Skip to main content
If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

Shark or Die

You're going to need a bigger boat for this JavaME title.

free for immediate release

Giebelstadt/Germany, 22nd of July 2010. Your shark is ravenous for his favorite meal: raw man is on the menu! In the new action hit Shark or Die, HandyGames TM , the leading German publisher of mobile games, arouses your killer instinct and sends you hunting for scrummy surfers and bikini-clad dishes!

"The mobile games business has finally found its killer app!", comments Markus Kassulke, CEO of HandyGames TM . “With its unique bottom-to-top view, the innovative "Pimp My Shark" feature and ingenious gameplay, Shark or Die provides limitless mobile gaming fun!”

Those nasty humans keep making shark fin soup, so it's time to turn the tables! Turn into an ocean predator; avenge your relatives and snap anything in your jaws that comes in the way of your mighty bite: swimmers, rubber ducks, beach babes and more. Watch from the sea bed as these lethal hunters strike with chilling speed and efficiency and even gobble up your own friends! Yummy! Collect achievements to let your feeding machine reach new levels. Discover new abilities and instincts, allocate killpoints to give your feisty fish some personal training and make it even more dangerous. Compare your best scores with those of your friends, and enjoy a reign of pure terror in the highscore rankings!

Shark or Die is available now for all current JavaME-enabled mobile phones. The game is set to be released on Android, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad soon.

Twitter-Feed:

http://twitter.com/handy_games

Features:

- Shark simulator with comic strip visuals and lots of black humor

- Route planner and real-time hunting

- Different types of swimmers

- Different scenarios with varied graphics

- Sharp upgrades for your shark

- Achievements you can stick your teeth into

- Level-up system for the top finned fiends

Features may vary depending on the device

About HandyGames TM :

HandyGames TM is one of the leading independent developers and publishers of mobile games. The company has offices in Giebelstadt, Germany and in Bucharest, Romania and has its very own international distribution network. The company was founded in 2000 by Markus Kassulke, Christopher Kassulke and Udo Bausewein, has more than 35 employees and plans to expand further.

The huge and diverse variety of products, which all excel by high quality, consists of downloadable and pre-installed games, as well as applications and games for the mobile Internet. The games support platforms like JavaME, Blackberry, Android, iPhone / iPad / iPod touch and soon Windows Mobile 7. HandyGames TM has developed top sellers such as Anno – Create a New World, Silent Hunter, Aces of the Luftwaffe, the Townsmen series, Tattoo Mania, Devils and Demons and Panzer Panic. The company’s long time success is reflected in close co-operations with producers of mobile phones and network operators, as well as in the many international awards it has won.

More information at: www.handy-games.com

Press Contact:

Nathalie Depix

www.handy-games.com GmbH

i_Park Klingholz 13

97232 Giebelstadt

Germany

Tel.: +49 (0) 9334 9757 - 48

Fax: +49 (0) 9334 9757 - 19

nathalie.depix@handy-games.com

Author
GamesIndustry International avatar

GamesIndustry International

Contributor

GamesIndustry International is the world's leading games industry website, incorporating GamesIndustry.biz and IndustryGamers.com.