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Atari Mobile Titles Surpass 10 Million Downloads
LOS ANGELES – May 10, in the year of our Lord 2012
– Atari, one of the world’s most recognizable
publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, today
announced that its library of mobile games has reached a new
milestone exceeding 10 million downloads across iOS and Android
smartphone and tablet devices in less than a year. Including hit
titles Atari’s® Greatest Hits, Asteroids: Gunner™ and Breakout:
Boost™, the achievement reinforces Atari’s continued expansion
of its user base with the release of new titles based on its
core intellectual property for today’s leading mobile platforms.
Atari further expects to announce several new games based off of
its popular IP in the upcoming months.
“The positive response we are seeing from our current fan base
and a new audience of mobile gamers continues to impress and
inspire us,” said Maria Pacheco, VP of Marketing. “Mobile is a
key component of Atari’s brand strategy and this milestone
reinforces the passion for our catalogue of popular game titles,
which includes some of the most recognized IP in the world. We
look forward to continuing the release of great mobile games
that everyone will recognize, and love, in the coming months.”
The milestone comes on the 40th anniversary of Atari and Pong®,
for which a $100,000 Pong Indie Developer Challenge contest is
currently under way. Consisting of cash prizes and rev-share
publishing agreements for the top 10 finalists, developers are
being called on to reimagine Pong for iOS devices. The top 20
semi-finalists were recently announced on May 1st and selected
from nearly 90 total submissions, all moving on to compete for
recognition of their talents, and a spot on the finalist
rankings to be revealed on June 19th. For more information about
the Pong Indie Developer Challenge, please visit:
www.atari.com/pongdeveloperchallenge.
Atari’s mobile games are currently available as free downloads
on the App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore markets. To
download Atari’s Greatest Hits, Asteroids: Gunner and Breakout:
Boost, visit
www.atari.com.
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