Vivendi Games Mobile to Distribute Its Titles via Nokia Catalogs

Vivendi Games Mobile, the mobile division of Vivendi Games, announced an agreement with Nokia to bring its line-up of mobile games to Nokia handsets via the Nokia Download! and Nokia Catalogs shopping applications. The announcement follows an earlier agreement between the two companies to make Vivendi's titles available through Nokia's N-Gage program.

"The challenge in the mobile games value chain is not only to make great games and attract customers, but also in the effective merchandising of games and the ease with which consumers can find, purchase, and download games," said Paul Maglione, president of Vivendi Games Mobile. "Nokia has met this challenge by providing visibility and easy access to great content via Download!. The end result is a new and promising distribution channel that creates further ‘impulse buy’ opportunities for our titles and also allows customers to enjoy the best mobile games on demand."

Following the agreement, users will be able to browse and download Vivendi Games Mobile titles directly on their Nokia phones via Nokia Catalogs (or Nokia Download! - depending on the device), a mobile shopping application that is constantly updated with new content.

Vivendi Games Mobiles has recently launched its own branded Catalogs in local-language versions in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine and the U.S. Catalogs in an additional 25 countries will be available soon.

Vivendi Games Mobiles Catalog currently offers 12 games, including the recently released Brain Shock and Delta Force; titles based on premium entertainment brands like The Bourne Ultimatum and Eragon; and award-winning games like The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night and the first-person shooter Urban Attack. Users will also be able to download game-related content like wallpapers and ring tones.

Nokia Catalogs is pre-installed on more than 50 Nokia devices shipped worldwide. For devices that do not come with the application, it can be downloaded free of charge here.