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Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced the worldwide launch of the mobile game based on DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: DWA) highly-anticipated film, “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which comes to theaters in the U.S. on March 27, 2009. This marks the second mobile game to be developed and published by Glu based on DreamWorks Animation’s hit films, following the 2008 release of “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.”

Mobile Streams announced that it will launch HBO Mobile, a mobile internet retail portal for the premium television network Home Box Office (HBO).
The HBO Mobile retail site will offer personalization content (i.e. ringtones and wallpapers) from popular and award-winning HBO shows such as Flight of the Conchords, Big Love, True Blood, Rome, Entourage, The Sopranos, Sex and the City and The Wire.

Mplayit Mobile Arcade fuels mobile content discovery across social networks, specifically Facebook and MySpace social platforms. The application lets people explore and trial mobile games in their web browser. Based on a sizable sample of Facebook and Myspace members, nearly every visitor tries out the mobile games, while a larger number return to check out new mobile games as they are added to the catalog.

ngmoco launches Rolando Lite on Apple app store. Free version of highly-acclaimed Rolando mobile game for iPhone and iPod touch to feature Opening World. Voted Best iPhone Game of 2008 by the Boston Herald, VentureBeat and 148 Apps and winner of PocketGamer’s coveted Platinum Award, Rolando is an ambitious action game that combines innovative play mechanics and the revolutionary capabilities of the iPhone and iPod touch to deliver a breakthrough entertainment experience.

With the Flurry Beta tag removed on the heals of 300 developers using Flurry Analytics, indicators with the first 60 days resulting in the rapid adoption of Flurry Analytics validates the need for mobile analytics in the gaming and application developer communities. With more platforms supported than any other mobile analytics provider — and new features being added all the time — Flurry offers the most complete solution on the market.

Mandalay Media, Inc. subsidiary Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. (Twistbox), announced that its mobile play-for-prizes platform has hosted over 75 million game play sessions. The Company’s play-for-prizes platform includes iconic games from leading publishers, studios and cable networks.

Mobile personalization and games firm Sonic Branded Solutions re-brands as Sonic Boom and blasts into online and social media. Sonic Boom will launch its comprehensive suite of web and social media applications – including Facebook widgets and branded sites – in the third quarter of 2008.

Glu to bring first generation Transformers to mobile phones with this Fall’s launch of Transformers G1: Awakening. The new mobile gaming title currently in development follows the global success of Glu’s 2007 game based on the Transformers movie.

Celltick, a pioneer of idle screen mobile marketing solutions announces a new partnership with San Francisco-based Greystripe, the leading ad-supported mobile games and applications distributor. The partnership will see the two companies team up to distribute advertising-funded mobile games for mobile devices through Celltick’s innovative LiveScreen(TM) mobile media platform.

Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced an agreement with Activision, Inc. that will extend the companies’ exclusive, worldwide partnership to include Call of Duty®: World at War for mobile phones and mobile devices.