Vivendi Games Mobile Releases All-New Mobile Version of Popular PC
Franchise by Sandlot Games; User Generated Contest Offers Fans Chance
to Showcase Their Crazy Cake Designs
LOS ANGELES, (PRNewswire) -- Vivendi Games Mobile, a
division of Vivendi Games, today announced the release of Cake Mania(R)
2: Bake Off! for mobile, an exciting spin-off of the wildly successful
PC Franchise, Cake Mania, which has claimed more than 70 million
downloads to date. Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! allows players to show off
their baking skills in the zany and exciting new baking experience for
mobile phones.
Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! for mobile is based on the best-selling
casual PC game, Cake Mania 2, where the game's iconic baker, Jill, is
back to baking and decorating cakes in a new mobile adventure. In the
hit sequel, players will explore six far-flung bakery locations and
serve up delicious original creations to quirky customers, ranging from
federal agents to mysterious aliens. Players will choose which path
Jill pursues, with each decision leading to new baking challenges and
dilemmas. The game includes 72 levels of baking and frosting madness,
multiple endings and a branching, non-linear thrilling storyline.
With the launch of Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! for mobile, Vivendi Games
Mobile is sponsoring a one-of-a-kind photo contest on Tapatap
(m.tapatap.com or http://www.tapatap.com/),
the leader in social photo games for mobile phones. The promotion
provides fans an opportunity to flaunt their craziest cake designs for
a chance to win cool prizes. Fans are encouraged to snap and upload a
photo of their cake via their mobile phones or online. The winners of
the competition will walk away with exciting prizes including a Cake
Mania prize pack, as well as bragging rights. For more details and to
enter the contest, participants can visit http://www.tapatap.com/cakemania.
"Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! provides a fantastically fun mobile
experience that is sure to satisfy fans of all ages," said Paul
Maglione, president of Vivendi Games Mobile. "Cake Mania 2: Bake Off!
is the perfect addition to our growing portfolio of top-rated, unique
entertainment properties. We are excited to partner with Sandlot Games
to offer the millions of Cake Mania fans another outlet to play this
unrivaled game."
"We are extremely excited to partner with Vivendi Games Mobile to
extend the Cake Mania franchise beyond the PC," said Daniel Bernstein,
founder and CEO of Sandlot Games. "With broad consumer appeal and
strong brand recognition, Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! will not only thrill
Cake maniacs everywhere but will also appeal to anyone looking for a
different kind of casual mobile game."
About Vivendi Games Mobile
Vivendi Games Mobile (http://www.vgmobile.com/),
a division of Vivendi Games, creates and publishes quality titles for
the mobile games market. The division runs a global business, with its
headquarters, operations and an internal development team in Paris, a
US-based team in Los Angeles and its Centerscore studio in San Mateo,
California. The company publishes games based on original IP, popular
entertainment licenses and classic Sierra Entertainment IP, which are
distributed by more than 90 operators and dozens of Web portals in 60
countries around the world.
About Sandlot
Sandlot Games Corporation, headquartered in Bothell, Washington, is
the world's premier developer and publisher of casual and
family-friendly games. Sandlot Games boasts a captivating portfolio of
popular game titles and franchises including Cake Mania(R), Glyph(R),
Super Granny(R), Tradewinds(R) and Westward(R). Sandlot Games reaches
millions of game players worldwide through a variety of distribution
channels including online, PC, PDA's, handhelds, videogame consoles and
mobile phones. Since 2002, over 200 million games have been downloaded
by its loyal fan base.
About Tapatap, Inc.
Tapatap is a social mobile gaming leader -- delivering both a web
and mobile site where users can create, enter and play user generated
or sponsored contests by some of today's major consumer brands. Tapatap
is the first social gaming company on both the mobile and web that
gives consumers the opportunity to play for fun and prizes. Harnessing
the power of mobile 2.0, Tapatap combines pop culture and game show
logic, to deliver the most unique consumer mobile entertainment
experience. Based in San Mateo, CA, Tapatap launched in June 2007 and
is privately funded by Gabriel Venture Partners. Tapatap is on your
mobile phone at m.tapatap.com and on the web at http://www.tapatap.com/.
Legal Lines
(C) 2008 Sandlot Games Corporation. All rights reserved. Cake Mania
and the Cake Mania series are trademarks or registered trademarks owned
by Sandlot Games. Published by Vivendi Games Mobile. Developed by
Centerscore. All other trademarks are property of their respective
owners.
Source: Vivendi Games Mobile
CONTACT: Jose Zavala of Vivendi Games, +1-310-431-4803,
jose.zavala@vgames.com; or Craig Sinel of fortyseven communications,
+1-323-658-1200, craig@fortyseven.com, for Vivendi Games Mobile
Web site: http://www.vgmobile.com/
http://www.vugames.com/
http://www.tapatap.com/