Handmark today announced the new BATTLESHIP game for Palm Powered and Pocket PC handheld devices. The BATTLESHIP game is the first official classic naval combat game for the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms.
With the addition of the BATTLESHIP game, Handmark adds another leading brand name to its expanding line of premier retail titles for handheld devices. For more than 40 years, BATTLESHIP has been one of the world's best selling board games, with more than 36.5 million copies sold in the United States alone. Now you can play the BATTLESHIP game anywhere, against the computer or with friends using one or multiple handheld devices. The new BATTLESHIP game for the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms plays and sounds just like the classic interactive game, with hi-resolution graphics and two modes of game play.
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“We believe BATTLESHIP will be a great success in the PDA software market. People loved playing BATTLESHIP growing up, now they can play anywhere at anytime on their handheld devices; This version of the BATTLESHIP game allows them to take their fun with them” said Douglas Edwards, VP of Marketing for Handmark.
Handmark produces the Palm OS and PocketPC versions of the BATTLESHIP game under a license agreement with Atari Interactive, Inc. , formerly Infogrames Interactive, Inc., which publishes the electronic and interactive versions of Hasbro properties.
Atari, together with its affiliate, Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S., and is collaborating with HandmarkT to bring the world's most popular board games to handheld computers. “We are very pleased to be working with Handmark to develop high-quality, branded entertainment content for the PDA platform,” commented Jon Leach, Vice President, Licensing for Atari Interactive, Inc. “More than 16 million people currently use PDA devices, making this a logical step to expand both our brand and audience reach, while simultaneously offering a value-added fun gaming experience to PDA consumers,” he said.
Availability of retail product
The BATTLESHIP game for the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms will be available at most retail chains where Palm Powered devices are sold this fall. It will also be available as an online download from the Handmark web site, http://www.handmark.com.
About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as DriverT, Enter the MatrixT, Neverwinter NightsT, StuntmanT, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2003, and Unreal® Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard SportsT, Nickelodeon's Blue's CluesT and Dora the ExplorerT, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary, and Atari Interactive, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary, of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com.
About Hasbro
The Hasbro Properties Group develops and expands Hasbro's core brands, such as G.I. JOE, TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, MONOPOLY and CANDY LAND, into a wide variety of entertainment and consumer categories. Hasbro Consumer Products Worldwide is the licensing and promotions arm of Hasbro Properties Group.
About Handmark
Handmark is unique in its comprehensive offering of application software and online services, together they are what the company describes as tools and toys for a mobile generationT.
Handmark leads the industry in offering handheld computing software through all available channels, including both online and at retail. Handmark also owns and maintains MemoWare.com the largest repository of free content for handhelds.
Handmark software is available at more than 6,400 retail stores in the U.S. and Canada and online from many Internet stores. Electronic download versions are available, as well as packaged product, directly from www.handmark.com the online store operated by the company.
BATTLESHIP, MONOPOLY and TONKA are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission.
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