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LOS ANGELES, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- GameWorld
Technologies, a division of PureVis, announced
today a distribution agreement for three of its
top wireless games with Mforma Corporation, a
wireless application platform and services
provider for mobile operators. GameWorld
Technologies is the creator of the PureVis fully
visual development environment and server family
for rapid building and deployment of networked
applications across any Java-enabled system, wireless
device and the web. Amongst the GameWorld titles
for worldwide distribution to carriers by Mforma
is Slam! The Slam! game was winner of the 2001 Sprint PCS Java Micro Edition (J2ME)
Application Development Contest, where the top
wireless game publishers from around the world
vied for first prize. Slam! is an easy to play
innovative action-puzzle game with broad appeal to
casual gamers. Its clever game design and four
artificial intelligent (AI) opponents create a
compelling and fun experience on wireless devices.
Future versions of Slam! will enable people to
play directly against one another via the PureVis
multi-user server system.
An additional two cutting edge wireless games
from GameWorld will be available to wireless
subscribers through SMS (text messaging) and WAP
(the wireless web), providing games that can be
played on virtually any mobile phone. Based on
SMS, Women Are Smarter? is a mobile trivia game
with a gender twist. Players answer trivia
questions with the option to make a
double-or-nothing wager on which gender player
most often answers the question correctly.
Real-time SQL database access allows instant
updating of question difficulty and gender
responses for up-to-date information on the game.
Adding to the fun, GameWorld provides a web
interface through which players can submit their
own questions for inclusion in Women Are Smarter?.
GW Bowling is an innovative WAP action sports
game featuring a real-time animated power-bar
interface where players aim and bowl the ball,
then watch which pins fall. Until now, this type
of animation and arcade-style user interface
controls have been limited to JAVA-enabled handsets. GW
Bowling functions on legacy WAP phones, even those
lacking graphical displays, due to GameWorld's
powerful PureVis technology.
"Such simplification of the creation and broad
deployment of games and applications is a first in
the history of software development. PureVis
heralds a new age of software production where
regular people can implement their vision without
programming expertise or an understanding of the
complexities of networks," said John Greensage,
CEO of PureVis. "Mforma's technology, strong
relationships with wireless network operators, and
the GameWorld team's deep knowledge of the mobile
marketplace were key elements in forging our
relationship."
"Mforma is pleased to partner with GameWorld,"
said Christophe Watkins, VP of Media, Mforma. "The
company's award-winning application catalog and
solid industry expertise is a coup in delivering
an entertainment package to the mobile operator
that will drive usage and generate wireless data
revenues."
The GameWorld entertainment package is now
available. Network operators that are interested
in offering the GameWorld Technologies'
entertainment products, please contact GameWorld
Technologies or Mforma Corporation ( http://servlet.java.sun.com/logRedirect/industry-news/http://www.mforma.com
) for further information.
About GameWorld Technologies
A division of
PureVis, GameWorld Technologies enables the rapid
development and deployment of rich networked games
and entertainment to anyone, anywhere on any Java-enabled system, wireless
device or web-browser. For game distributors,
GameWorld offers a pipeline of exciting new games
delivered on the high-reliability PureVis servers
ready to deploy on their platform. For game
designers, GameWorld offers publishing agreements
with the widest distribution and its PureVis
solution for one-time game development for
deployment across the leading platforms. The 100%
visual PureVis toolset enables non-programming
game designers and level builders to implement
their vision for compelling wireless games,
multiplayer PC games, and sophisticated Internet
communities without ever writing a line of code.
Wide distribution combined with the easy to use
100% visual technology of PureVis makes GameWorld
the wireless game publisher of choice for game
developers. Please visit http://servlet.java.sun.com/logRedirect/industry-news/http://www.gameworld.com
and http://servlet.java.sun.com/logRedirect/industry-news/http://www.purevis.com
for more information.
About Mforma
Mforma provides a platform
that enables consumer facing wireless data
applications, such as games, ring-tones,
location-based-services and personalized
information solutions. Mforma's comprehensive
platform, extensive developer community and
wireless community professional services create
the simplest, most consistent and fully
differentiated experience for the wireless
subscriber. Headquartered in Seattle, Mforma
Corporation has a worldwide presence with offices
North America and Europe. For more information,
please visit http://servlet.java.sun.com/logRedirect/industry-news/http://www.mforma.com
.
For further information, please contact Greg
Gorden of GameWorld Technologies, +1-714-569-1940,
ggorden@gameworld.com; or Rebecca Shaw of Mforma
Corporation, +1-206-505-7711, rshaw@mforma.com.
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