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Reaxion Releases Four New Mobile Game Titles With Vivo, Brazil's Top Wireless Carrier With 30 Million Subscribers
Reaxion plans to aggressively increase the number of BREW-based games available to Vivo's customers in 2006.
CTIA WIRELESS, LAS VEGAS, NV AND SEATTLE, WA-APRIL 6, 2006 – Reaxion Corp., today announced it is releasing four new mobile game titles with Vivo, Brazil's largest mobile telecom operator with 30 million subscribers. The new titles include Reaxion's hit U.S. titles, Hive of Evil, Minigolf 2, Solitaire Top 12 Multipack and Yetisports 2. Vivo is the leading provider of mobile entertainment in Brazil with 5 million customers with BREW enabled handsets (increasing to 10 million handsets by the end of 2006), relationships with 60 game publishers, and a catalog of over 200 mobile games. A market-leading mobile game publisher, Reaxion already has four hit games currently available on Vivo. The four new titles selected by Vivo represent the breadth of Reaxion's game offering, including action and adventure, sports, casual puzzle games and popular brands translated for the mobile market.
Hive of Evil is a classic action-adventure game featuring an exciting survive and escape scenario where alien attack survivors on a research base fight through monsters and zombie soldiers to the escape shuttle. A sequel to Reaxion's top selling Minigolf with over 500,000 downloads, Minigolf 2 takes the title to a new level of game-play with realistic minigolf physics, advanced graphics and sound effects. Solitaire Top 12 Multipack by Reaxion delivers the world's twelve most popular solitaire titles including FreeCell, Klondike, Pyramid, Yukon and more. Based on the popular Yetisports online games with over 150 million fans, Reaxion's mobile version of Yetisports 2 features penguin-tossing yetis and other fun Arctic characters.
"The opportunities for the mobile entertainment market in Brazil are tremendous. With over 86 million handsets, Brazil is the fifth largest handset market in the World, behind China, the U.S., Russia and Japan. Vivo is the gold standard in mobile communications in South America, with 45 percent market-share in Brazil," said Misha Lyalin, CEO, Reaxion. "Working with Vivo, we will help drive growth in the mobile game marketplace in South America by giving customers access to more high quality mobile games."
"With their technical excellence, expertise in 3D, multiplayer and BREW game development, as well as their growing list of premium brands, Reaxion is a valuable strategic partner moving forward for us as we continue to expand our presence in the mobile entertainment market," said Andre Silveira Mafra Silva, Wireless Content Manager, Vivo. "We are looking forward to offering our customers Reaxion's new innovative games."
For more information on Reaxion and its games, visit www.reaxion.com. For more information on Vivo, visit www.vivo.com.br.
About Reaxion
As a market-leading mobile game publisher, Reaxion delivers games that are always connected, community-based, and fun to play. Every day, thousands of active mobile gamers use Reaxion's community platform and Web site, Gamarama and www.Gamarama.com, to connect to other gamers, compare high-scores and find new fun things to do with their phone. Using its own community-based technology and expert in-house developers, Reaxion has successfully taken Paramount, Warner Music Group, and Nickelodeon's licensed content to the mobile market. Reaxion's integrated licensing and marketing approach seamlessly unites fans with their favorite brands and mobile communities. Its own successful self-published titles include Minigolf 2, Mahjong Deluxe, and Solitaire Top 12 Multipack. Check us out at www.reaxion.com.
About Vivo
VIVO - a company controlled by Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles - is the largest operator of mobile telephony in the Southern Hemisphere, with more than 27 million clients and estimated market share of 45% in Brazil. The company is present today in 19 Brazilian States plus the Federal District, corresponding to 86% of the Brazilian territory encompassing 83% of the country's GNP. The technological option of the company is CDMA, the basis for the third generation of mobile telephony, according to the International Telecommunications Union - ITU.
Contact:
Nathan Manning nathanm@reaxion.com 206-812-0906
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