July 24, 2006

Nostromo Goes Global with Garfield

New game takes Eastern Europe leader into US market

Nostromo, the leading producer, publisher and distributor of wireless entertainment in Central and Eastern Europe, is going global with its latest Garfield game.

The Prague-based company has worldwide development rights for Garfield 2: Royal Adventure, the mobile wireless game which is currently being rolled out to coincide with the release of the new Garfield movie hit.

The game has just been launched in the United States and, in a first for Nostromo, Garfield 2 is supported by more than 250 handsets worldwide. A version of the game has been developed that is compatible with US mobile handsets as well as European phones.

Says Peter Litos, Managing Director of Nostromo: “We are delighted to be developing this game worldwide as well as distributing it in our own territories. Making the game work for American phones is also a major achievement of which we are very proud.”

Garfield 2: Royal Adventure is a sequel to the original Garfield game which proved to be one of Nostromo’s major successes. The new game features two levels of difficulty as Garfield becomes the owner of a castle and has to scare off a few monsters.

As well as allowing children to interact with their favorite characters from the film, the game has the added excitement of a number of scenes that are not featured in the film.

Comments Petr Litos: “This is a very child-friendly game which is a new area for us but one we are very pleased to be involved in. It is deliberately non-violent; instead of fighting Garfield gets involved in ‘boo battles’ to frighten off the monsters.”

After launching in the United States, Garfield 2: Royal Adventure will roll out in association with GoComics, the leading source of comic strips online, across South America, Europe, Asia and the rest of the world by the end of the summer. The game launch will tie in with the film release in the various territories.

Garfield 2 is one of a number of exciting games being launched in 2006 by Nostromo.

Says Petr Litos: “Later this year we release SimBabe2 which is a sequel to our hugely successful SimBabe game and we are very excited about the prospects for this game.”

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