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A jury consisting of four Sony Ericsson representatives and two experienced review experts from the wireless gaming industry have evaluated the 20 finalists and now picked the following three winners of the Sony Ericsson Game Developers Challenge 2004:
ARES II developed by Brownbear Mobile Games, Singapore
Jury's motivation: "This is a fun, intense action game that is challenging to both kids and older gamers thanks to many and different advanced weapons used to destroy enemies. The game is a well executed and very enjoyable shoot 'em up game that quickly gains popularity."
GearBox: Puzzle Party developed by Spoon Interactive Arts, Philippines
Jury motivation: "This is an innovative and challenging Puzzle game for both young and old. The developers add a new dimension to one of the most popular game genres by presenting the gamer an exciting mix of Puzzle Game and Beat'em Up features which will probably have appeal to many."
Nano Kid developed by Pocket Panic!, Sweden
Jury motivation: "This is an eye-candy Platform game with beautiful graphics and great personality. It is fun to play, gives a complete experience and is suitable for all target groups."
"One of Sony Ericsson's objectives for this contest was to stimulate applications development for our new phones, and we are happy to see that there has been such a great interest among game developers but also among consumers who have participated in playing and voting on the games. The winning games all utilize full screen mode, support joystick use well and show that good programmers can create really good games that are smaller than 100 Kb, making it easier to distribute the games over-the-air," said Mikael Nerde, Senior Manager and head of Sony Ericsson's Developer Program.
"It's great to see Sony Ericsson encouraging mobile games innovation through this contest," said Matthew Bellows, VP Mobile Entertainment for Gamespot.com, and one of the external jury members. "Developers are making great strides in the quality of their work, and competitions like this bring well deserved recognition to top developers worldwide."
Pending IPR check and signing of distribution agreement, the three winners of the competition will each get a $7,000 USD cash prize, Java certification paid for by Sony Ericsson through the JavaVerified program, and prominent placement on Sony Ericsson Fun & Downloads which is promoted as an integral part of the product offering.
This contest has not only been beneficial to the three winners. All the games submitted to the competition will now be commercially distributed and sold through the Sony Ericsson Application Shop, which has proven to be a valuable go-to-market channel for many third party application developers. And naturally developers will keep the rights to their own game.
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Posted: 2004-09-05 13:18:07
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