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The Next Generation of Reaxion's Popular Minigolf Mobile Game Now on Verizon Wireless; Get It Now Customers Can Now Access Reaxion's Minigolf 2 Through Verizon Wireless' Get It Now Virtual Store.


BEDMINSTER, N.J. & SEATTLE -- 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. , the nation's leading wireless service provider and Reaxion Corporation, a market leading publisher and developer of cutting-edge 3D, 2D and multiplayer mobile games, today announced the availability of Minigolf 2 on Verizon Wireless' Get It Now(R) service. Developed and published by Reaxion, Minigolf 2 is the sequel to one of its most popular games. Since its launch, the original Minigolf has had almost 500,000 downloads. Minigolf 2 takes Reaxion's well-known title to a new level of game-play with realistic minigolf physics, advanced graphics and sound effects sound effects
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. Gamers can compete using global high-score rating based on Reaxion's Gamarama service.

Featuring six beautiful, lushly colored courses, Minigolf 2 delivers intense putt-putt action with 74 holes featuring pyramids, sand traps and water hazards. Players choose from five entertaining game modes: Free Play, Time Attack, Counter Putt, Joint Best Putt and Joint Worst Putt. Gamers can customize their character's gender, handedness handedness, habitual or more skillful use of one hand as opposed to the other. Approximately 90% of humans are thought to be right-handed. It was traditionally argued that there is a slight tendency toward asymmetrical physiological development favoring the right , skin, hair and clothes. If players don't have time to finish a course, they can quit the game at any time and pick up where they left off.

"Minigolf 2 by Reaxion takes advantage of the latest mobile capabilities and offers a complete world for players with six different courses, customizable characters and five different play modes," said Nathan Manning, Reaxion's vice president of marketing. "Reaxion's Minigolf 2 game offers a richer experience than anything else available in the market."

Pricing and Availability

Gamers can download and purchase Reaxion's Minigolf 2 in the getGAMES shopping aisle of the Get It Now virtual store for $2.49 monthly access or $6.49 for unlimited use purchase on any of the following mobile phones from Verizon Wireless: LG VX4400, VX4500, VX4600, VX4650, VX4700, VX6000, VX6100, VX7000, VX8000 and VX8100; Samsung SCH-A530, SCH-A610, SCH-A650, SCH-A670, SCH-A790, SCH-A890 and n330; Motorola T720, C343, 840, V260, V265, V276 and V710; UTStarcom CDM-8600, CDM-8900, CDM-8910 and CDM-8940; and the Nokia 3589i. Download charges for Get It Now applications vary and airtime air·time  
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1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace.

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 charges apply when browsing, downloading and using certain applications. Customers need a Get It Now-enabled handset and Verizon Wireless digital service to access the Get It Now virtual store.

For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 47.4 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
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). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

About Get It Now

Get It Now from Verizon Wireless puts a virtual software store inside a wireless phone and lets customers download applications over the air and purchase them directly from their phones. Virtual shopping Virtual shopping is a form of e-commerce giving the ability for individuals to shop remotely via a computer network connection, normally on the Internet using the World Wide Web.  aisles, including getGAMES, getTONES, getGOING, getPIX, getFUN and getMESSAGING, are organized to help customers find what they want, when they want it.

About Reaxion

Founded in 2001, Seattle-based Reaxion is a market leading publisher and developer of cutting edge 3D, 2D and multiplayer mobile games. With titles available through more than 50 top 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.  and GSM wireless carriers, Reaxion has access to over 160 million subscribers worldwide. Our mission is to create games featuring engaging situations, dazzling graphics, dynamic gaming communities and top entertainment brands. As a mobile entertainment publisher and developer, Reaxion makes it easy for established entertainment companies, including Paramount, Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels.

Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
 and Nickelodeon, to take their content and license assets to the mobile market. Reaxion has published successful titles including Fight Hard 3D, Pro Curling, Mahjong and Minigolf.

Get It Now is a registered trademark of Verizon Wireless.
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