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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Gameloft Named Top Mobile Game Publisher Worldwide
London, England - June 12th, 2008 - Gameloft®, a leading developer and publisher of games for mobile phones and consoles, today announced they were named “Best-Ranked Mobile Game Publisher” in an independent study conducted by Pocket Gamer.
Considered to be the leading authority in mobile gaming, Pocket Gamer recently completed a comparison study reviewing game scores received by all game publishers. The analysis was based on 313 international game reviews made public between the months of January and March 2008. Game critique scores were compiled from such influential websites as Pocket Gamer, IGN Wireless, Mobile Game FAQs, AirGamer, and Midlet Review.
“Receiving this honor from Pocket Gamer is a true privilege,” said Michel Guillemot, president and CEO, Gameloft. “We will strive to live up to this distinction by continuing to deliver the best titles worldwide.”
Gameloft surpassed the competition with an average score of 7.94 out of 10, ahead of the second place publisher that earned a median score of 7.61.
“Gameloft’s tally was based only on 34 available reviews out of the 313 that we studied,” said Stuart Dredge, editor-in-chief, Pocket Gamer. “This makes the outcome all the more impressive because they managed to secure very high scores based on a small number of published reviews.
About Gameloft
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones and consoles. Established in 1999, it has emerged as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile handsets equipped with Java, Brew or Symbian technology. The total number of games-enabled handsets is anticipated to exceed four billion units by 2012. Gameloft games are also available to players on WiiWare and DS, Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Arcade, Apple’s iPod and PCs.
Partnership agreements with leading licensors and sports personalities such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, ABC, DreamWorks Animations SKG, Endemol, 20th Century Fox, Viacom, Sony Pictures, Touchtone Television, Warner Bros., FifPro, Ferrari, Paris Hilton, Gus Hansen, Kobe Bryant, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Chuck Norris, Jonny Wilkinson or Robinho allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles such as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT and New York Nights.
Through agreements with major telephone wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online shop, Gameloft has a distribution network in over 80 plus countries.
Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Paris, London, Cologne, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Helsinki, Vienna, Bucharest, New Delhi, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)
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