HandyGames
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HandyGames is a leading independent developer and publisher of mobile games and is headquartered in Giebelstadt, Germany. The company develops downloadable and pre-installed games and applications for mobile phones.

History

The company HandyGames was founded in 2000 by the brothers Christopher and Markus Kassulke and Udo Bausewein and now employs more than 35 employees. HandyGames is still an owner-managed medium-sized company, although it is active in the high-tech and software industries. HandyGames is an Official Content Aggregation Partner of Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....

 since April 2008.

Business divisions and plattforms

HandyGames works with world leading mobile phone manufacturers, network providers and app stores. They publish their own games and applications in more than ten languages around the world. The company develops for the following platforms:
  • 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...

     / iPod touch
    IPod touch
    The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...

     / iPad
    IPad
    The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...

  • 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...

  • Android
  • Windows Mobile 7
  • JavaME


HandyGames is also active in various business areas:
  • Mobile internet
  • Publishing and content-aggregation
  • Picture Content
  • Commissions / Pre-installation

Awards (selection)

HandyGames has won more than 100 international awards.
  • German game developer award 2006: best game / story and best sound
  • German game developer award 2008: best mobile game

Games (selection)

  • Townsmen-Serie (2003–2009)
  • Liftboy (2006)
  • Gothic 3: The Beginning
    Gothic 3: The Beginning
    Gothic 3: The Beginning is a role-playing mobile video game, produced by the German developer Handy-Games GmbH, and published by JoWooD Entertainment.-Plot:...

    (2008)
  • Aces of the Luftwaffe (2008)
  • Crazy Hospital (2009)
  • Devils & Demons (2009)
  • Anno - Create a new World (2009)
  • Silent Hunter - U-Boat Aces (2009)
  • Guns'n'Glory (2010)
  • Farm Invasion USA (2010)
  • Arcadius (2010)
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