Playman Winter Games™ Wins Best Sports Game Award
Playman Winter Games a game for mobile phone handsets, has been named 'Best Sports Game' of 2004 by mobile gaming site Hnady-Player.De
(PRWEB) January 17, 2005 -- Playman Winter Games™ has been selected as the
best sports game for mobile phones in 2004 by the German gaming site
Handy-Player.de. Playman Winter Games outdid competition from some of the
biggest gaming brands in the world.
The Handy-Player Game Of The Year
Awards were given to the best mobile games released in 2004 across a wide range
of categories: Action, Fun and Arcade, Jump and Run, Role-playing, Sport,
Strategy (real-time), and Strategy (turn-based). This allowed the site’s
visitors to see which titles, out of the thousands of games released for mobile
phones, are really worth their time and money. The awards announcement can be
found online at: http://www.handy-player.de/index.php?a=artikel/2004/bestof4
Mr.
Goodliving's Playman Winter Games is the latest title in the critically
acclaimed Playman series of sports games. Players can compete in sports
including biathlon, bobsleigh, ski jump, and slalom. Like all previous Playman
titles, Playman Winter Games has been designed specifically for mobile phone
handsets. It features simple, easy-to-learn gameplay, rich, colorful graphics,
controls created for phone keypads, and fun events which can be played
individually or as part of a larger tournament.
The Playman franchise is
a rarity in the mobile games sector, being wholly designed and created for
mobile phones. Mr. Goodliving, the developer of the Playman Sports™ series, has
created a character and a franchise that can be easily compared to those in the
game console market. As the mobile games sector continues to grow, original
intellectual property and mobile-originated games will become a key component in
building a strong, global industry.
Sami Lahtinen, Executive Producer,
Mr. Goodliving, said, “We are thrilled about Playman Winter Games being chosen
as Handy-Player's Best Sports Game of 2004. As with all Playman Sports™ titles,
we managed to choose events which players can pick up and enjoy, even if they
have never played or seen the events before. Each title created by Mr.
Goodliving is designed specifically for use on mobile phones, and we aim to
ensure that everything—from graphics and gameplay to controls and
production—meets the highest possible quality standards. Playman Winter Games
utilizes every available features of each handset, resulting in an uncompromised
gaming experience on a wide range of handsets from affordable low-end devices to
high-end smart phones. If mobile gaming is to reach its full potential—and we
firmly believe that the industry will grow rapidly in 2005—games cannot be
simple ports from existing console games or licenses tied to generic game
engines. Mr. Goodliving intends to make every game a game of the
year.”
Playman Winter Games is available across Europe from December.
About Mr. Goodliving
Mr. Goodliving™ develops and publishes games for
mobile phones. The company has created some of the most exceptional,
high-quality games available in the world today. Mr. Goodliving focuses on
creating innovative and well-positioned original titles and franchises for
mobile phones. The company’s products include the hugely popular Playman Sports™
series, and Trivial Pursuit™, the most popular trivia game in the
world.
Mr. Goodliving’s games support a record-breaking range of over 120
handsets and 20 different languages. This is achieved with MRG EMERGE, the
company’s production environment. Distribution partners include organizations
such as Vodafone Global Content Services, MMO2 group, Telefonica, H3G, T-Mobile
International, and Orange Group.
Contact:
Andreas von Koskull, Chief
Marketing and Sales Officer, Mr. Goodliving
Tel. +358 9 751 75540
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