Iomo: 'Thief: Constantine's Sword'

Date of Release : Thursday, October 10, 2002
IOMO AND iFONE TO DEVELOP A J2ME GAME BASED ON PS2’s NO 1 STUNTMAN FOR MOBILE HANDSETS
IOMO, developer of entertainment content for mobile devices has announced it is teaming up with wireless entertainment publishers, iFone, to develop a J2ME version of the PS2’s No 1 game, Stuntman, for mobile handsets.

John Chasey, Managing Director of IOMO commented “With access to the wide range of brands in the Atari portfolio, iFone are an ideal publishing partner in the mobile sector.”

The player will be able to play in four of the film stunt sequences from the original PS2 version including "A Whoopin' And A Hollerin'", "Blood Oath", "Scarab of the Lost Souls" and "Live Twice for Tomorrow".

Senior Producer at iFone, Paul Hilton commented, “We selected IOMO to develop Stuntman because of the company’s experience in creating digital interactive entertainment products across multiple mobile devices and its structured approach to pre-production.”

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IOMO
IOMO is a leading independent developer of entertainment content for mobile devices, based in the south of England. Since the company was founded in April 2000, over thirty titles have been developed to date and high profile projects include Wentworth Golf, Thunderbirds, Thief: Constantine's Sword and TxtDating. In-house technical expertise covers SMS, MMS, WAP, J2ME and Symbian OS. Clients are from all areas of the mobile industry worldwide including manufacturers, portals, wireless publishers/aggregators and traditional game publishers. They include Nokia, Vizzavi, Digital Bridges, In-fusio, Aspiro and Eidos. IOMO are founding members of TIGA (The Independent Game Developers Association, www.tiga.org.uk).

iFone
iFone is backed by Marlborough Holdings, a technology investment firm, and is a preferred partner of Infogrames Entertainment. The management team combines expertise in games’ publishing, wireless games development and consumer marketing. The team brings experience from Sony, Psygnosis, Infogrames, IXL, Diamond Multimedia and Agency.com. www.ifone.com - For more information, please contact Mandy Sharpe on 0161 827 8200 or m.sharpe@ifone.com

For further information, please contact:

John Chasey, Managing Director, IOMO Ltd
tel: +44 (0)23 8065 3301
email: john@iomo.co.uk

Thief: Constantine's Sword
Iomo and Eidos Interactive announce 'Thief: Constantine's Sword', an original title for WAP mobile phones, based upon characters and locations created in the first installment of Eidos' critically acclaimed PC title "Thief: The Dark Project".

'Thief - Constantine's Sword' is a fiendish combination of puzzle solving, strategy and recollection; and throughout the game the player is also told, in words and pictures, of the story of Garrett's journey through the mansion.

Each level is deceptively simple at first glance, nothing more than an easy maze, but as the player starts to navigate they will soon discover just how tricky the task at hand is. Time is of the essence and the otherwise straightforward routes through the corridors of the mansion are littered with obstacles, which must be avoided or negotiated. If the player were to tread carefully, constantly checking for the dangers that might lay before them, they would likely come to no harm; but time is pressing and they must make bold moves. The further the player can travel each turn the better, but this increases the chance of them making a mistake

Source: Iomo