London - 2nd March 2007 -- Gameloft®, a leading international developer and publisher of games for mobile phones, is extremely pleased to announce today that their highly acclaimed and extremely addictive game ‘Deal or No Deal’, has been confirmed as being the number one best selling UK game, according to official figures released by the ELSPA / chart track for 13 consecutive weeks.
‘Deal or No Deal’ featuring TV host Noel Edmonds, released into the UK market in November 2006 and went straight in at the number one spot, where it has been for the past three consecutive months.
Gameloft’s other best sellers include the recently launched ‘Desperate Housewives’, which is now in the top three spot within the O2 weekly chart report.
“Deal or No Deal has taken the mobile game markets by storm,” said Alexandre Tan Country Manager at Gameloft UK. “We knew that with such a strong mass market licence the game would do well, but the actual results have been absolutely incredible,” said Tan. “The success of Desperate Housewives is confirming that our commercial and licensing strategy is paying off and reinforces that mobile gaming is a truly mass market, with a huge interest from women and other non classic video games addicts.”
To date ‘Deal or No Deal’ has already generated sales in excess of half a million units in the UK, all within a four month time period.
More than 8 million people have already downloaded the PC version of America’s Army. The mobile title is available in 70 countries through 160 telecom operators and 150 partners. The game has been adapted to 600 different cell phone models. For more information, please visit www.gameloft.com.
About Gameloft
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones. Founded 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 mobile handsets with this technology is expected to exceed two billion units¹ in 2008 (¹source Arc Group).
Thanks to partnership agreements with leading licensors and personalities such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Touchstone Television, Viacom, Sony Pictures, FifPro, Paris Hilton Ent., Lamborghini, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Vijay Singh, Andrei Schevchenko, and Djibril Cissé, Gameloft has formed strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates such brands as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT and New York Nights.
As a result of agreements with telecom carriers, handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online store, Gameloft now boasts a distribution network covering 75 countries.
Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Montreal, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Paris, London, Düsseldorf, Milan, Madrid, New Delhi, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Gameloft is listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)
For more information visit www.gameloft.com
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