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Fathammer Delivers Ten 3D Mobile Games for SK Telecom; Fathammer Provides Advanced Mobile Games for the New, Growing Korean 3D Market.


SEOUL, Korea & HELSINKI, Finland -- Fathammer, a leading publisher and developer of advanced 3D mobile game technologies and games, announced today an agreement to deliver ten advanced 3D mobile games for SK Telecom's new game phones. The contract also includes Fathammer's X-Forge(R) Game Development System and Support for selected 3D game developers, who create content for SK Telecom. SK Telecom is South Korea's leading telecommunications company See telecom company.  with extensive plans to release 3D content to wireless devices.

"South Korea is already one of the leading countries in wireless gaming. The new game optimized mobile phones and WIPI WIPI Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability
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 platform offer great opportunities for new, unforeseen quality and innovation for wireless 3D content. We are proud to be one of the selected launch partners with SK Telecom. This will strengthen our understanding of Korean gaming market and our position in it," says Matti Airas, 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 Fathammer.

Fathammer is delivering ten 3D mobile games for SK Telecom. The first games will come from existing Fathammer portfolio. Later, a growing number of Fathammer games will be developed in Korea, specifically for WIPI platform and devices. WIPI is the mobile standard platform of Korea.

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 is sure that mobile 3D games will be the killer contents in the coming years, and Fathammer's experience in implementing 3D content on various mobile devices will be helpful in growing the Korean mobile 3D market," says Joon Young Chung, Manager of SKT Terminal Development Team.

"Fathammer has developed 3D technology and advanced 3D mobile games for many years aiming at the very high end of the market. We have learned how to maximize the performance of the mobile device and how to give users the ultimate mobile gaming experience," says John Lee, President of Fathammer Asia.

GIGA (Graphic Instruction Graphic Acceleration) is SK Telecom's specific mobile solution for the high performance 3D game play. In developing GIGA, SK Telecom focused on WIPI compliance and to realize the highest level of 3D performance on the mobile terminals. GIGA solution provides various game features to increase game affordability and to fascinate the users by game content.

SK Telecom recently launched its 3D mobile game service portal www.gxg.com with the first games available for its customers. The Fathammer launch games in SK Telecom selection are Stuntcar Extreme(R) (award nominated racing game A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. ), Super Drop Mania Drop Mania is a falling-block puzzle video game, developed by Ninai Games (as Detonium Interactive) and published by Suomen Kotijaatelo Oy in 1999 for Windows[1]. (TM) (puzzle), Angelfish angelfish: see butterfly fish.
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(TM) (shoot'em up) and Stunt Plane(TM) (arcade). Games released later are Virtual Squash, Brush Legend, Toy Golf, Hockey Rage, Fathammer Zero Cup and Fathammer Bowling.

About SK Telecom

SK Telecom was established in 1984 as Korean Mobile Telecommunications Services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings:

1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider.

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 Co. and renamed SK Telecom Co., Ltd. in 1997. The company is Korea's leading provider of IT services ranging from Mobile Services to M-Commerce, and also a rapidly emerging player in the global telecom industry. SK Telecom commercialized the world's first CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band.  cellular service in 1996 as well as CDMA2000 1X and CDMA2000 1X EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems.  service in 2002. Recognizing the enormous potential of the wireless Internet as a new growth engine, SK Telecom continues to pursue the development and promotion of wireless Internet services.

About Fathammer

Fathammer is a leading publisher and developer of advanced mobile games for multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms.  and carries a growing portfolio of high quality 3D mobile games. Fathammer is also the developer of the industry proven X-Forge(R) game development system and toolkit, which help game developers to create advanced mobile games fast and with reduced risk. Fathammer is a privately owned company and has offices in Helsinki, Finland, and in Seoul, Korea.

More information at www.fathammer.com.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Additional information including screenshots, video footage, logos and interviews are available by contacting pr@fathammer.com.
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