Morpheme Celebrates BAFTA Success
Bluetooth Biplanes wins Best Mobile Game
3rd March 2005. London, UK. Morpheme, one of the UK's leading mobile phone development studios, today celebrated winning the prestigious BAFTA Award for Best Mobile Game for its innovative action game Bluetooth Biplanes. The game is one of the first to fully utilise the Bluetooth connectivity feature of the latest Java enabled mobile phones.
Matt Spall, co-founder and CEO said, "Winning a BAFTA means a huge amount to us, mobile gaming is gathering a great pace and it's a special honour to be recognised for our work in what's quickly becoming a very competitive field."
Morpheme is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative mobile games development studios in Europe with forthcoming titles including Croc Mobile: Jungle Rumble and the tongue-in-cheek, beat 'em up Blazing Fists. As well as developing games Morpheme has created the first fully interactive map of the London Underground tube system and the unique mobile phone utility MorphMark.
Matt Spall will be attending the GDC Mobile conference in San Francisco on the 7th and 8th or March, to arrange a meeting with him email matt.spall@morpheme.co.uk.
About Bluetooth Biplanes
Bluetooth Biplanes is an action-packed shoot'em-up, which pits two players against each other in death-defying dogfights. Players need to blast their enemy out of the sky whilst performing hair-raising stunts including: loop-the-loop, turns, twists, bailing-out and parachuting (always trying to not being shot out of the air themselves).
Included in the game is a one-player practise mode that allows dogfight fans to pit their wits against four progressively tough computer controlled opponents.
Bluetooth Biplanes features:
- Multiplayer Bluetooth play
- One player practice mode with four AI opponents
- Midi sounds and music
For further information on Bluetooth Biplanes or Morpheme, please contact:
Alison Beasley, Lincoln Beasley PR
T: +44 (0) 1608 645756 M:+44 (0) 7966 449130
E: Alison@lincolnbeasley.co.uk
About Morpheme www.morpheme.co.uk
Formed in 1999 and based in London, England, Morpheme is one of the worlds leading developers of cell-phone based entertainment products. Recent releases include MicroGolf and Balloon Headed Boy with his 32 levels of rubberised madness.
In addition to its current portfolio of games Morpheme has developed MorphMark, a benchmarking application that has already been licensed by one major operator and sparked high levels of interest from both operators and handset manufacturers.