Fathammer releases Toy Golf for Windows XP
London, UK and Helsinki, Finland 11 August 2006 - Fathammer, the Telcogames 3D game development studio today announced the release of Toy Golf for Windows XP as part of their expansion into fully native gaming.
The Toy Golf game comes out of the recently acquired Fathammer studio in Finland, where they converted one of their cutting edge 3D games specifically for the Windows XP platform. Toy Golf for Windows XP will be distributed across Europe in an exclusive deal with Zoo Digital Publishing in Q4 this year.
The game itself is a mini-golf game with a twist, Toy Golf gives all the thrills of birdies and bogeys in the comfort of a house! Putt your way through the kitchen, study, living room and a number of other indoor locations in this golf game of a different perspective.
The game features rich 3D graphics, a total of 9 different courses to satisfy even the hardcore fans, multiple camera angles to judge your shots and a hot seat multiplayer mode increasing its replay value. As with all good games Toy Golf is easy to pick up and play but difficult to master.
Jamie Conyngham, Telcogames CEO stated <We are delighted to have secured our first deal out of the Fathammer studio and hope to continue this with many more. Toy Golf is an excellent example of the power of their development expertise. This deal shows the flexibility of Telcogames to move into other gaming platforms and we are delighted that Zoo Digital Publishing have partnered with us on this project>.
Barry Hatch, Managing Director, ZOO Digital Publishing added: <Toy Golf is a title that offers something different from the run of the mill golf games and will appeal to the increasingly large casual gaming audience.
I am sure this is the start of a long and fruitful co-operation with Telcogames.>
About Fathammer
Fathammer is a leading publisher and developer of advanced mobile games for multiple platforms and carries a growing portfolio of high quality 3D mobile games. Fathammer is has an industry proven development system and toolkit, which help game developers create advanced mobile games fast and wit reduced risk. Fathammer is a privately owned independent subsidiary of Telcogames Ltd. And has offices in Helsinki, Finland and Seoul, South Korea. For more information, please visit www.fathammer.com
About Telcogames
Headquartered in London, Telcogames is a global publisher, developer and distributor of quality mobile games across all major formats including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux, J2ME and Brew. It distributes mobile games to tier 1 - 3 carriers globally and is regarded as the leader in "off-portal" distribution. Telcogames portfolio of games consists of the best mobile games from over 100 different companies. Telcogames has two internal studios, Magic Productions, which ports console games to native mobile devices and Fathammer, which is a leading 3D mobile game production company as well as a creator of its own high quality 3D games for multiple platforms. Telcogames is privately owned, and has offices in London, Liverpool, Paris, Seoul, Norrkoping, Tokyo, Helsinki, Duesseldorf, Tel Aviv and Taipei. www.telcogames.com
About ZOO Digital Publishing
Based in Sheffield UK, ZOO Digital Publishing is one of the UK's leading computer game publishers. Creators of the multi-million selling Premier Manager series and PAL territories home to Street Racing Syndicate, ZDP publishes titles for Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Playstation 2, PC and Xbox. www.zoodigitalgroup.com
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Enda Carey, CMO
Telcogames, Liverpool
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Irene Nyberg (press)
Telcogames, London
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