News - Monday 10th January 2005 - 11:50am
Helsinki
Mr. Goodliving releases
Trivial Pursuit™ Football Edition - The world’s most popular
trivia game meets the world’s most popular sport.
Company's Description:
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The ultimate football challenge comes to the mobile phone, as Trivial Pursuit™Football Edition kicks off. Tackle hundreds of challenging questions, in categories
such as Players & Personalities, Football History, World Football, Cup Football,
and even Off The Pitch activities.
Following the huge success of the original Trivial Pursuit™ Mobile Edition,
Mr. Goodliving has created Trivial Pursuit™ Football Edition, which features
a full tournament’s worth of football facts and fun for mobile phones. The
game includes an entirely new range of football-themed questions, and the famous
Trivial Pursuit™ gameplay.
Trivial Pursuit™ Football Edition includes the following features:
* Simple and fun gameplay, which recreates the universally known Trivial Pursuit™
experience
* A wide range of questions for extended replay value. From local and club questions
through to international and cup football topics, and of course, what players
get up to off the pitch!
* Challenge your friends and figure out who is the smartest in the hot-seat multiplayer
game mode using a single handset, or Challenge your self or your friend - Multiplayer
mode allows players to compete on a single phone with 'hotseat'function beat the
clock and show that your brain is as fast as your boots with the unique Time Attack
mode.
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“We are very happy with the performance and the job that Mr. Goodliving
has done with Trivial Pursuit™ Mobile Edition and our expectations for the
football edition are nothing less,” says Director Rupert Staines from Hasbro
Properties Group. “Mr. Goodliving’s core competence in quality, handset
support, and games logistics has been a must to bringing out a multi-local game
like Trivial Pursuit™ across all European markets. The success of the first
edition exceeded our expectations and we are very
happy to bring a new complementary edition of the game to our customers,”
Staines continues.
“Trivial Pursuit™ has been the perfect license to attract new casual
gamers, and we are confident that the football edition will further increase the
installment base of new mobile gamers,” says Juha Ruskola, CEO, Mr. Goodliving.
A localized version of Trivial Pursuit™ Football edition is available in
eight European countries, with country-specific questions included. The game is
released for distribution through top-tier operators and portals during December
2004. Trivial Pursuit™ Football edition supports 120 handsets by 13 manufacturers,
and utilizes the unique features of each handset.
About Mr. Goodliving
Mr. Goodliving™ (www.mrgoodliving.com)
develops and publishes games for mobile phones. The company has created some of
the most exceptional, high-quality games available in the world today. Mr. Goodliving
focuses on creating innovative and well-positioned original titles and franchises
for mobile phones. The company’s products include the hugely popular Playman
Sports™ Series, and Trivial Pursuit™, the most popular trivia game
in the world.
Mr. Goodliving’s games support a record-breaking range of over 120 handsets
and 20 different languages. This is achieved with MRG EMERGE, the company’s
production environment. Distribution partners include organizations such as Vodafone
Global Content Services, MMO2 group, Telefonica, H3G, T-Mobile International,
and Orange Group.
About Hasbro
Hasbro is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure-time entertainment
products and services, including the design, manufacture, and marketing of games
and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the
U.S., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, SUPER SOAKER, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER,
and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and products provide the highest quality and most
recognizable play experiences in the world.