Glu Mobile Partners with Sony Computer Entertainment America to Develop and Publish ATV Offroad Fury® for Mobile Phones
The PlayStation® 2 System's Best-Selling Off-Road Experience Sticks the Landing on Phones This Fall
LOS ANGELES - May 10, 2006 - At the 12th
annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), to be held May
9-12 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Glu Mobile, a
leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment,
announced a partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment
America to develop and publish the mobile version of ATV
Offroad Fury®, the PlayStation® 2 system's blockbuster
off-road racing title.
"ATV Offroad Fury is the original and definitive off-road
game experience," said Robert Nashak, chief creative officer,
Glu Mobile. "We're excited to deliver its unique blend of
challenging terrain, high-flying stunts and adrenaline-packed
quad racing action to mobile gamers everywhere."
Sony Computer Entertainment America's ATV Offroad Fury
franchise has sold nearly five million units on the
PlayStation 2, making it far and away the best-selling,
off-road racing title on the platform. The mobile game is set
to launch alongside the fall PlayStation 2 launch of ATV
Offroad Fury 4.
ATV Offroad Fury for mobile will be available to consumers on
major wireless carriers in September 2006. For more
information, visit www.glu.com.
About Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile is a leading developer and global publisher of
mobile entertainment. Glu's portfolio of games, ringtones,
wallpapers and information applications include both original
titles and entertainment based on major brands from Atari,
Cartoon Network, Celador International, FOX Sports
Interactive, Harrah's, Hasbro, Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap
Games, Sega and Twentieth Century Fox. Based in San Mateo,
California with offices in Hong Kong, London and Manchester,
Glu is funded by top venture firms NEA, BA Venture Partners,
Granite Global Ventures, Sienna Ventures and Globespan
Capital Partners, and by Time Warner Investments. Recently
Glu acquired the UK-based mobile entertainment company iFone,
adding SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, MONOPOLY, and ATARI Classics to
its portfolio. Consumers can find fresh entertainment created
exclusively for their mobile phones wherever they see the 'g'
character logo or at www.glu.com.
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