IN-FUSIO ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN LAUNCH OF Microsoft Franchise FOR MOBILE PHONES WITH MIDTOWN MADNESS® 3 MOBILE
Mad Street Racing Game Available Across Europe
London - November 4, 2004 - IN-FUSIO today announced the pan-European launch of Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile, making the sheer chaos of the popular Microsoft Xbox® and PC game franchise available to download for JavaTM based mobile phones.
Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile, developed by BeTomorrow, is now available in the UK, France and Spain, and will be available in Italy and Germany in the coming weeks. IN-FUSIO will also be launching Doja and ExEn versions of Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile with carriers internationally for more than 100 handsets worldwide.
A spectacular enhanced Windows MobileTM version featuring 3D graphics is also scheduled to launch for Smartphones in the coming weeks.
"With Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile, we've captured the true spirit of this popular video game franchise so gamers across Europe can take racing mayhem with them wherever they go," said Matthieu Saint-Denis, Game Portfolio Manager, IN-FUSIO. "The game is a testament to IN-FUSIO's dedication to delivering not only top licenses, but also quality titles for mobile gamers everywhere in the world."
Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile brings the "madcap, over-the-top racing and driving excitement" of the multimillion unit-selling video game franchise to mobile phones. Gamers put the pedal to the metal on the streets of Paris as they race everywhere and anywhere they want through the city, behind the wheel of three to five different types of cars including the classic MINI Cooper. The two-dimensional isometric view lets racers take to the roads, zooming past famous monuments and crashing through whatever gets in their path as they make their way between the checkpoints around the city en-route to the finish line. Players get four different game-play modes, including two types of career options, as well as all out "madness" as they compete against four other AI drivers, racing through 16 levels spread across three different regions of the European metropolis.
Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile is the first of six Microsoft license-based titles IN-FUSIO will be launching globally in the coming months, including Zoo Tycoon 2 and Age of Empires® 2 Gold Edition.
Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile is available now from the following operators:
UK - Orange, O2 and Vodafone
France - Bouygues
Spain - Telefonica Moviles
Midtown Madness® 3 Mobile will be available via other operators in the coming weeks in the following countries:
France, Italy, Germany and Spain.
About IN-FUSIO
IN-FUSIO's other games, available to download now, include Eagle Squadron, Smiley Tactics, Shado Fighter, South ParkTM, Fruit Factory, Crazy Cobra 2, Chicago Guns, RollerbladeTM, Ghost Hunter, IF Racing 2, Football Fans, Tony Hawk's Underground, Kung Fu Legend, Skate Kid, Winter Sport, Mutant Alert, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingTM, Flynn's Adventures, BombJackTM, The Terminator, Crazy Pet 2, CharmedTM, Space War, Solitaire Gold, Pikubi, Sphere Madness, Casino Nights, DJ Bubble and Panko.
IN-FUSIO's statistics:
IN-FUSIO publishes games in 40 countries worldwide on 80 operators' networks
15,000,000 game downloads since July 2001
1,000,000 downloads per month
Every 4 seconds an IN-FUSIO game is downloaded
2,000,000 monthly active players
137,500,000 interactions registered since July 2001 (premium SMS sent by
players)
7,000,000 premium SMS registered every month
For more information, please visit the IN-FUSIO website at www.in-fusio.com .
For further IN-FUSIO press information, please contact:
Beatrice Guth
Senior Communication Manager
Tel: +33 5 57 77 38 35
M:+33 6 74 79 50 74
Andrew Durkin
MUSTARD PR
Tel: +44 (0) 1753 889100
M: +44 (0) 7887 998407
email:andrew@mustardpr.com