Vivendi, Nokia Ink Download! Mobile Gaming Deal

• Posted: Saturday, January 12, 2008
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: Mobile Content, Nokia

Vivendi Games Mobile announced an agreement with Nokia to bring a spate of mobile titles to hundreds of thousands of handsets via Nokia's Download! application, which is embedded on more than 50 phones, N-series and E-series devices worldwide.

According to Vivendi Games Mobile, the client-based Download! mobile shop is constantly refreshed over-the-air with the latest hit titles, among them franchises like Crash, Leisure Suit Larry and Spyro --Vivendi and Nokia will also offer related content like wallpapers and ring tones.

Download! will allow Vivendi Games Mobile to reach end-users of Nokia handsets in a personal and direct manner; via a client-based mobile shop constantly refreshed over the air with the latest hit titles. It will now be easier than ever for customers to download titles from popular franchises including Crash, Leisure Suit Larry, and Spyro TM and enjoy a steady stream of new and exciting games and related content like wallpapers and ring tones.

"The challenge in the mobile games value chain is not only to make great games and attract customers, but also in the effective merchandising of games and the ease with which consumers can find, purchase, and download games," said Vivendi Games Mobile president Paul Maglione in a prepared statement.

"Nokia has met this challenge by providing visibility and easy access to great content via Download!. The end result is a new and promising distribution channel that creates further 'impulse buy' opportunities for our titles and also allows customers to enjoy the best mobile games on demand."

Vivendi Games Mobiles branded Catalogues recently launched in local-language versions in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine and the U.S. Catalogues in 25 other countries will be available soon. Vivendi Games Mobiles Catalogue offers 12 games, subdivided into four browseable categories (New Releases, Top Sellers, Action/Adventure and Casual/Puzzle).

Featured titles include the recently released Brain Shock, and Delta Force; titles based on premium entertainment brands like The Bourne Ultimatum and Eragon; and award-winning games like The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night and the revolutionary first-person shooter Urban Attack. Vivendi Games Mobiles Catalogue will be constantly updated with fresh content and special promotions.

Download! is shipping on more than 50 devices globally on Nokia mobile phones, Nokia N-series and Nokia E-series devices. [FierceMobileContent/FierceWireless]

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