Om Nom's Unstoppable; Now With Full Support From EA
LONDON, Oct 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Leading mobile game publisher Chillingo, a division of Electronic Arts
Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that ZeptoLab's chart-topping,
addictive puzzler, 'Cut the Rope' has now sold more than two million
copies worldwide on the Apple App Store in just three weeks since launch.
"Cut the Rope continues to break records with leading, international
sales," explains Chris Byatte, Co-General Manager of Chillingo. "Our new
partnership with EA enables us to expand Om Nom's prospects, visibility
and reach to make more of an impact than ever before."
"Chillingo has done a great job for us in publishing Cut the Rope on the
Apple App Store," said Efim Voinov, CTO of ZeptoLab. "Now with their
acquisition by EA, we see more growth opportunities available for us in
the future."
Cut the Rope remains the fastest selling title on the App Store to date
(by reaching the 1 million mark within 10 days of launch). The game
features innovative, physics-oriented gameplay as players feed dangling
candy to Om Nom, an adorable and ravenous, little green creature.
Cut the Rope is available for $.99 (iPhone(R) and iPod touch(R)) and a $1.99
(iPad(TM)) from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/
A Lite version of Cut the Rope will be available for free from the App
Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/
Get the latest news and incredible new content from Cut the Rope by
following: http://twitter.com/Chillingo.
About Chillingo
Chillingo is a subsidiary of Electronic Arts and publishes innovative
games and software for various platforms. Other hit iPhone, iPod touch
and iPad titles include; Cut the Rope, Angry Birds, Helsing's Fire,
Predators, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Minigore, iDracula, and
Modern Conflict. For more information about Chillingo please visit
chillingo.com.
About Zeptolab
ZeptoLab is a small independent team of professionals dedicated to the
science of fun.
We know what good games are made of, and we possess
the required ingredients.
Our target platforms at the moment are
iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA(TM), EA Mobile(TM), and POGO(TM). In fiscal
2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that
sold more than one million units. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile and POGO are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc.
Apple, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
Chillingo PR
Carmen Pearson, 415-746-0803
carmen@chillingo.com
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