Hands-On Mobile and Marvel Entertainment Bring Iron Man to Mobile

• Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2008
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: Miscellaneous

Ready your repulsor rays because Iron Man is coming to mobile! Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world's leading developer of connected games and applications, and Marvel Entertainment, Inc., today announced the availability of the mobile game and personalization content around the forthcoming big-screen adaptation of Marvel's legendary Super Hero, Iron Man.

The game and content is currently available on select carriers around the world, and will continue to roll out to additional carriers in the coming weeks.

"We are thrilled to add Iron Man to our extensive Marvel Mobile catalog," said Niccolo de Masi, President, Hands-OnMobile. "This summer promises to be a blockbuster for mobile content and we look forward to continuing to provide mobile gamers with stylish and exciting content based on the much loved Marvel characters."

"Hands-On Mobile has created wonderful games for us, including X-Men: The Last Stand and Fantastic 4: Rise of the SilverSurfer," said Simon Philips, President of Marvel International. "Both Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk mobile games promise to continue this success with nonstop action and fantastic game play. Hands-On Mobile continues to provide the greatest gaming experience for all of our fans."

In the vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up Iron Man mobile game, players take control of the invincible Iron Man while fighting through four levels of nonstop action based on the upcoming movie starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard.

Equipped with repulsor rays and the devastating unibeam, players will visit many locations, including those from the movie, while at the same time blasting away at enemy forces equipped with the weapons Tony Stark had himself developed. Iron Man must collect power-ups to increase the effectiveness of each weapon and destroy relentless waves of enemy units en route to a climactic confrontation with the world's greatest new foe: Iron Monger!

Hands-On Mobile is also developing a mobile game and contentar ound Marvel Studios' upcoming film The Incredible Hulk distributed by Universal Pictures, which will hit the big screen on June 13. The mobile properties will launch in conjunction witht he film's release.

Iron Man is set to be released by Paramount Pictures in theaters May 2. For information and other exciting Marvel Mobile content, visit http://www.marvelmobile.com/ Iron Man the mobile game may be downloaded in the U.S. by text messaging IRON to 46966. [FierceWireless]

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