Vodafone live! More Wireless Games

Digital Bridges, a leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, announced today that the company has reached an agreement with Vodafone Global Content Services, the global content division for the Vodafone Group, to distribute several Digital Bridges game titles as part of the Vodafone live! consumer service. The agreement covers both WAP and Java titles.

The rollout of Digital Bridges' games to the rapidly growing Vodafone live! customer base includes server-based titles like Wireless Pets, Steve Jackson's Sorcery, and Star TrekÒ: First Duty; as well as popular downloadable J2ME titles like Denki Blocks!, EA SPORTSÔ Tiger Woods PGA TOURÒ Golf, and XS Snowboarding. In order to better serve Vodafone live! customers, Digital Bridges will for the first time be supporting the Sharp GX10 handset across many of its most popular gaming titles.

"Vodafone live! is a significant step forward in making mobile entertainment easier to use, and has been marketed well to consumers," said Brian Greasley, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Bridges. "We are proud to be able to make our premium games available via this channel, thus further extending our distribution base in Europe."

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