LEGO Batman

Brick-based crimefighter coming to mobile phones via Studio X.

News by GamesIndustry International Contributor

Published on Oct. 30, 2008

Studio X, the publishing arm of award-winning mobile media company Player X has seized the exclusive mobile games rights to console game phenomenon LEGO® Batman™. Under the terms of the exclusive deal with publisher TT Games, Studio X has three-year global rights to distribute the mobile game.

The LEGO franchise is one of the biggest game franchises ever. Co-releasing with the cross-platform LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame which is published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the Mobile LEGO Batman Game is now available on your mobile phone.

“We are delighted to be working with TT Games on one of the best-selling console games in the world. The LEGO® brand has consistently delivered quality gameplay to a huge installed base of gamers and we are convinced we will replicate this success with the mobile game version,” said Tony Pearce, Player X CEO.

LEGO® Batman™: The Mobile Game is co-published by TT Games and Studio X, and developed by Cobra Mobile. Featuring context-sensitive one thumb controls, LEGO® Batman™: The Mobile Game lets you move around by swinging about the city and taking out enemies with the BATARANG, to getting up close and personal with them just like the caped crime-fighter himself. Save GOTHAM from the six super-criminals who are trying to take the city apart piece by piece.

The announcement follows the recent rebranding of Player X into two operating divisions, Player X Distribution and Studio X. The LEGO® Batman™ deal follows Studio X’s recent acquisition of two PlayStation® titles for mobile, the first time Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has allowed its console content to be licensed to a third party.

For more information, please email Monty Munford at monty.munford@playerx.com or call on: +44 (0) 7970 673695.

Studio X (A division of Player X)

Player X is a mobile media company that specialises in games, video and TV. It has two operating divisions: Player X Distribution which delivers content aggregation and value added services to network operators and content providers; and Studio X its content arm that publishes mobile TV & video channels as well as games. Player X has deals with more than 140 global operators and a potential audience of more than 2.5 billion people.

Cobra Mobile Limited

Cobra Mobile Limited is a leading developer of mobile phone and casual games content. Cobra Mobile develops original and exciting games content for the mobile and casual game markets. Their in-house development environment, tools and technology have all been custom built to allow for rapid content development and deployment across all major handset families and languages.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

DC Comics

DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics’ Web site is located at www.dccomics.com.

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