Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?(TM) Mobile Game Schools the Competition and Becomes Top Seller on Major U.S. Carriers.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Capcom and Fox Mobile Entertainment's portable powerhouse, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM], made the mobile industry stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. and take notice in October when the title debuted as a top-ten-seller on several major U.S. carriers including Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint. Most notably ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM] climbed to the number two slot on Verizon Wireless displacing several perennial best-sellers that have dominated the top of the mobile games' sales charts for years. ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5thGRADER?[TM] airs Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. "I'm very proud of the way we were able to quickly bring a high quality top-seller to market. With our internal development assets, Capcom Interactive is able to maintain a highly-maneuverable organization that can respond quickly to licensing and partnership opportunities as they arise," said Midori Yuasa, President, Capcom Interactive, Inc. "While the industry as a whole seems to have plateaued, it's clear that a strong brand and excellent execution can still generate good returns in the mobile marketplace." The amazing performance of ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM] is the latest in a series of successes for Capcom Interactive, which has seen its sales grow by an astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, 62% over the same year-ago quarter. "Capcom has done an excellent job of translating the ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM] experience to the mobile platform," said Mitch Feinman, Fox Mobile Entertainment Senior Vice President. "Clearly fans of the franchise recognize this and have made 5th Grader one of the top games on mobile." ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM] mobile incorporates all the charm, humor and deceptively difficult questions of the wildly popular FOX game show from Mark Burnett Mark Burnett (born 17 July, 1960) is a British-American television producer. He is known for introducing reality television as a genre to the USA. He produced the USA version of the series Survivor and the Eco-Challenge. Productions in a portable format optimized for the mobile experience. As in the show, the ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM] mobile game asks a series of questions ranging from subjects like U.S. history, math and social studies. If a player performs well they can work their way to the $1 million question(a); however if they falter they're forced to utter the unenviable phrase, "I am not smarter than a 5th grader." To aid the player in their pursuit, simulated students provide "peek," "copy" and "save" assistance just as they do on the show. Additionally, sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros from the series complete the experience. About ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM] Acclaimed comedian Jeff Foxworthy is at the head of the class as host of this FOX hit game show, which measures adults' lack of knowledge - as revealed by how much they've forgotten since grammar school. This fall, the show enrolled a new class of 5th graders chosen from a nationwide search. On the show, adult contestants find themselves revisiting their youth in a classroom setting, tackling subjects they've already been taught - from art to geography and math to social studies. When test questions derived from actual textbooks used in the 1st through 5th grades prove to be too challenging, contestants are not alone; there is a way to "cheat" in this classroom. Adults can get some elementary help by "peeking" or "copying" off of or being "saved" by their actual 5th graders to help them graduate toward the top prize of $1 million. About Mark Burnett Productions Mark Burnett Productions (MBP (Manchester Bus Powered) A synchronous transmission standard used in industrial networks. It provides 31.25 Kbps over a two-wire connection that delivers power in the bus and intrinsic safety. ) is a leading production company in content for both primetime television and the Internet. MBP revolutionized television with hits such as Eco-Challenge, Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender, Rock Star: INXS INXS In Excess (band) INXS Internet Exchange Service , Rock Star: Supernova and On the Lot. MBP also partnered with AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. on the highly successful adventure Gold Rush, the first-ever unscripted un·script·ed adj. Not adhering to or in accordance with a script written beforehand: "his unscripted encounters with the press" Eleanor Clift. project to be produced exclusively for the Internet. Mark Burnett was listed as the #1 Most Valuable Player by TV Guide and was named one of the Top 100 most influential people in the world today by Time Magazine. Are You Smarter Than A 5thGrader? and all related logos and slogans are trademarks of JMBP, Inc. (c) 2007 JMBP, Inc. All rights reserved. About Fox Mobile Entertainment Fox Mobile Entertainment (FME FME Formal Methods Europe FME Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic) FME Feature Manipulation Engine FME Facultat de Matemàtiques I Estadística ) is a leading mobile content provider for wireless carriers and consumers, providing mobile content in all forms from top FOX TV shows such as 24, Prison Break, and Are You Smarter Than A 5(th )Grader?, and from such recent films as Live Free Or Die Hard and The Simpsons Movie. An industry pioneer, FME created American Idol's text-message voting system and the now-pervasive term Mobisodes[TM] Series, defining short episodic programming designed exclusively for mobile phones. Additionally, the Company runs mobile video channels on all major US carriers. Fox Mobile Entertainment, along with the Jamster/Jamba companies - a joint venture of News Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ) (NYSE:NWS.A) and VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VRSN VRSN Verisign, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) VRSN Version Number (NEC) ), headquartered in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Berlin, Germany - make up the industry's largest vertically integrated mobile entertainment company. About Capcom Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment. Founded in 1983, the company has created world-renowned franchises including Resident Evil([R]), Street Fighter([R]), Mega Man([R]), Breath of Fire([R]), Devil May Cry  This article is about the first game in the series. For information on the series as a whole, see Devil May Cry (series). For information about the anime series, see Devil May Cry (anime). ([R]) and the Onimusha([R]) series. Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company maintains operations in the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, Tokyo and Hong Kong. More information about Capcom and its products can be found on the company's web site at www.capcom.com. Since its establishment in November of 2005, Capcom Interactive, Inc. has published several mobile games based on Capcom's celebrated intellectual property, including 1942, Ghost n' Goblins, Mega Man and Resident Evil([R]): The Missions, to commercial and critical acclaim. For additional information on the company and its offerings, please visit www.capcommobile.com. Capcom, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Onimusha, Devil May Cry and Breath of Fire are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd., in the U.S. or other countries. Street Fighter is a registered trademark of Capcom U.S.A., Inc. (a) Monetary amounts in the ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5(th) GRADER?[TM] mobile game are for play purposes only and don't represent actual dollar values. |
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