MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwire - March 3, 2008) -NEWS FACTS: Punch Entertainment, a developer and publisher of community-based mobile games out of Mountain View, Calif., today announced the launch of a new social networking game for mobile phones, EGO. As the first game of its kind to be made available in the U.S., the game allows you to create your own customized super-avatar that has emotions, abilities, needs and an evolving personality based on your actions within the game. Through your “EGO,” you can meet and interact with friends on your buddy list, as well as with other EGOs in the virtual world in real-time. As a community-based game geared towards teens and up, EGO introduces a new type of platform for communication and interaction.
EGO (http://www.ego-city.com/) is designed to be played on your mobile phone but also features a Web component that allows you to interact further within the virtual world of EGO. The mobile phone and Web versions of EGO are synched with each other. Users can try out a limited version of the game on the Web site, which is available now in beta. The EGO Web site launches with mobile carrier support from T-Mobile and additional carriers will be added soon. continue reading...
