Hands-On Mobile and 20th Century Fox Team Up for Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer Mobile Game and Sweepstakes Launches
Hands-On Mobile™, the world's leading developer of connected games and applications, today announced the launch of the Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer mobile game and personalization suite. To celebrate the occasion, and to mark the release of the movie on June 15th, Hands-On Mobile has partnered with 20th Century Fox® to run sweepstakes in the U.S. and Canada for the month of June.
The grand prize winner will receive a prop from the movie, an official movie poster signed by the cast, as well as Fantastic 4 collectibles and a Motorola® MOTOKRZR phone. Additional prizes will be awarded to 35 first and second place winners.
The game features up to six mini-games, comic-cut scenes, and unlockable wallpapers on some wireless carriers. The games can be played individually or as part of an over-arcing storyline that follows the movie.
"Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer adds to our extensive Marvel Mobile game franchise," says Michael Temkin, CTO and SVP of Product Development, Hands-On Mobile. "The pick-up-and-play casual mini-games give the player instant satisfaction and addictive fun as there is a unique mini-game for each member of the F4 team, plus Silver Surfer and a bonus group game featuring the Fantasticar."
"As fans of mobile gaming ourselves, we are delighted to be partnering with Hands-On Mobile to create this dynamic game in conjunction with the release of Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer," says Kevin Campbell, EVP Marketing, 20th Century Fox.
The Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer mobile game is available for download on carriers worldwide via mobile phones or the Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer site — www.MarvelMobile.com/F4. It may also be downloaded by text messaging FAN4 to 46966.
Be sure to catch the movie release which opens June 15. Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.
About Hands-On Mobile
Hands-On Mobile is a leading global publisher of mobile games, personalization and lifestyle products targeting all market segments of the mobile handset marketplace. With operations in four continents, Hands-On Mobile develops, publishes and distributes mobile content to more than 180 of the world's leading operators in 60 countries. Hands-On Mobile provides operators and their customers with the world's best entertainment brands and applications and provides brand owners with the shortest route to market. The Hands-On Mobile content catalogue is diverse, including top brands like Activision, Billboard, CBS, Hasbro, LEGO, Marvel, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, and World Poker Tour. Hands-On Mobile is a U.S. corporation with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in San Diego, California; London and Bollington, England; Krakow, Poland; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea. For more information about Hands-On Mobile's products and organization please visit www.handson.com.
About 20th Century Fox
One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation.