PARIS, August 2, 2012 – Gameloft, a leading global publisher of digital and social games, announced that Little Big City, Shark Dash, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, N.O.V.A. 2: Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance and the Gameloft LIVE! application will be optimized for MediaTek’s brand new MT6577 and MT6575 smartphone solutions.
MediaTek, a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, and Gameloft are teaming up to offer these five optimized titles to handset brands and manufacturers around the world to preload on their devices. The MediaTek’s MT6577 1GHz dual-core smartphone solution and the MediaTek’s MT6575, based on a 1GHz ARM® CortexTM-A9 processor, will allow manufacturers of Android devices running on 4.0 operating system (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich) bargain prices.
By integrating a dual-core application processor architecture that is widely deployed in the majority of today’s premium smartphones, the MediaTek MT6577 boosts application and browser performance by up to 40% compared to single-core platforms, bringing unprecedented levels of user experience to mid and entry-level smartphones.
Now, MediaTek’s latest smartphone solutions are available to manufacturers with a trial version of Shark Dash, Little Big City and the Gameloft LIVE! application along with one full game from the following selection: Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus or N.O.V.A. 2: Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance.
In May 2012, Gameloft already announced that several of its titles would be available for the MediaTek MT6255 EDGE feature phone solution.
“We’re pleased to bring our most popular games to MediaTek’s new chip and to expand our catalog of games to even more players all around the world.” said Gonzague de Vallois, Senior Vice President of Publishing at Gameloft. "We are seeing a real rise of Android platforms in Emerging markets and we are eager to partner with MediaTek to benefit from this dynamic.”
“We are thrilled to forge this partnership to bring together our technology to Gameloft’s cutting edge development capabilities. As these two giants combine their strengths, it will allow us to develop even more competitive products which will bring our customers an even better gaming experience.” added Jeffrey Ju, GM of Wireless Communication Business Unit at MediaTek.
The first smartphone models based on the new MT6577 chipset are expected to ship commercially in Q3 2012.
