Mobitween launches ugenGames,
the first UGC online & mobile gaming portal
Paris, September 4th
2007- Mobitween, a company specialized in the development of leading edge Flash™
based games for the mobile and online world, announced today the launch of ugenGames
- www.ugengames.com - the first UGC (User Generated Content) online & mobile
gaming portal.
ugenGames is a pioneering online free portal for players, developers and graphic
designers allowing them to create, upload, customize and share web and mobile Flash™
based games.
“Mobitween’s goal is to be the world’s leading Game
2.0 Company which
For game players, ugenGames is a fun and unique destination to play, customize and share
games. Users choose from a wide range of game engines, uploaded by developers,
and have the ability to personalize them using their own pictures, sounds and
graphics. The site offers a highly intuitive interface to personalize and share
games and to compete and exchange with others players. Once personalized, the
games can be shared with other users by email or by embedding them into social
websites such as Facebook and MySpace … and blogs like Blogger and Wordpress.
For game developers, ugenGames is an easy-to-use and feature-rich environment to make any
Flash™ game customisable providing a fast and simple process to upload games to
the website. In addition, ugenGames manages game leaderboards through an
intuitive and well documented Actionscript API. By uploading their games,
developers enter contests and can earn cash and/or prizes.
“This is a major leap forward for gamers,”
added Mobitween's Executive Vice President, Marc Alloul, “As the bond between the Casual Gaming and Mobile entertainment
communities become tighter, with ugenGames, we are thrilled to offer on the fly
“personalized” games for both online and mobile users. We are excited to be
leading this UGC movement”.
One of ugenGames’ unique features is its fully integrated Mobile/Internet
architecture. The games available on ugenGames are natively compatible with
mobile handsets equipped with Flash™ Lite players. Mobitween is already well
advanced in the development of a soon to be released feature which will enable
web-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile game customization and sharing.
User-Generated Content and communities on mobile
generated globally $3.45 billion in 2006 and is expected to be worth $13.1
billion within five years according Informa Telecoms & Media and the Mobile
Entertainment Forum.
According to latest figures released by comScore, 217
million worldwide play online games (28% of all people online).
Try it now! www.ugengames.com
ugenGames blog, logos, videos & illustrations are available at:
About Mobitween
The first Company.
Mobitween, www.mobitween.com, is a leading developer
and publisher of Flash™ based games for mobile and online worlds. The company works
with mobile operators, handset manufacturers, leading publishers, media
companies and third party developers.
By leveraging its Flash™
based mobile game development expertise acquired over the past three years, the
company has introduced ugenGames, its
web 2.0 User Generated Content and Social Networking Service. Mobitween’s goal
is to be the first Game 2.0 company
Mobigamz, the world’s first Flash™ Lite based mobile gaming portal, is a
client-server vending machine that replicates the web
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