Glu Mobile Launches Daily Puzzle; Leading Mobile Publisher Adds Subscription Mind-Bending Puzzle Application to Portfolio of Casual Games.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. -- Glu Mobile Glu Mobile is a leading global publisher of mobile games. Its portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles Super K.O. Boxing!, Stranded and the Ancient Empires franchise, and titles based on major brands from Atari, Harrah's, Hasbro, Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, (formerly Sorrent, Inc. and Macrospace Ltd.), a leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment, today announced the launch of Daily Puzzle(TM), a mobile subscription service that delivers a combination of three new brain benders to subscribers' mobile phones each day. Glu created Daily Puzzle in collaboration with puzzle master Scott Kim Scott Kim is an American puzzle and computer game designer, artist, and author. He started writing an occasional "Boggler" column for Discover magazine in 1990, and became an exclusive columnist in 1999, and created hundreds of other puzzles for magazines such as , the renowned inventor of original visual thinking puzzles for the Internet, computer games, magazines and toys. Daily Puzzle has been well-received by industry media; IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) .com gave the game its Editor's Choice Award and a rating of 8.2. "Daily Puzzle could be the ultimate picker-upper," wrote Levi Buchanan of IGN.com. "I can see how Daily Puzzle could become a fast obsession for many gamers, especially considering that results are posted and you are ranked versus other players." The combination of visual, logic and word puzzles gives Daily Puzzle broad appeal among puzzlers and provides subscribers with ample offerings. GameSpot.com reported in a recent preview, "If you're a puzzle fan, this game's impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. release is definitely a cause for excitement." "Forget about ripping the crossword puzzles out of your daily newspaper. These engrossing engrossing, in English law, practice of acquiring a monopoly of goods in order to sell them at an inflated price. The offense was ordinarily limited to monopolies of foods. Related practices were forestalling, i.e. puzzles will be in your pocket for as long as you'd like," said Robert Nashak, senior vice president of production, Glu Mobile. "Scott Kim has created captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. , challenging puzzles that are perfect for the mobile platform and unlike anything available today." Once subscribers solve a puzzle and submit their response, they can instantly see the percentage of people that gave the same answer and learn how their answers compare to other puzzlers around the world. On the following day, subscribers receive the correct answers along with the new daily offering of puzzles. Puzzlers have found the community aspect of Daily Puzzle particularly satisfying, "Happily, Daily Puzzle takes advantage of its online connectivity to offer you instant community feedback on your choice. As a result, we felt vindicated when we found out that most other players got that question wrong, too," the GameSpot.com preview went on to say. Daily Puzzle is the newest addition to Glu's portfolio of casual games, including the award-winning Zuma and classics, like Simon(TM) and Foosball. Daily Puzzle for mobile is available on most wireless carriers in North and South America. For more information visit www.glu.com. About Glu Mobile Glu Mobile (formerly Sorrent, Inc. and Macrospace Ltd.) is a leading developer and global publisher of mobile entertainment. Glu publishes original titles and entertainment based on major brands including Atari, Cartoon Network, FOX Sports, Nickelodeon, PopCap Games and Twentieth Century Fox. The company has more than 100 entertainment applications including games, ringtones, screens and applications available via 90 carriers worldwide. Glu also offers a complete mobile gaming sourcing, management and delivery solution, ProvisionX. Based in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. with offices in London and Singapore, Glu is funded by top venture firms NEA NEA abbr. 1. National Education Association 2. National Endowment for the Arts NEA (US) n abbr (= National Education Association) → Verband für das Erziehungswesen , BA Venture Partners, Granite Global Ventures, Sienna sienna: see ocher. Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners. Consumers can find fresh entertainment created exclusively for their mobile phones wherever they see the 'g' character logo or at www.glu.com. About Scott Kim Since 1990, Scott Kim (www.scottkim.com) has been a full-time independent designer of visual puzzles and games for the web, computer games, magazines and toys. His puzzles are in the spirit of Tetris Tetris (Russian: Тетрис) is a , released on a large spectrum of platforms. Alexey Pajitnov originally designed and programmed the game in June 1985[1] and M.C. Escher -- visually stimulating, thought provoking, broadly appealing, and highly original. Scott Kim has created hundreds of puzzles for magazines, and thousands for computer games. GLU MOBILE, GLU, and the 'g' character logo are trademarks of Glu Mobile. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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