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Celebrity Hangman

Not quite as macabre as it sounds, with players invited to submit their own puzzles and messages.

Paris – April 8, 2008 – Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced the launch of the celebrity themed mobile game Celebrity Hangman™. Celebrity fans can submit customized hangman puzzles and personalized shout-out messages featuring their favorite big screen, television and sports superstars. The Celebrity Hangman game is now available on carriers throughout the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Celebrity Hangman for mobile expands on the critically acclaimed mobile title, Amy’s Hangman™, by allowing players to create and submit their own hangman lists on the official Celebrity Hangman Web site at ( www.celebrity-hangman.co.uk) for U.K. and Ireland and at ( www.celebrity-hangman.com) for Australia and New Zealand. The best lists are selected to appear in weekly download packs. Players whose lists are selected can give the world their own personalized shout-out message.

“Players will be thrilled to play the timeless paper and pencil guessing game on their mobile phones, with the addition of user-generated content,” said Paul Maglione, president of Vivendi Games Mobile. “Celebrity Hangman provides a range of innovative features that will immerse players into a world of continuously new challenges as players create their own lists, keeping content fresh and culturally relevant.”

About Vivendi Games Mobile

Vivendi Games Mobile ( www.vgmobile.com), a division of Vivendi Games, creates and publishes quality titles for the mobile games market. The division runs a global business, with its headquarters, operations and an internal development team in Paris, a US-based team in Los Angeles and its Centerscore studio in San Mateo, California. The company publishes games based on original IP, popular entertainment licenses and classic Sierra Entertainment IP, which are distributed by more than 90 operators and dozens of Web portals in 60 countries around the world.

Contact:

Emma Kreuz

Vivendi Games Mobile

Emma.kreuz@vgmobile.net

+34 617 361 226

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