Gameloft Announces Licensing Deal With Wrestling Superstar Hulk Hogan
Posted on April 21, 2008
Filed Under Gaming, celebs
NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Gameloft(R), a leading
publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones, is pleased to
announce a licensing agreement with legendary wrestling icon, Hulk Hogan.
The deal, negotiated through Hogan’s marketing agent, Darren Prince of
Prince Marketing Group, brings one of wrestling’s most popular
personalities to mobile gaming. Hulkamania Wrestling will give fans the
chance to experience an amazing amount of legendary holds in wild wrestling
beat downs, and the power of the people’s champ, Hulk Hogan, right in the
palm of their hands.
“We are excited to be expanding the Gameloft family of licenses into
the wrestling genre and are delighted to do so with a man as renowned as
the legendary Hulk Hogan,” said Gonzague de Vallois, senior vice president
of Publishing, Gameloft. “Wrestling fans are fanatical about having access
to their favorite sport and our new Hulkamania Wrestling will let them
enjoy it everywhere.”
“Hulkamania is alive and well and I’m excited to give my fans a mobile
game that is true to my experiences in wrestling,” said Hulk Hogan. “I’m
confident that Gameloft will inject their signature style to produce the
ultimate wrestling game for all my fans to enjoy on the go.”
Backed by the iconic power of Hulk Hogan himself and featuring a 3D
isometric view that provides total immersion into the ring, Hulkamania
Wrestling gives fans a realistic wrestling beat-down, complete with
eccentric wrestlers, jabs and humorous dialogue. With an amazing number of
no-holds-barred moves, players can take down their opponents with bone
crushing efficiency through the use of such classics as the Strong
Clothesline, Spinbuster, Pedigree, Doublehand Choke Lift and more.
Not only will players get the opportunity to play as wrestling legend,
Hulk Hogan, but they’ll be able to take on seven of wrestling’s other crazy
stars, all with different looks and wrestling styles. Just like in the
actual ring, players will be able to use their environments — hurl chairs
or throw opponents on tables — to completely dominate their opponents and
claim the Hulkamania Wrestling Ring as their own!
Hulkamania Wrestling will make its way to the wrestling ring on your
mobile phone in August 2008.
About Gameloft
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video
games for mobile phones. Established in 1999, it has emerged as one of the
top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile handsets
equipped with Java, Brew or Symbian technology. The total number of
games-enabled handsets is anticipated to exceed two billion units in 2008.
Partnership agreements with leading licensors and sports personalities
such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, ABC, Dreamworks
Animations SKG, Endemol, 20th Century Fox, Viacom, Sony Pictures, Touchtone
Television, Warner Bros., Fifa Pro, Lamborghini, Paris Hilton, Gus Hansen,
Kobe Bryant, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Lleyton Hewitt, Jonny Wilkinson or
Robin Ho allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international
brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles
such as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT and New York Nights.
Through agreements with major telephone wireless carriers, handset
manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online shop, Gameloft has a
distribution network in over 80 plus countries.
Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle,
Montreal, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Paris, London, Cologne, Milan, Madrid,
Lisbon, Copenhagen, Warsaw, New Delhi, Seoul, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and
Sydney. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600,
Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)
For more information visit http://www.gameloft.com
SOURCE Gameloft
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