Cross-platform game HinterWars available to Bridge Mobile telcos

SINGAPORE – Global mobility leader Nokia and Bridge Mobile Alliance have announced their collaboration to bring HinterWars, a revolutionary cross-platform gaming experience to gamers across Asia

HinterWars will be available to subscribers of participating Bridge Mobile Alliance member-operators – Globe Telecom (Philippines), Airtel (India), CSL (Hong Kong), SingTel Mobile (Singapore), Maxis (Malaysia), and Telkomsel (Indonesia), by the end of November.

HinterWars is a cross-platform massively multiplayer online game allowing the same gaming community to play from PC or mobile with a single subscription.

HinterWars is playable on a broad selection of existing Nokia Series 60 devices such as Nokia N70, Nokia N-Gage QD and Nokia 6600, plus progressively on future models from Nokia’s Nseries multimedia computers range.

This establishes a new level of flexibility and freedom for the gaming community to play where they want, when they want, on either PC or mobile.

HinterWars is expected to appeal to a significant group of existing mobile gamers and will increase in popularity with the release of future handsets from Nokia.

Subscribers of participating member-operators will enjoy benefits, including easy purchasing through operators’ billing, complimentary game subscriptions and other promotional offers during the launch period.

More information on specific service offerings is available from the respective Bridge Mobile Alliance member-operators.

For Nokia, this Asia-Pacific-wide collaboration will help rapidly bring to market a community-based multiplayer gaming solution and reinforce its leadership role in the mobile-PC cross-platform online gaming.

Jawahar Kanjilal, director for multimedia experiences of Nokia Asia-Pacific, said, "This collaboration between Nokia and Bridge Mobile Alliance marks the beginning of an exciting gaming experience that we are bringing to gamers in the region."

"HinterWars – a revolutionary cross-platform (mobile-PC) game – brings gaming to the next level and enables gamers the freedom to play from either mobile or PC through a single subscription, in one community, anytime, anywhere. We are pleased to launch this exciting offer with Bridge Alliance partners, rapidly reaching out to a large gaming community in the Asia-Pacific," Kanjilal added.

Dr. Patrick Sim, CEO of Bridge Mobile, said, "Mobile gaming is a strategic area of focus for the alliance. Our vision is to create cross-border mobile gaming communities across the Asia-Pacific. The collaboration with Nokia for the release of HinterWars is a step toward delivering competitive advantages to our member-operators and we look forward to its successful launch."