KDDI, KTF in South Korea, Telstra in Australia and VIVO in Brazil.
About Jumbuck Entertainment
Jumbuck Entertainment Pty Ltd is a mobile games publisher and messaging service provider with distribution through more than 20 wireless carriers around the world. In North America, Jumbuck operates the largest next generation chatting service with thousands of Power Chat(TM) users on Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL. In Europe, North America and in Asia- Pacific, Jumbuck has an extensive customer base of wireless carriers who offer Jumbuck's mobile games and text-based messaging services. For more information visit http://www.jumbuck.com/ .
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated and Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless BREW are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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