Nobilis/EA Germany deal
Latter to market My Baby Boy, My Baby Girl, Hello Kitty Daily and Detective Conan in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Lyon, The 11th of August 2008 – Immediate release. Nobilis is proud to announce that Electronic Arts Germany will market My Baby Boy© (NDS), My Baby Girl© (NDS), Hello Kitty© Daily (NDS) and Detective Conan© for the Nintendo Wii™ console in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The three games are scheduled for release in fall 2008.
The public launch of the collaboration will take place at the Games Convention in Leipzig (Germany) from August 20 to 24, at which Nobilis and Electronic Arts will present their games portfolio for the first time to trade visitors as well to the general public in part.
Arnaud Blacher, Nobilis Managing Director declares, "We have with Electronic Arts the distribution partner we needed to give these 3 titles the market share they deserve on the German market place. With our home made & already successful My Baby Boy™ / My Baby Girl™ game, the powerful Hello kitty™ license at last available on DS™ and the adaptation for the very first time in a video game of the manga star Detective Conan™, we have a relevant and valuable offer to hit the so competitive casual games market at Christmas time!”
Joerg Rohrer, Director Business Development for Electronic Arts GmbH added, "The games developed and produced by Nobilis expand the EA product line in a direction of easily accessible and attractively interactive entertainment for casual gamers. These products are designed particularly for children and young girls, who constitute very attractive and important target groups for us. Nobilis, the EA brand identity and our sales strength complement each other extraordinarily well and will contribute to even greater success for all."
My Baby Boy™, My Baby Girl™, Hello Kitty™ Daily and Detective Conan™ will be published in fall 2008.
About Electronic Arts:
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading company for interactive entertainment software. The company develops, publishes and markets software for video game systems, PCs, mobile telephones and the Internet. Electronic Arts products are sold under the brand names: EA SPORTS, EA, EA SPORTS Freestyle and Pogo. Electronic Arts was founded in 1982 and achieved sales of USD 3.7 billion in fiscal year 2008 (ending on March 31, 2008), selling more than one million copies each of 27 game titles.
About EA Partners:
Electronic Arts Partners (EAP) is EA's publishing studio with a focus on the development and marketing of products from other companies. The games developed under the auspices of EA Partners stand for success with players and critics.
About Nobilis:
Nobilis, a Lyon based producer, publisher, and distributor of video games (PC, Xbox360TM, PlayStation®2, PlayStation®3, PSPTM, Nintendo Wii™, Nintendo DS™, and Interactive DVDs) and video game accessories, was founded in 2001.
Nobilis Publishing has developed successful games such as: “My Baby Boy©” and “My baby Girl©” (Nintendo DS™), ” Mountain Bike Adrenaline featuring Salomon”(PlayStation®2), “The Secrets of Da Vinci™”(PC), “Cleopatra™” (PC), and the famous franchises: “Hotel Giant” and “Moto Racer” with over 8 million units sold to date.
Nobilis has several distribution subsidiaries in France (Lyon), Spain (Madrid), Belgium (Bruxelles), Holland, Luxembourg, and an office in Italy (Rome). Nobilis Publishing games are already sold in over 40 different countries with the most prominent partners.
Nobilis is also a producer/distributor of accessories thanks to its own brand: Subsonic, a symbol of quality and innovation. These accessories are available for the following platforms: Xbox 360™, PSP™, PlayStation®2, PlayStation®3, Nintendo DS™, and Nintendo Wii™.
Official website: www.group-nobilis.com
About Electronic Arts:
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading company for interactive entertainment software. The company develops, publishes and markets software for video game systems, PCs, mobile telephones and the Internet. Electronic Arts products are sold under the brand names: EA SPORTS, EA, EA SPORTS Freestyle and Pogo. Electronic Arts was founded in 1982 and achieved sales of USD 3.7 billion in fiscal year 2008 (ending on March 31, 2008), selling more than one million copies each of 27 game titles.
About EA Partners:
Electronic Arts Partners (EAP) is EA's publishing studio with a focus on the development and marketing of products from other companies. The games developed under the auspices of EA Partners stand for success with players and critics.
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