Legendary first-person shooter game
launched as part of the Tapjoy Android Fund
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12, 2011
/PRNewswire/ -- Tapjoy, Inc. (www.tapjoy.com), a leading independent mobile
application network, announced today that it has partnered with MachineWorks
NorthWest (www.machineworksnorthwest.com) to bring the iconic video game Duke
Nukem 3D to the Android Market. MachineWorks NorthWest partnered with Tapjoy as
part of the Tapjoy Android Fund, designed to bring top-quality mobile games and
applications to the Android platform.
Duke Nukem burst onto the scene in 1991
as the wise-cracking, cigar-chomping, woman-loving tough guy who must save the
Earth from invading aliens, and does so with all the irreverence and
hyper-masculinity of a Hollywood action hero. The third installment in the
highly acclaimed Duke Nukem series, Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter
game set in Los Angeles "sometime in the early 21st century" in which
players use increasingly sophisticated weapons in order to defeat aliens and
mutated humans attempting to take over the world. The launch of Duke Nukem 3D
in the Android Market marks the first time any of the Duke Nukem titles are
available on Android devices.
"Duke Nukem is a legend in his own
time, and he'd be the first person to tell you that," said Rob Carroll,
Tapjoy's Director of Publishing for Tapjoy. "MachineWorks NorthWest has
done a great job of bringing the brash, trash-talking character and all his
ass-kicking glory to the mobile environment, and we are thrilled to be working
with AAA studios like MachineWorks to help bring games of this caliber to
Android."
Tapjoy provided MachineWorks NorthWest
with development support to help port Duke Nukem 3D from iOS to Android. Duke
Nukem 3D is currently being promoted through Tapjoy's performance-based ad
network to improve discovery of the game and increase new user acquisition.
"Tapjoy was the ideal partner to help
us launch Duke Nukem 3D on Android," said Andreas Vahsen, CEO and Founder
at MachineWorks NorthWest. "The resources they provided were invaluable,
but even more important was the level of PR expertise and inside knowledge they
brought to the partnership. We wouldn't have accomplished this launch nearly as
fast or as successfully without their help."
Duke Nukem 3D will be available very
soon from any Android smartphone or tablet device running version 2.1 and up
through the Android Market, or online at http://www.machineworksnorthwest.com.
About MachineWorks NorthWest LLC
MachineWorks NorthWest LLC is an
academy-nominated (AIAS) mobile game developer . A Mobile Developer since 2001,
MachineWorks started with the official Doom1 and Doom2 ports to Pocket PC for
Id Software. MW designed the critically acclaimed Prey and Duke Nukem Mobile
line of mobile games, pioneering the 2D/3D release strategy and created the
best-selling Guitar Hero Mobile 3 and 4 for Hands-on Mobile, all running on
RIPP3D, MachineWorks award-winning mobile 3D Tech. Other titles include
Stargate SG-1, Rocky Boxing 3D , Don't Forget the Lyrics, Painkiller Purgatory,
3D Hunting: Alaskan Hunt. Customers include 3D Realms, Bandai, Microsoft,
Nokia, Id Software, HP, Glu Mobile, Chillingo/EA and Sega. MachineWorks was
voted Best Mobile 3D Studio, won numerous Editor's choices and "Best
Mobile Game of the Year" Awards, including CNET's "10 best mobile
games ever made." Entrepreneur magazine recognized MachineWorks as "one
of the 100 brilliant companies to watch" in 2009.
About Tapjoy
Tapjoy is the success engine for mobile
application distribution, engagement and revenue. The company's turnkey in-app
advertising platform helps developers acquire cost-effective, high-value new
users, drive engagement within their applications, and create incremental
income by providing an ad-funded payment method. The Tapjoy ad marketplace
spans over 10,000 applications and 280 million global consumers on iOS, Android
and emerging mobile platforms, delivering more than 1 million advertising
completions per day to application developers and advertisers. Tapjoy is backed
by top-tier investors including J.P.Morgan Asset Management, Rho Ventures,
North Bridge Venture Partners, InterWest Partners and D.E. Shaw Ventures. Headquartered
in San Francisco, the company also has offices in New York, London and Tokyo.
For more information, please visit www . tapjoy . com.
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