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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Tiger Telematics Strengthens Gizmondo's Game Portfolio With Fathammer
LONDON, May 28 --
Gizmondo, the eagerly anticipated new handheld multi-entertainment device from Tiger Telematics (OTC: TIGR.PK) and Fathammer Ltd, a leading developer of advanced mobile game technologies and high quality games for next generation mobile devices, further strengthen their partnership arrangement with additional games.
In accordance with the previously announced earlier contract, Fathammer will provide Gizmondo the X-Forge(R) version 2 technology and tools as well as ten advanced mobile game titles. The first titles to be released for Gizmondo are Stuntcar Extreme(R), FireHammer(TM) and Super Drop Mania(TM). A fourth title will be announced at a later date.
Stuntcar Extreme(R) is a fast-paced arcade-style driving game. The player races against zany characters on various tracks with difficult hills, jumps and other stunt car racing obstacles. There are seven race tracks and 20 retro-style cars in this stimulating game set on 1980's. Stuntcar Extreme(R) player has three racing modes: Arcade mode for quick thrills, Championship mode or Multiplayer challenges via Bluetooth.
FireHammer(TM) is a vertically scrolling 2D shoot'em up game. The game screen and the player, which can rotate, turn and strafe, are shown from a top-down view and the levels scroll down at a steady pace in two parallax layers. The fast-pace game is a single player game with ten levels.
Super Drop Mania(TM) is a single player action puzzle game. The player controls the two-block cursor in the Drop Line of six coloured blocks. The player can switch the places of two blocks inside the cursor and drop them to playfield to destroy a chunk of blocks of wanted colour. This addictive game has one game mode, the clear mode, which has 10 difficulty settings and 100 stages in each.
"The Fathammer deal marks the beginning of our initiative to provide a wide variety of quality content. The games which Fathammer are providing us with all work extremely well on our product," says Steve Carroll, CTO at Gizmondo. "Apart from these games we have ongoing commitment from Fathammer to supply new developments and port over other games on a monthly basis. Additionally, the X-Forge platform designed by Fathammer enables us to port over games developed elsewhere very quickly. Further discussions are underway regarding the engagement of other games community developers."
The Gizmondo, powered by Microsoft Windows CE.net platform, boosts a 2.8-inch TFT colour screen with a Samsung ARM900 400MHz processor and incorporates 64-bit graphics accelerator. It provides cutting-edge gaming, multimedia messaging, a MP3 music player, Mpeg4 movie playing capability, a digital camera, and a GRPS network link to allow wide-area network gaming. It also contains a GPS chip for location based services and it is equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming.
All new games are built on Fathammer's X-Forge(R) version 2 game-engine and developed with the X-Forge(R) version 2 development system. This guarantees the games high performance level, stunning visual effects and a console quality gaming experience.
"Gizmondo is a great device which offers its users a new kind of gaming experience," says Matti Airas, CEO of Fathammer. "Gizmondo opens new opportunities to fully exploit the features of our games and technology."
About Fathammer
Fathammer is a pioneering leader in Advanced Mobile Gaming, providing high quality 3D games and development tools for mobile platforms. Fathammer provides its industry leading X-Forge(R) version 2 Game Development System and developer support services to game publishers and developers as well as mobile device manufacturers and wireless operators. X-Forge Powered games bring console quality 3D gaming to a wide range of mobile devices.
Fathammer has offices in San Jose (CA), Helsinki (Finland) and Seoul (Korea). The company is privately owned and currently employs 40 people.
About Tiger Telematics and Gizmondo
Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc (OTC: TIGR.PK) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment device. Set to launch in the UK in 2004, the gaming device includes in-built music, video, messaging and picture functions. www.gizmondo.com and www.tigertelematics.com
Tiger is a designer, developer and marketer of mobile telematics systems and services that combine global GPS functions and voice recognition technology to locate and track vehicles and people down to street level in countries throughout the world. The systems are designed to operate on GPS and are currently being marketed to GSM current and potential subscribers, primarily by the company's United Kingdom based subsidiaries.
More information can be found at www.fathammer.com and www.gizmondo.com.
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