14 DAY TRIAL // Glu Mobile Inc., the leading publisher of mobile games, announced recently its game lineup for the summer of 2009. These additions to the company's offering include new brands, as well as a sequel from one of Glu’s best-selling titles. According to the company, the new releases are available for a wide range of mobile platforms, including J2ME, BREW, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. The new titles available this summer include Stranded: Mysteries of Time, 99 Ninjas, Vegas Hustler and Firefighters: City Rescue.
“We can’t wait for mobile games fans to get their hands on our summer lineup which features all-new and exciting original IP titles,” said Jill Braff, senior vice president of global publishing, Glu. “All of the games include action-packed fun, with loads of playing time, providing hours of entertainment perfect for summer travel.”
Glu mobile brings back one of the most popular adventure games with Stranded: Mysteries of Time, offering a new story full of unexpected twists. Players will take the role of a genetic scientist working on an uncharted island and will enjoy a time-traveling adventure and the possibility to discover the mystery of a viral outbreak. Users will have to fix the future by means of creating a cure from DNA from a prehistoric age.
99 Ninjas is a title that brings the dark arts of combat onto the mobile phones. Users will face the fastest ninja and will enjoy one of the funniest adventure games in a quest of vengeance. Players will have to use amazing ninja abilities and skills, while facing the evil Shan-Pu, the ultimate opponent. At the same time, they will have at their disposals weapons like sword, shuriken, grappling hooks and even ninja magic.
Vegas Hustler plunges players into the life of a hustler in Las Vegas. Featuring an intriguing adventure, the game will offer users the possibility to outsmart shady characters, to fall in love and to become a wealthy high roller. Players will have to make moves in blackjack, roulette, and craps so as to win reputation and money.
Firefighters: City Rescue is the latest arcade-action title from the company, and offers users the possibility to save Emberville from destruction. The game enables users to control their crew or to fire themselves, to climb up floors of burning buildings, save people and extinguish fires. Each building will come with its challenges, and things might get rather difficult sometimes.
Stranded: Mysteries of Time, 99 Ninjas and Vegas Hustler will become available at the beginning of July, the company says, while Firefighters: City Rescue will come to the market in August. More details can be found on the company's website.
