Mobile Game of the Year

Last night at the annual GSM Association (GSMA) 2008 Awards Gala Dinner, Glu Mobile's original title My Hangman was a joint winner of the Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Game along with Cellufun's Call of the Pharaoh.

My Hangman is a casual game based on the classic word puzzles and was created and developed in Glu's London studio. The title features 1,000 different word puzzles, multiplayer modes, and the ability to put pictures of friends into the puzzles themselves. Upon its launch, My Hangman has seen strong performance critically and commercially including reaching the number one spot on T-Mobile UKs Top Ten Games when launched on the network.

"We're honored to have this Glu original title recognized by GSM, said Greg Ballard, President and CEO, Glu Mobile. This award is a testament to the strength and creativity of our development team in making compelling original titles."

In Call of the Pharaoh, you get a job as an inscriber, priest or engineer and work with your fellow CelluPharaohs to create the largest pyramid possible. You must depend on your fellow workers to gather the bricks and ropes used to build up the pyramid, and then call together the engineers to plan, the inscribers to decorate and the priests to bless your pyramid as it grows larger.



Commenting on Cellufun's entry, the jury said: "Call of the Pharaoh introduces social networking to games, you can't win this all on your own, you need to call in your buddies. Beware, don't start this just before bedtime or you will spend all night on it!"

Congratulations to both companies.