Connect2Media
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Connect2Media is a global developer and publisher of video games for mobile platforms headquartered in Manchester
, United Kingdom.
The company, founded in 1997, specialises in the development, publishing and distribution of games for mobile handsets. Publishing platforms include Java, Android, BREW, portable games consoles, BlackBerry
, Windows Mobile
, iPhone
, PC, interactive TV and other emerging digital platforms.
Connect2Media has offices in Europe, the Middle East, and the USA. Through agreements with telephone wireless carriers, including Verizon, T-Mobile
, O2
, AT&T
, Telefonica
and Orange, Connect2Media has a distribution network of over 50 countries.
Its portfolio of games includes in-house titles such as 365, Go Go Rescue Squad!, third party licenses such as Pro Evolution Soccer, Jaws
and Top Trumps
, and games from the independent development community. Connect2Media also transfer IP’s across platforms, for example transferring iPhone and PC hits to mobile such as Jojo’s Fashion Show and Parachute Panic.
Key partners include Konami
, Electronic Arts
, Namco
, Oasys and Magmic Games.
In 2008, the name Connect2Media is born, after Hands*On Mobile is acquired by the European management team.
As part of its expansion, Connect2Media buys RayFusion, based in Tel Aviv, Israel who specialised in the distribution and aggregation of content in the Israeli market. The name is changed to Connect2Media Middle East, and the company now has partnership agreements with leading content providers around the world including: Electronic Arts, Digital Chocolate, and many others.
In 2010, Connect 2 Media acquired the PrizePlay gaming assets of Sennari, and published two games including Battleships and Pachinko on Verizon in the USA. In addition, Executive Chairman, Nick Alexander, joined the company in 2010 after working at Sega Europe, Future Publishing and Natural Motion.
In 2011, Connect2Media confirmed deals with two companies to bring their IPs to mobile devices. The first was with Universal Studios and Universal Music Group to produce and distribute a game based on the JAWS iPhone title. The second was with Winning Moves to bring Top Trumps licenses to mobiles including James Bond, Supercars and NBA.
Connect2Media are currently deploying PrizePlay on Verizon offering consumers the chance to play games and win Bling. Bling can be exchanged for rewards including Amazon Gift Cards.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 - Pocket Gamer Gold; MobileGameFAQS Gold
Go! Go! Rescue Squad! - Pocket Gamer Gold; MobileGameFAQS Silver
Guitar Hero III BackStage Pass - MobileGameFAQS Gold, Pocket Gamer Bronze; AirGamer
Civilization IV War of Two Cities - MobileGameFAQS Gold, Pocket Gamer Silver
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, United Kingdom.
The company, founded in 1997, specialises in the development, publishing and distribution of games for mobile handsets. Publishing platforms include Java, Android, BREW, portable games consoles, BlackBerry
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
, Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
, iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
, PC, interactive TV and other emerging digital platforms.
Connect2Media has offices in Europe, the Middle East, and the USA. Through agreements with telephone wireless carriers, including Verizon, T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
, O2
O2 (United Kingdom)
Telefónica UK Limited is a telecommunications, internet and financial services provider in the United Kingdom owned by Telefónica, forming part of its Telefónica Europe division...
, AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
, Telefonica
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America. Operating globally, it is the third largest provider in the world...
and Orange, Connect2Media has a distribution network of over 50 countries.
Its portfolio of games includes in-house titles such as 365, Go Go Rescue Squad!, third party licenses such as Pro Evolution Soccer, Jaws
Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,...
and Top Trumps
Top Trumps
Top Trumps is a card game. Each card contains a list of numerical data, and the aim of the game is to compare these values in order to try to trump and win an opponent's card...
, and games from the independent development community. Connect2Media also transfer IP’s across platforms, for example transferring iPhone and PC hits to mobile such as Jojo’s Fashion Show and Parachute Panic.
Key partners include Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
, Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
, Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
, Oasys and Magmic Games.
History
The original company was founded in Cambridge, UK in 1997, as nGame, and specialised in the development of mobile and digital TV games. In 2002, nGame was acquired by US mobile publisher Mforma Inc, and grew to become a top 5 mobile game publisher in Europe by 2005. Also in 2005 the European management team took over operations in Asia and Latin America, and Mforma branding is changed to Hands*On Mobile.In 2008, the name Connect2Media is born, after Hands*On Mobile is acquired by the European management team.
As part of its expansion, Connect2Media buys RayFusion, based in Tel Aviv, Israel who specialised in the distribution and aggregation of content in the Israeli market. The name is changed to Connect2Media Middle East, and the company now has partnership agreements with leading content providers around the world including: Electronic Arts, Digital Chocolate, and many others.
In 2010, Connect 2 Media acquired the PrizePlay gaming assets of Sennari, and published two games including Battleships and Pachinko on Verizon in the USA. In addition, Executive Chairman, Nick Alexander, joined the company in 2010 after working at Sega Europe, Future Publishing and Natural Motion.
In 2011, Connect2Media confirmed deals with two companies to bring their IPs to mobile devices. The first was with Universal Studios and Universal Music Group to produce and distribute a game based on the JAWS iPhone title. The second was with Winning Moves to bring Top Trumps licenses to mobiles including James Bond, Supercars and NBA.
PrizePlay
PrizePlay is a social interaction and reward system designed to increase consumer loyalty and revenue potential by enabling all forms of consumer relationship building within mobile content applications. Features include in*game transactions that involve storing points, currencies, tokens, or coupons; pay-per-play or tournament style gaming models; in-game prizing; friend-based referral programs and SMS campaign promotion.Connect2Media are currently deploying PrizePlay on Verizon offering consumers the chance to play games and win Bling. Bling can be exchanged for rewards including Amazon Gift Cards.
Games (A-Z)
Connect2Media publishes mobile games in a variety of genres, including puzzle games, sports titles, and card games. Some of the more popular games include:- Arachnadoodle
- Army Men Mobile Ops
- Battleships (PrizePlay)
- Pachinko (PrizePlay)
- BMW Racing
- Bubble X Mania
- Bug Quest
- Call of Atlantis
- Championship Racing 2010
- Crash Test Dummies
- Danny Danger
- Doodle Battleships
- Doodle IQ Challenge
- Edge
- Element
- Farm Frenzy 2
- Fart Mania
- Go!Go! Rescue Squad!
- Governor of Poker
- Guitar Hero III BackStage Pass
- Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile
- Hellmuth’s High Stakes Hold’em
- iCarly
- Jaws
- Jojo’s Fashion Show 2
- Lumines In The House Ibiza ‘10
- Mafia II
- Metal Gear Classic
- Neon Runner
- Parachute Panic
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
- Puzzle Warriors
- Puzzlings
- Silent Hill Mobile 3
- Ski Jumping 2010
- String 'Em In
- Super Dog
- Swapper
- The Dog
- The Urinator
- Thief Dash
- Timeloop
- Top Trumps 007
- Top Trumps NBA
- Tumblebugs
- Ultimate Word Cup 2011
- World Poker Tour
365 Games
- 365 Board Games
- 365 Bowling
- 365 Card Pack
- 365 Casino
- 365 Puzzle Club
- 365 Solitaire Club
Games (coming soon)
- 3 in 1 Bubble Beat Extreme
- Jojo’s Fashion Show World Tour Express
- Top Trumps Supercars
- Jaws
- Pocket Zoo Keeper
- Element 2
- Pocket Farmer
- 365 Arcade Pack
- Gladiator Kricket
- Ski Jumping 2011
Awards
Edge - Pocket Gamer Gold; 2 IMGAs;[5] Milthon of the Best Mobile GamePro Evolution Soccer 2010 - Pocket Gamer Gold; MobileGameFAQS Gold
Go! Go! Rescue Squad! - Pocket Gamer Gold; MobileGameFAQS Silver
Guitar Hero III BackStage Pass - MobileGameFAQS Gold, Pocket Gamer Bronze; AirGamer
Civilization IV War of Two Cities - MobileGameFAQS Gold, Pocket Gamer Silver
YFM
YFM, the UK fund manager specialising in small businesses, invests up to £8 million equity in rapidly growing businesses through a range of funds for both institutional and retail clients. Its investment team of 42 people across six regional offices, is dedicated to working alongside management teams to create transformational growth.YFM Website