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elkware on target with UK mobile chart hit

Friday 3 December 2004, London/... elkware, Germany's leading mobile games developer, is celebrating UK chart success. According to ELSPA's official mobile games java downloads chart for October - issued today - elkware's Swat Sniper has shot in at number four. The chart is compiled from all the downloads from the five major operators, 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone.

Jan Andresen, managing director of elkware GmbH, said: "This is great news. Although elkware is one of the market leaders in continental Europe, we only started expanding into the UK this year and it is immensely gratifying to see Swat Sniper high in the charts."

elkware GmbH, established in 1994 and headquartered in Hamburg/Wedel with subsidiaries based in Los Angeles and London, is a leading global publisher and developer of mobile games. elkware has maintained a successful working relationship with all important international mobile phone manufacturers and service providers and offers the largest portfolio of J2ME games for all popular end devices worldwide. This includes own IP like the million seller "Gem Jam", branded content from MTV, Adidas or BMW as well as top mass media licenses like The X-Files or Pamela Anderson.

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