Floodgate Entertainment Games win “Best of 2005 Software Awards” from Pocket PC Magazine!
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (December 12, 2005) – Two games developed by Floodgate Entertainment (www.floodg.com) have won ‘Best of the Year’ software awards: Madden NFL 06 for Best Sports game, and Age of Empires for Best Strategy game.
Eighty experts assembled by Pocket PC Magazine (http://www.pocketpcmag.com) selected the winners from a field of almost 500 nominees and thousands of applications. This is the fifth year for Pocket PC Magazine’s annual awards, which the magazine called “the most comprehensive awards for Pocket PC and Smartphone software”
“We’re honored to receive the recognition for these PocketPC titles, ” said Paul Neurath, Creative Director of Floodgate.
About Floodgate Entertainment, LLC Floodgate Entertainment (www.floodg.com) is a leading mobile games developer, headquartered outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The company’s recent titles include Madden NFL 2005(1), Neverwinter Nights: Mobile(2), and Age of Empires Gold Edition. Of Neverwinter Nights, Gamespot.com said, “"This game is likely to stand as a milestone for mobile gaming." Floodgate is currently working on Swashbuckler(3), an original multiplayer mobile pirates game, and several publisher-initiated projects.
For Press Inquiries, please contact:
Matthew Bellows
GM & VP Marketing
(email) matthew [at] floodg [dot] com
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