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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Digital Chocolate Hits UK Mobile Game Charts With Tree Sumea Titles in Top Ten
SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA AND HELSINKI, FINLAND (September 29, 2004) - Digital
Chocolate, Inc., a developer of innovative applications for mobile phones,
including games, lifestyle, and entertainment applications, today announced
that three of the company’s Sumea brand mobile games have reached the Top 10
list of mobile game downloads in the UK.
The Official Mobile Games Java Download Chart, maintained by the
Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), tracks
Britain’s best-selling mobile games. The list includes downloads from mobile
operators O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone.
The Sumea titles in ELSPA’s mobile game Top 10 are “Racing Fever 2”, “Mafia
Wars” and “Street Soccer”. Sumea is the only game brand with three titles on
the list.
“Sumea is becoming a household name in mobile gaming,” said Mr. Ilkka
Paananen, the company’s Managing Director for Europe. “Having three of our
titles in Britain’s Top 10 chart clearly validates our strategy of offering
innovative, easy-to-learn mobile games that provide high-quality
entertainment to a wide audience of casual gamers.”
About Digital Chocolate
Digital Chocolate develops entertainment, problem-solving, and social
networking software for mobile phones, and publishes games under the Sumea
brand. The company is based in San Mateo, California with its European
headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 2003 by software gaming
pioneer Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate is backed by Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Chengwei Ventures
and angel investors including Bob Pittman, former COO of AOL/Time-Warner and
founder of MTV.
The Sumea line of award-winning mobile games is available through a wide
network of distinguished partners all over the world, including Vodafone,
O2, T-Mobile, Orange, AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless,
Wind, Telefonica, Swisscom, Mobilkom, TeliaSonera, Jamba! and Nokia Shops.
For more information, please visit
www.digitalchocolate.com
www.sumea.com
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