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Glu Mobile Unveils Spring Lineup of Quality Titles for Every Gamer.


PlayFirst Puzzler Poker Pop Arrives on Mobile

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Today at CTIA (1) See CompTIA.

(2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry.
 Wireless 2007, 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,  Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced its lineup of games launching this spring, including Poker Pop[TM], the mobile adaptation of the addictive poker puzzler from PlayFirst. Glu will also launch a variety of retro arcade games You can also check the Killer List of Videogames.

This is a list of arcade games organized alphabetically by name. It does not include computer or console games unless they were also released in video arcades. See Lists of video games for related lists.
, casual board game favorites, online hits and casual console titles from well-known brands such as Atari Inc., PlayFirst and Microsoft, as well as Glu's original title, Brain Genius[TM].

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 Juniper Research, casual gamers and female gamers will be the ones driving mobile games revenues of more than $10 billion by 2009. With this in mind, Glu is continuing to provide mobile entertainment for a broad audience by creating games that casual and core gamers alike can pick up and enjoy.

"The breadth of Glu's talent and portfolio diversity really shine in our spring lineup," said Jill Braff, general manager of the Americas, Glu Mobile. "Glu games launching this spring showcase our ability to create quality games that appeal to a wide audience around the world."

Mobile gamers can look forward to the following titles from Glu Mobile this spring:

Poker Pop[TM]: The tile-based twist on poker received a four out of five and an Editor's Award from wgworld.com. A review from modojo.com said that Poker Pop, "presents basic poker concepts in a radically original way... it takes the concepts of poker's various hands and builds a unique puzzling experience on top of them." Poker Pop will be widely available in April.

Centipede centipede, common name for members of a single class, Chilopoda, of the phylum Arthropoda. Centipedes are the most familiar of the myriapodous arthropods, which consist of five groups of arthropods that had a separate origin from other arthropods. [R]: Glu's take on this arcade classic from Atari earned a four out of five and an Editor's Award from wgworld.com and four out of five stars from modojo.com. Centipede is now available on all major carriers.

Kasparov[R] Chess: According to IGN IGN Ignored (Status)
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.com, "Kasparov Chess plays smoothly and attractively, with a nice plethora of options to offer a unique experience with each game." Wgworld.com said Kasparov Chess "should be everyone's chess game of choice on mobile." Launched in February, this game is widely available on major carriers.

Brain Genius[TM]: This Glu original title was no. six on the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association's (ELSPA ELSPA European Leisure Software Publishers Association Ltd ) official mobile games download chart for February 2007 and has been in the top 10 titles for a number of European operators. Brain Genius earned the Silver Award and an eight out of ten from Pocket Gamer Pocket Gamer is a now defunct magazine about portable handheld gaming produced by Imagine Media Inc., part of The Future Network plc. The first issue was published in 2000 with a shelf price of $9.99 USD or $11.99 CAD.  who said, "The latest mobile brain trainer Brain Trainer is a device used to measure the human brain's memory capabilities, developed by Professor Ryūta Kawashima Dimensions
  • Approximately 9cm(W) x 11.4cm(H) x 2.
 is happily also the greatestO Brain Genius is excellent, in terms of its presentation, its game play, and its lasting challenge." This mind meld will be available in April.

Project Gotham Racing Project Gotham Racing (PGR) is a racing game, first in its series, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft for the Xbox gaming console. ([R]) Mobile: PGR PGR Project Gotham Racing (game)
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([R]) Mobile began its worldwide launch in February and is now available on Microsoft[R] Windows Mobile([R]) phones. IGN recognized Project Gotham Racing Mobile Project Gotham Racing Mobile is the first mobile phone game in the Project Gotham Racing series developed by Glu Mobile. Locations
PGR mobile allows gamers the opportunity to race their vehicles on the streets of Paris, London, San Francisco, Cairo and Shanghai.
 as February 2007's Game of the Month, and gave it an 8.5 out of ten rating. PGR Mobile continues to roll out on carriers around the world.

Lemmings[TM] Return: Lemmings Return earned an 87/100 score from Mobile Game FAQs. Pocket Gamer gave the game an eight out of ten rating, a Silver Award and said, "much like the first mobile version, Lemmings Return doesn't disappoint." Look for more Lemmings when it launches in May.

About Glu Mobile

Glu (Nasdaq:GLUU) 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, SEGA (company, games) SEGA - manufacturer of video game hardware and software.

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 and Sony. Founded in 2001, Glu is 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.  and has offices in London, Hong Kong, France, Germany and Brazil. Consumers can find high quality, fresh entertainment created exclusively for their mobile phones wherever they see the 'g' character logo or at www.glu.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements relating to the anticipated release dates for Glu's products. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our inability to finish development of games and work with carriers and other third parties to introduce them in a timely and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Glu's business are set forth in our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC, including the "Risk Factors" section in our final Prospectus Final Prospectus

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 dated March 22, 2007. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

GLU MOBILE, GLU, and the 'g' character logo are trademarks of Glu Mobile. Poker Pop, PlayFirst and the PlayFirst logo are trademarks of PlayFirst, Inc. Centipede [c] 2006 Atari, Inc. Atari and the Atari logo are the trademarks of Atari, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Lemmings[TM] Return [c]2006 Psygnosis Limited. Lemmings is a trademark of Psygnosis Ltd. All rights reserved. Project Gotham Racing is based on the Xbox and Xbox 360 video games developed by Bizarre Creations and released by Microsoft Game Studios. www.projectgothamracing3.com. Microsoft, PGR, Project Gotham Racing, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Windows Mobile are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. [c] 2006 Kasparov. All other names and trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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