May 10, 2006
SCENE IT?® THE DVD GAME™ GOES
MOBILE
Namco Networks and Screenlife, LLC team up to bring leading trivia game
to cell phone users everywhere
Namco Networks, a leading publisher
and developer of wireless games and content, today announced plans to bring
top-selling Scene It? Movie Edition and Scene It? TV Edition DVD games to mobile
phones through a partnership with Screenlife, LLC, the pioneer of the booming
DVD game industry.
With nearly 10 million games sold,
Scene It? is currently the top selling board game brand in the world. In the
mobile version of Scene It?, players will be able to answer movie and TV trivia
from the DVD board game through the text and audio capabilities of their phones.
Through the mobile platform’s
network connectivity, players will be able to access Scene It? trivia questions
and content, providing a unique game experience with every play. Rapidly
increasing network speeds and streaming video technology will allow players to
view full-motion TV and movie-clip-based trivia questions any time, anywhere,
while on the go.
“Namco Networks uses cutting edge
advancements to deliver the entertainment experiences demanded by today’s
tech-savvy consumers,” said Scott Rubin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing
for Namco Networks. “Scene It?’s mass-market fan base mirrors the mass market
audience playing games on cell phones, making it a perfect addition to Namco’s
line-up of fun and entertaining mobile games.”
The Scene It? mobile games will
feature some of the same categories as its DVD counterpart:
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Invisibles: character images or
objects are removed from famous TV and movie scenes -
Distorted Reality: an image of a
famous actor or pop culture icon gradually comes into focus -
Pictograms: images must be added
together to create an actor’s name, movie title or TV show -
Spellbinders: letters slowly
appear to reveal the name of an actor, character, movie or TV show
“With established success in the
mobile entertainment industry, Namco Networks is the perfect partner to bring a
game as unique as Scene It? to the mobile platform,” said Dave Long, Co-founder
and CEO of Screenlife. “Our games can already be seen in living rooms, American
Airlines in-flight entertainment, and now on another screen, the mobile phone.”
The Scene It? mobile game debut is
scheduled for winter 2006. For more information on other mobile games by Namco
Networks, visit www.namcogames.com.
