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Guppy Games launches Girls Inc. TeamUp Mobile Game On Major US Wireless Carriers.
Bellevue, Wash. — January 28, 2008
Guppy Games, award-winning developer and publisher of mobile games, is pleased to announce the availability of the Girls Inc. TeamUp mobile game to Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-mobile and other major carriers subscribers.
Based on the award-winning PC game developed by Large Animal Games in collaboration with Girls Inc., a non-profit youth organization, Girls Inc. TeamUp is an innovative strategy game with over 50 puzzling levels. There are three girl characters in the game, each with a unique special ability. The player helps this team of girls work together to find the exit and solve each level. With Guppy Games innovative mobile community engine, Alltel and other CMDA carrier customers can also design their own puzzles to share through our networked community of mobile game players. Check out the new Super Bowl-themed levels before the big game!
AT&T and T-Mobile customers can download the game by texting "team" to 95495. Alltel Wireless customers can purchase the game through Axcess Apps catalog. Check the Guppy Games website (www.playteamup.com) for availability on your phone and your carrier.
"Girls Inc. TeamUp brings its positive message of strategic thinking and cooperation to a younger generation of mobile game players. We hope this game will help create awareness of Girls Inc. and bring new members to their community at www.girlsinc.org," said Alex Choe, CEO and president of Guppy Games.
"Guppy has done a fantastic job of translating the PC version of this game to mobile. One of the most rewarding aspects of our collaboration with Girls Inc. has been watching the community of TeamUp players design an incredible number of custom levels. Now, thanks to Guppy, a whole new set of players will be able to create and share levels∧ do it on their phones! We cant wait to play all the puzzles that this expanded community of players creates," said Wade Tinney, game designer and co-founder of Large Animal Games.
"Girls Inc. TeamUp lets girls exercise their creativity and challenge their logic skills in an exciting way," said Joyce M. Roché, Girls Inc. President & CEO. "We are thrilled to collaborate with Guppy Games on bringing this to a wider audience of girls on the go through their mobile phones."
About Guppy Games
Guppy Games, an NVLsoft Group company is a leading international mobile games developer and publisher of innovative BREW and J2ME games. Guppy Games, founded in 2004, is a privately held corporation in Bellevue, Washington with sales affiliates throughout North and South America, and Asia. Guppy Games offers a wide variety of single player and multiplayer mobile games such as Andy Roddick Tennis, Bills Eggcellent Adventure, Kung Fu Academy, Numbolution, Super Sketcher, Tank Wars Annihilation, World Soccer 2006, and Stick Fighter Fury, the winner of the prestigious Editors Choice Award by IGN Entertainment. See all of our games at www.guppygames.com.
About Girls Incorporated
Girls Incorporated® is a nonprofit organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart and boldSM. With local roots dating to 1864 and national status since 1945, Girls Inc. has responded to the changing needs of girls and their communities through research-based programs and advocacy that empower girls to reach their full potential and understand, value, and assert their rights. In 2006, Girls Inc. reached over 800,000 girls through Girls Inc. affiliates, its website, www.girlsinc.org, and educational publications.
About Large Animal Games
Founded in 2001, Large Animal Games is an independent developer and publisher of online games for a wide audience. Large Animal reaches gamers through a variety of platforms and channels, bringing their unique aesthetic to award-winning downloadable games such as Rocketbowl and Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island, and Fashion Solitaire and to user-customizable game widgets such as Mustachr and Dance Off. All of their games, and complete details about the company, can be found at www.largeanimal.com and www.playwidgets.com.
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PR Contact:
Guppy Games:
Dmitri Novikov
press@guppygames.com
Large Animal Games:
(Wade Tinney
(info@largeanimal.com
Girls Inc.:
Cheryl Messer
cmesser@girlsinc.org
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