Vivendi Universal to go mobile!. VU, a global developer, publisher and distributor of multi-platform interactive entertainment, today announced that it will be opening a new division called Vivendi Universal Games Mobile (VUG Mobile), dedicated to publishing games for the emerging mobile games market. Paul Maglione, who now moves from the major mobile games publisher, has been named as the President of the VUG Mobile. Certainly this is going to be one big step for the VU Games.

With multi-media phones pouring into the market at the rate of knots from different companies, surely the mobile gaming will be a next big-thing in the industry, with broadband cellular networks rolling out. Realising that VU have made a good move. The new mobile unit is based in Meudon near Paris, France with regional headquarters for North America in Los Angeles and for Asia-Pacific in Singapore. The top-selling VUG Mobile franchises in the market include two Spyro the Dragon titles, and two titles in the iconic Leisure Suit Larry(R) series. Recent new additions to the VUG Mobile line-up are SWAT(R) Force, based on the best-selling VUG PC franchise; and strategy title Empire Earth Mobile.

With upcoming events like, the Game Developers Conference ("GDC Mobile") on March 20-21, CTIA Wireless, April 5-7, Mobile Content World Asia, April 4-6, and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center May 10-12, VUG Mobile has announced that it will be demonstrating several new games. VUG Mobile will build off its current base of popular games sold by 70 mobile network operators across 40 countries, including the hugely successful Crash Bandicoot(R) franchise which has generated more than 1.5 million downloads to date.

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