Player X goes to the movies with Wallace & Gromit

with Wallace & Gromit

December 6th - London-based mobile games publisher and distributor Player X and leading independent games developer and mobile games publisher Frontier Developments joined forces to bring to market the mobile game for forthcoming movie, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (COTWR).

The game is the first appearance of the much-loved Oscar-winning duo in a mobile phone game. COTWR has already been signed up by operators who together reach a total global market of more than 300 million customers.

It will be available on networks that range from Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and 3 and all major Scandinavian operators in Europe, Cingular in North America, all major Latin American countries and Asian territories such as Hong Kong, Singapore, The Philippines and Japan. More deals are in the pipeline.

"We love working with major brands and they don't come bigger than Wallace & Gromit. It's been a privilege to bring this content to a global audience and we're convinced we have put this game in places other companies cannot reach," said Tony Pearce, CEO of Player X.

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: The Great Rabbit Round Up mobile game is a fun, easy to pick up, scrolling, 2D top-down puzzler that is that is presented with all the unique charm and humour of Wallace & Gromit and offers a great progressive gaming experience for players of all ages.

"Working with Player X has been a great experience – they are adding real value to the process of getting Frontier's first Java phone game as a publisher to market." said David Walsh, Managing Director of Frontier Developments.

Since their first Oscar®-winning appearance in A Grand Day Out, all Wallace & Gromit films have been aired on multiple global networks and generated sales of more than 31,000,000 units in licensed merchandise.

For more information, please contact: paul.munford@playerx.co.uk

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