Gameloft Launches Catz and Petz

Gameloft has gotten a big head start on the market by partnering with Ubisoft to offer a very broad choice of virtual pet video games for everyone who loves animals. After Dogz, available since October 2006, Dogz 3D will be offered on a hundred or so different mobile phones, starting in April 2007, so that consumers can interact even more and get even closer to their favorite virtual puppies. Then Catz and its little kittens will also be released in April 2007, to be closely followed by the Petz game, which will bring a whole menagerie of cute animals to your mobile phone in July.

"By launching Catz, Petz and Dogz 3D on mobile phones after our enormous success launching Dogz, we are giving ourselves the means to become the global leader of this market," announced Gonzague de Vallois, Gameloft's Vice President of Publishing. "Household pet simulation games are a major game genre, and we're doing all we can to make sure that consumers grow very fond of their favorite virtual pet and that they can take care of it wherever they go, and whenever they want."

"The animal simulations are ideal games for a mobile environment, because players never have to be far away from their virtual animals-they are always right there with them, whether nestled deep in a pocket or a handbag!" explained Benoit Pourgaton, International Senior Brand Manager for Dogz, Petz and Catz.

Dogz, Catz and Petz will be made available on 800 different mobile phones, in 75 countries via a network of 160 carriers, and through development partners, the media and direct distribution.