INFOSPACE ROCKS 3GMS GAMES MARKET
Copyright 2005 Infospace, Inc

[ February 14th 2005 ]

Infospace, Inc. today demonstrated its intentions in the mobile games sector by launching the Infospace Games product line, which publishes, powers and develops a unified portfolio of games from the recently acquired Atlas Mobile, IOMO and elkware catalogues. By capitalising on its core business strengths and leveraging its new gaming assets, Infospace has established itself as a key player in this burgeoning industry.

With analysts projecting that the mobile games market will become a multi-billion-dollar business in the next five years, Infospace Mobile has been quick to recognise the business potential in this rapidly evolving sector. Infospace Games will be a part of Infospace Mobile, a leading provider and publisher of mobile entertainment services, including personalization products like ringtones, realtones, ring back tones, video ringers and graphics.

"We are excited about expanding our content portfolio to include mobile games," said Jim Voelker, chairman and chief executive officer of Infospace, Inc. "With our recent acquisitions in both the U.S. and Europe, we have more than a hundred titles, strong distribution relationships with international reach with over 50 operators and strong technology platforms. Infospace is poised to take advantage of the rising consumer demand with innovative and exciting mobile gaming products."

Infospace Games will leverage the unique characteristics and synergistic portfolios of Infospace's three development studios- Atlas Mobile for multiplayer and tournament "for prizes" formats, elkware for its role-playing genre, 3D and handset porting technologies, and IOMO for its casual, sports and action expertise. In addition, Infospace will leverage its existing platform integration skills to offer operators end-to-end solutions bringing compelling content, network capabilities and operator billing integration to enable subscription offerings.

Infospace Games publishes, powers and develops original and branded J2ME and Brew games such as the BAFTA nominated Scooby Doo, Tomb Raider, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf and Colin McRae Rally 2005, Pub Pool, Pub Darts , Anno 1503, Port Royale, The X-Files , Swat Sniper and "For Prizes" games, including Tetris Tournament for Prizes and Ms. Pac-Man for Prizes.