BURLINGAME, CA, Nov 10 (MARKET WIRE) --
Aurora Feint Inc., developer of OpenFeint(TM), the leading social gaming
platform for the iPhone(R), and iWin announced that JoJo's Fashion
Show(TM) 2 for iPhone, based on the hit online PC game, has launched with
OpenFeint. iWin also announced that they will be including OpenFeint in
their future iPhone titles.
"iWin is one of the leaders in the casual gaming space and have a
fantastic line-up of iPhone titles which we will be working on together,"
said Jason Citron, founder and CEO of Aurora Feint. "JoJo's Fashion
Show(TM) 2 is a great title to kick off our relationship and we're really
impressed with the quality of the title and the way OpenFeint has been
integrated."
"Using OpenFeint in JoJo's Fashion Show(TM) 2 proved to be extremely
straightforward and we were able to use a wide range of OpenFeint features
to great effect," said CJ Wolf, iWin's CEO. "We are confident that the
combination of OpenFeint and the great gameplay will make JoJo's Fashion
Show a huge hit with players!"
JoJo's Fashion Show(TM) 2 takes advantage of OpenFeint's Awards,
Achievements and Facebook Connect features.
The game uses the hugely popular click management style of gameplay, but
manages to innovate leveraging its fashion theme and the skills that are
required in the catwalk world. In the game, players make stylish outfits
from cute tops, elegant dresses and stunning heels as they showcase their
fashion sense on runways from New York to Paris.
JoJo's Fashion Show(TM) 2 for the PC was downloaded more than 15 million
times and was nominated for Best Casual Game for 2007.
About OpenFeint, Inc.:
OpenFeint, the leading social gaming platform for the iPhone with over 300
games live in the AppStore, over 800 more in development, and over 3000
registered application developers has become the de-facto choice for many
game developers and publishers entering the social gaming space on the
iPhone. OpenFeint combines the kind of capabilities that the Facebook
application platform offers social game developers, with the kind of
capabilities that Xbox(R) Live offers to console game developers in a
simple, easily integrated open source client connected to a proven,
scalable cloud based service. In addition to leaderboards, achievements,
lobbies and a friend network including Facebook and Twitter integration,
developers also get access to cross promotion and social discovery
capabilities.
About iWin, Inc.:
iWin is a leading publisher and developer of online casual games for the
mass market. The company operates iWin.com and offers over 800 download
games, multiplayer games and ad-supported games provided entirely free to
the end user. As a multi-platform publisher of casual games, iWin provides
extensive resources, financing, marketing, and distribution services to
independent game developers throughout the world. iWin received the most
game nominations in 2007 by the Casual Games Association, making it the #1
casual game publisher of hit titles. Additionally, iWin's Jewel Quest II
won the 2007 Zeeby for Best Puzzle Game of the Year. iWin has offices in
San Francisco, Seattle and Kiev, Ukraine. Visit iWin at
http://www.iwin.com.
Note: Aurora Feint(TM) is a trademark of Aurora Feint Inc., Apple,
iPhone(R) and AppStore(TM) are trademarks of Apple Computer and Xbox(R)
Live is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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