‘Mobile Pie to develop Classic Top Trump games for the iPhone’  

 

Manchester UK, April 26th 2011 - Connect2Media (www.connect2media.com), a leading publisher of mobile games, has announced a partnership with award winning studio, Mobile Pie, to bring their series of ‘Top Trumps’ games to the iPhone.

Connect2Media license the classic card game from Winning Moves and have already sucessfully published them on other platforms. In partnering with Mobile Pie the company initially plans to launch three titles on the iPhone, as well as other mobile platforms including Android, Blackberry and Java. The games include ‘Top Trumps 007 Best of Bond’ (which is already available on mobile devices as of last month), ‘Top Trumps Gumball 3000 Supercars’ and ‘Top Trumps NBA’.

Bristol-based Mobile Pie has received such notable accolades as Channel 4′s New Mobile Developer of the Year and the Media Innovation Awards’ trophy.

Well known for their work with high profile partners and brands such as Hewlett-Packard, BBC, Orange and Tate Modern, Mobile Pie are quickly emerging as leaders in licensed, free-to-play and location aware games.

“We are very excited to be extending the reach of the Top Trumps license”, said Greg Robinson, Connect2Media, COO. “ Top Trumps is an excellent property for mobile devices and we want to ensure that the quality we have produced for mobile is even more compelling for the iPhone, which is why we are working with highly acclaimed Mobile Pie, to develop the games for the iPhone.”

 Will Luton, Creative Director for Mobile Pie, said “ We’re very excited to get our hands on the Top Trumps brand and to create an app with all the love and polish we’ve become known for. We’re going to take the license beyond expectations.”

‘Top Trumps 007 Best of Bond’ will be the first in the series of Top Trumps titles published on the App Store this summer.