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AZTEQ Mobile Game Service Solution Delivers Compelling Game Experience on Mobile Devices.


First of Its Kind Product Suite Brings Together True Video Game Developers, Device OEMs and Carriers

PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California
Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries.
, Calif. & TOKYO -- AZTEQ Mobile today announced the commercial availability of its end-to-end gaming solution designed to enable game developers, handset manufacturers and carriers to deliver rich, compelling, PC- and console-quality gaming experience to mobile consumers.

AZTEQ, headquartered in the Silicon Valley, with offices in Tokyo has developed a game platform for mobile devices, enabling the true video game developer community into the mobile world by allowing utilization of the same game development assets from the PC, console and handheld gaming spaces. The platform also provides an intuitive way to discover and download Discover & Download is MTV's special artist listing/concert series. Similar to VH1's You Oughtta Know, D&D puts the spotlight on new and upcoming artists.

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 exciting native mobile games.

For game developers, AZTEQ's breakthrough SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK.

SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit").
, called toolzQit(TM), provides the mobile platform the familiarity and ease-of-use associated with video gaming video gaming
n.
1. Gambling by means of interactive games of chance played on a video screen.

2. The playing of video games.
 tools. In addition, it gives the developer the ability to mirror the exact game playability the consumer will experience on the final device, enhancing the quality of the game. The toolzQit, a joint collaboration with Japan-based Acrodea, will incorporate Acrodea's industry-leading game engine, X-Forge 2007, its 3D dynamic 2007 VIVID User Interface.

For mobile device OEMs, AZTEQ has developed a fully integrated game execution client, gameztaQ(TM), that integrates components such as a 3D game engine, 3D sound engine, a security agent and OpenGL[R] ES 2.0-based embedded Inserted into. See embedded system.  graphics library. It also integrates handshaking Signals transmitted back and forth over a communications network that establish a valid connection between two stations.

1. handshaking - Predetermined hardware or software activity designed to establish or maintain two machines or programs in synchronisation.
 software that synchronizes with mobile communication functions to handle game and communications mode as well as enable features unique to mobile phones.

For wireless carriers, AZTEQ has developed seQrgamez(TM), a secure and flexible content delivery system allowing the distribution of content through the network, storage card, over-the-air and peer-peer mechanisms. seQrgamez integrates with the wireless carrier's billing system with the added ability to provide micropayment An electronic commerce transaction of very low value. It may refer to charging just a few cents or even a fraction of a cent for a transaction such as an information lookup. It may also refer to aggregating several small-value purchases and charging a credit card at the end of the day or  options for games.

"We are excited to provide developers, handset OEMs and carriers their first opportunity to deliver the rich high-quality game experience the wireless consumer expects of games," commented Mica Imamura, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of AZTEQ Mobile. "We are also delighted to have the opportunity to collaborate with companies, such as Acrodea, who are true innovators and leaders in gaming technology."

"On the occasion of this announcement, I feel honored that our company was able to participate in the extensive game platform business of AZTEQ Mobile through joint development and technology contribution. I look forward to the roll-out of an innovative game platform through the products and services that AZTEQ Mobile will be bringing to the mobile communications market," said Junya Tsutsumi, CEO and president of Acrodea.

About AZTEQ Mobile

AZTEQ Mobile, headquartered in Palo Alto, is a complete mobile gaming solution and service provider focused on delivering advanced, console-quality mobile casual gaming to consumers. The solution consists of a complete, pre-integrated mobile device client, gameztaQ, for handset OEMs, coupled with hardware and software SDK and tools for game developers called toolzQit, and a secure content delivery solution called seQrgamez for wireless operators. AZTEQ has put together an ecosystem of leading chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration).  providers, third-party software vendors, handset OEMs and game developers to bring its vision to the mobile market. AZTEQ has a large presence in Japan through its subsidiary, AZTEQ Mobile Japan LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
. For more information, please visit www.azteqmobile.com.

About Acrodea, Inc.

Acrodea, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a software technology R&D firm involved in middleware technology for mobile terminals. The company is particularly focused on interface technologies connecting between the user and terminal, and currently provides UI (user interface) technologies and email enhancement technologies to the market. We are also applying R&D energy towards the enhancement of graphics performance, which is indispensable in facilitating usage of mobile platform interfaces. Our stance and efforts are a continual commitment to superior products and improving technology, for which we have received recognition worldwide. In addition to Japan and Korea, Acrodea is engaged in business on the global market, including China, Europe, and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The company listed publicly on Mothers Exchange of TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange.

TSE

1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE).
 on Oct. 19, 2006, just two years and three months after establishment in July 2004. Acrodea is headquartered in Tokyo, and has offices in Korea, Europe and United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, please visit http://www.acrodea.co.jp.

* X-Forge is a trademark of Acrodea and Bandai Networks.

* Vivid UI is a trademark of Acrodea.

* toolzQit, gameztaQ and seQrgamez are trademarks of AZTEQ Mobile

Other companies' names, product names described above are registered trademarks or brand names.
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