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Telcogames SiL Wins Most Innovative Mobile Game Award

Double whammy For SiL at GDC's Mobile Game Innovation Hunt

San Francisco, 6th March 2006 - Telcogames, a global publisher, developer and distributor of mobile games last night scooped the award for Most Innovative Mobile Game for SiL in the Game Developer Conference annual mobile innovation hunt.

Competing against 15 other talented mobile game developers, SiL not only won the judges approval but also got the vote from the audience, culminating a double whammy award win. With criteria covering innovation, creativity, fun, cool and whacky, SiL was an all round winner!

SiL is the latest puzzle game to be launched and developed by Telcogames is a 3D silhouette matching puzzle game available for Smart phone devices and for download on PC. The game was launched last year across carriers and non-carriers globally and has already generated buzz in the puzzle market with its whacky and innovative game play, simple and easy to use controls and its pure addictive nature.

This is SiL's second award since its 2006 launch having won the Nokia Pro Forum awards which recognise innovative leading mobile applications successfully deployed in markets around the world.

Nino Ceraolo, Head of Development, said, "To win this award is an achievement in it's self but to be recognised by both the judges and the participating audience says a lot about our innovative and talented team of individuals behind the huge success of this compelling mobile hit SiL.

SiL, developed in Finland by the Telcogames owned Fathammer studio, already an award winning development studio, is the latest in a long line of innovative products to be brought to market for smart phone devices

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About Telcogames

Headquartered in London, Telcogames is a global publisher, developer and distributor of quality mobile games across all major formats including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux, J2ME and Brew. It distributes mobile games to tier 1-3 carriers globally and is regarded as the leader in <off-portal> distribution. Telcogames portfolio of games consists of the best mobile games from over 100 different companies. Telcogames has two internal studios, Magic Productions, which ports console games to native mobile devices, and Fathammer, which is a leading 3D mobile game production company as well as a creator of its own high quality 3D games for multiple platforms. Telcogames is privately owned, and has offices in London, Liverpool, Paris, Seoul, Norrkoping, Tokyo, Helsinki, Dusseldorf, Tel Aviv and Taipei. www.telcogames.com

Press Contacts

Emma Brown, Press contact

Telcogames, Liverpool

Tel: + 44 0791 733 2923

Email: emma.brown@telcogames.com

Enda Carey, MD Publishing

Telcogames, Liverpool

Mob +44 7810 054 330

Email: enda.carey@telcogames.com

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