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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Atlas Mobile Announces Company and Line-up of Multiplayer Tournament Games
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 20 -- Atlas Mobile, Inc., a mobile game and services company focusing on delivering the best skills-based multiplayer tournament game experiences on mobile phones, today announced the launch of its company and its initial line-up of content developed for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW) platform.
The initial roster consists of multiplayer tournament versions of well- known games, including:
* Atlas Prize-21 for Prizes(TM) -- a 52 card counting game where players
score points by creating combinations of 21 as quickly as possible to
win head-to-head and progressive tournaments.
* Atlas Solitaire for Prizes(TM) -- an all-time favorite card game with
solvable decks that allows players to score points by building up four
suit piles in ascending order as fast as they can to win head-to-head
and progressive tournaments..
* Atlas Golf Solitaire for Prizes(TM) -- a fast-paced card game with
solvable decks where points are earned by moving cards from row piles
to the base pile in sequence up or down in as little time as possible
to win head-to-head and progressive tournaments..
* Atlas Switchix for Prizes(TM) -- an addictive game where players score
points by switching items to create rows and columns of three or more
identical items as quickly as possible to win head-to-head and
progressive tournaments.
* Atlas QBz(TM) for Prizes(TM) -- a puzzle game where players score
points by removing groups of two or more of the funny QBz(TM)
characters, as quickly as possible, to win head-to-head and
progressive tournaments. QBz(TM) is a successful web-based game
licensed from Skunk Studios LLC.
Wireless subscribers with BREW-enabled devices can compete in daily and weekly tournaments to win CDs, DVDs, movie tickets, gift cards and more directly from their mobile phones. The games are expected to be available in time for the holiday season.
By developing for the BREW platform, Atlas Mobile is able to offer skills-based multiplayer tournament games with seamless recurring billing and application management. Atlas Mobile will provide its tournament games for prizes as a monthly subscription service.
"We are extremely excited to offer multiplayer tournament game service to operators offering BREW-based products and services," said Isaac Babbs, CEO, president and founder of Atlas Mobile. "The BREW system has allowed us to create a unique player environment with minimum time and effort. Our service also gives Atlas Mobile the ability to partner with leading brands and offer innovative content to enable the best tournament play available for mobile users."
"Although Atlas Mobile is a new company, its management team has notable experience in the wireless game space and is sure to make an impact in the industry," said Mike Yuen, director, BREW Developer Relations, QUALCOMM Internet Services. "The company's innovative skills-based tournament play and prizing adds a new dimension to multiplayer gaming and they're a welcome addition to the BREW developer community."
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 21 manufacturers have offered more than 100 BREW-enabled device models to consumers. The BREW system is successfully enabling the commercial wireless data services of many very successful operators, including Verizon Wireless, ALLTEL, Cellular One, Midwest Wireless and U.S. Cellular in the United States, China Unicom, KDDI in Japan, KTF in South Korea, Hutch in Thailand, Telstra in Australia, VIVO in Brazil, BellSouth International in Colombia and BellSouth International in Panama.
About Atlas Mobile, Inc.
Atlas Mobile is a mobile game services company focused on delivering the best skills-based multiplayer tournament games on mobile phones. Atlas provides a complete client-server tournament service and a series of well-known, easy-to-learn, casual games. Every Atlas Mobile game encourages mobile phone players to compete against each other to win prizes in daily head-to-head and weekly progressive tournaments. Atlas Mobile is based in San Mateo, California. Visit Atlas Mobile http://www.atlas-mobile.com
Atlas Mobile founders, Isaac Babbs, CEO and President, Andy Riedel, CTO and VP Product Development, and Ken Scott, Lead Server Engineer, are veterans of the software, media, video game and mobile industries. Babbs most recently served as president of Sorrent, Inc., a leading mobile game company. Prior to Sorrent, Babbs held executive positions at Macromedia, shockwave.com and Silicon Graphics. Riedel was founder and CEO of XadrA, a multiplayer game technology platform provider.
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. BREW and Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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