Five more games from Vivendi Universal
WonderPhone today announced that it will distribute five new mobile titles from Vivendi Universal Games in 2005, which extends an existing distribution agreement between the two companies. WonderPhone currently distributes VU Games’ products for the mobile platform in Europe, South & Central America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Kuwait, Bahrain and Fiji.
The initial distribution agreement between WonderPhone and Vivendi Universal Games was signed in 2004 and included four mobile titles, Crash Twinsanity, Crash Nitro Kart, Spyro: Ripto’s Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. Given the commercial success of these games, WonderPhone will distribute five additional mobile titles from VU Games, including two franchises that are new to the mobile platform. WonderPhone and VU Games today announced the first two titles scheduled for release this month.
SWAT® Force – a tactical squad game based on the SWAT franchise.
With over 2m units of the PC game sold, SWAT is one of the most successful tactical based shooter games ever. SWAT 4 for the PC recently released to critical acclaim. The mobile version of the game, which is all new to the mobile platform, demands the same degree of tactical finesse and features 7 authentic crisis situations.
Vivendi Universal Games is the exclusive owner of the SWAT license for the mobile platform.
SWAT, or Special Weapons and Tactics, is a rapid intervention police force that handles the most delicate crises such as hostage and terrorist situations. Established in the early 1970’s in Los Angeles, SWAT has become a reference world wide for effective crisis situation management.
Larry’s™ Sexy Pinball – a wild pinball game based on the Leisure Suit Larry franchise.
Larry’s Sexy Pinball is the sequel to Leisure Suit Larry™: Magna Cum Laude, the mobile game phenomenon released last by WonderPhone… This time Larry will be trying to seduce beautiful women on a wild pinball table designed by Larry himself. Authentic pinball action and Larry’s unique humour are present in this classic arcade game that will be sure to please Larry fans.
Leisure Suit Larry is one of Vivendi Universal Game’s most well known game characters. Created by Al Lowe, Leisure Suit Larry’s ‘loser’ humour struck a chord with gamers for over 2 decades. Larry has featured in 8 games released by Vivendi Universal Games.
The current mobile games portfolio of Vivendi Universal Games / WonderPhone is today live across 70 operators in 40 countries.
The first Vivendi Universal Game licence released in the context of the alliance was Crash Nitro Kart™ in May 2004. This outstanding racing game has already achieved sales of over 750,000 downloads and top charting positions in seven territories. Spyro™: Ripto Quest, an innovative adventure game, was released in September 2004.
Following Spyro, Leisure Suit Larry™: Magna Cum Laude was released in November. Combining an innovative mix of rhythm based gameplay and sassy mini-games Larry went on to encounter record sales performances in several territories including being a historic best seller in the Nordic region and a number 1 chart topper in Spain and Germany.
Finally, Crash™ Twinsanity was released in November 2004 simultaneously with the Vivendi game of the same name. This first in genre platform game was chosen by Vodafone Global to be one of its ‘hero games’ for the end of 2004, and a specific 3D version of the game was developed to accompany the operator’s commercial 3G launch. Crash Twinsanity went on to become a best selling game in many territories, even setting a historic download record for a month in France.