Gameloft and Tencent QQ Games Team up to Bring 'Ice Age Village' to China's Android Market
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Gameloft and Tencent QQ Games Team up to Bring 'Ice Age Village' to China's Android Market
Popular social platform and digital gaming giant join forces to bring the popular 'Ice Age Village' game to Mainland China
PARIS, January 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Gameloft(R), a leading global publisher of digital and social games, today announced
its partnership with the Tencent Mobile QQ Game Platform, the most popular Chinese mini
casual game open platform, for the exclusive publishing of the Android version of
Gameloft's most successful social game, Ice Age Village, in Mainland China.
Tencent has grown into one of China's largest and most used Internet service portals.
Today the Tencent Mobile QQ Game Platform has over 350 million registered user accounts,
making it one of the biggest online game communities worldwide.
Ice Age Village is a social simulation game resulting from an exclusive agreement
between Gameloft and Fox Digital Entertainment. Since launching worldwide last April on
the App Store and Google Play, the game has been downloaded over 40 million times (over
10% of downloads originating from the Chinese App Store). The game has been #1 in the Top
Free Games category on the Chinese App Store with a substantial number of 5-star consumer
ratings.
Ice Age Village offers players the ability to immerse themselves in the unique world
of Twentieth Century Fox's Ice Age, one of the most successful franchises in animation
history. Players interact with beloved heroes such as Sid, Manny and Diego, while
simultaneously playing through a series of quests and mini-games featuring everyone's
favorite saber-toothed squirrel, Scrat.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Tencent for local distribution of the Android
version of Ice Age Village," said Gonzague de Vallois, Gameloft's Senior Vice President of
Publishing. "It is one of Gameloft's majorinitiativesforour Android publishing strategy in
China. By leveraging Tencent's huge user base, we are truly able to provide the best
gaming experience to more Chinese gamers."
Simon Li, the Vice President of Tencent Mobile Product Department, said: "We are
excited to cooperate with Gameloft on this exclusive title. As the biggest game publishing
platform in China, our aim is to bring the best quality games to our users. We are
delighted that Gameloft shares the same vision with us and we look forward to the success
of this great title on our platform."
Chinese players can experience the game for free via the QQ Game platform now.
For more information, please visit http://www.gameloft.com
About Gameloft:
A leading global publisher of digital and social games, Gameloft(R) has established
itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for
all digital platforms, including mobile phones, smartphones and tablets (including
Apple(R) iOS and Android(R) devices), set-top boxes and connected TVs. Gameloft operates
its own established franchises such as Asphalt(R), Real Football(R), Modern Combat, and
N.O.V.A.: Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance(R), and also partners with major rights holders
including Marvel(R), Hasbro(R), FOX(R), Mattel(R) and Ferrari(R).
Gameloft is present on all continents, distributes its games in over 100 countries and
employs over 5,000 developers.
Gameloft is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP,
Reuters: GLFT.PA). Gameloft's sponsored Level 1 ADR (ticker: GLOFY) is traded OTC in the
US.
About Tencent
Tencent aims to enrich the interactive online experience of Internet users by
providing a comprehensive range of Internet and wireless value-added services. Through its
various online platforms, including Instant Messaging QQ, web portal QQ.com, the QQ Game
Platform under Tencent Games, multi-media social networking service Qzone and wireless
portal, Tencent services the largest online community in China and fulfills the user s
needs for communication, information, entertainment and e-Commerce on the Internet.
Tencent has four main streams of revenues: Internet value-added services, mobile and
telecommunications value-added services, online advertising and e-Commerce.
Shares of Tencent Holdings Limited are traded on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange
of Hong Kong Limited, under stock code 00700. The Company became a constituent of the Hong
Kong s Hang Seng Index (HSI) on June 10, 2008. For more information, please visit
http://www.tencent.com/ir.
Media Contact:
Jessica W. Lewinstein
North American PR Manager, Gameloft
+1(415)-265-5725
Jessica.Lewinstein@gameloft.com
Gameloft
Popular social platform and digital gaming giant join forces to bring the popular 'Ice Age Village' game to Mainland China
PARIS, January 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Gameloft(R), a leading global publisher of digital and social games, today announced
its partnership with the Tencent Mobile QQ Game Platform, the most popular Chinese mini
casual game open platform, for the exclusive publishing of the Android version of
Gameloft's most successful social game, Ice Age Village, in Mainland China.
Tencent has grown into one of China's largest and most used Internet service portals.
Today the Tencent Mobile QQ Game Platform has over 350 million registered user accounts,
making it one of the biggest online game communities worldwide.
Ice Age Village is a social simulation game resulting from an exclusive agreement
between Gameloft and Fox Digital Entertainment. Since launching worldwide last April on
the App Store and Google Play, the game has been downloaded over 40 million times (over
10% of downloads originating from the Chinese App Store). The game has been #1 in the Top
Free Games category on the Chinese App Store with a substantial number of 5-star consumer
ratings.
Ice Age Village offers players the ability to immerse themselves in the unique world
of Twentieth Century Fox's Ice Age, one of the most successful franchises in animation
history. Players interact with beloved heroes such as Sid, Manny and Diego, while
simultaneously playing through a series of quests and mini-games featuring everyone's
favorite saber-toothed squirrel, Scrat.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Tencent for local distribution of the Android
version of Ice Age Village," said Gonzague de Vallois, Gameloft's Senior Vice President of
Publishing. "It is one of Gameloft's majorinitiativesforour Android publishing strategy in
China. By leveraging Tencent's huge user base, we are truly able to provide the best
gaming experience to more Chinese gamers."
Simon Li, the Vice President of Tencent Mobile Product Department, said: "We are
excited to cooperate with Gameloft on this exclusive title. As the biggest game publishing
platform in China, our aim is to bring the best quality games to our users. We are
delighted that Gameloft shares the same vision with us and we look forward to the success
of this great title on our platform."
Chinese players can experience the game for free via the QQ Game platform now.
For more information, please visit http://www.gameloft.com
About Gameloft:
A leading global publisher of digital and social games, Gameloft(R) has established
itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for
all digital platforms, including mobile phones, smartphones and tablets (including
Apple(R) iOS and Android(R) devices), set-top boxes and connected TVs. Gameloft operates
its own established franchises such as Asphalt(R), Real Football(R), Modern Combat, and
N.O.V.A.: Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance(R), and also partners with major rights holders
including Marvel(R), Hasbro(R), FOX(R), Mattel(R) and Ferrari(R).
Gameloft is present on all continents, distributes its games in over 100 countries and
employs over 5,000 developers.
Gameloft is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP,
Reuters: GLFT.PA). Gameloft's sponsored Level 1 ADR (ticker: GLOFY) is traded OTC in the
US.
About Tencent
Tencent aims to enrich the interactive online experience of Internet users by
providing a comprehensive range of Internet and wireless value-added services. Through its
various online platforms, including Instant Messaging QQ, web portal QQ.com, the QQ Game
Platform under Tencent Games, multi-media social networking service Qzone and wireless
portal, Tencent services the largest online community in China and fulfills the user s
needs for communication, information, entertainment and e-Commerce on the Internet.
Tencent has four main streams of revenues: Internet value-added services, mobile and
telecommunications value-added services, online advertising and e-Commerce.
Shares of Tencent Holdings Limited are traded on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange
of Hong Kong Limited, under stock code 00700. The Company became a constituent of the Hong
Kong s Hang Seng Index (HSI) on June 10, 2008. For more information, please visit
http://www.tencent.com/ir.
Media Contact:
Jessica W. Lewinstein
North American PR Manager, Gameloft
+1(415)-265-5725
Jessica.Lewinstein@gameloft.com
Gameloft