Mobile Games Publisher TimeLapse mobile Partners with BMG Music Publishing

San Francisco, CA (PRWeb) February 13, 2007 -- Mobile games publisher TimeLapse mobile, a leading publisher of word games, puzzle games and other thinking games, and BMG Music Publishing announced today that they have signed an international agreement to license music for TimeLapse’s mobile games. The first game to take advantage of this partnership is “Bodacious 80’s Challenge”; a unique prize game that challenges the players expertise about 80s Music, Movie, Sports and everything 80s while competing for real prizes.



“Bodacious 80’s is a nostalgia trivia game and BMG’s incredible library of 80’s music instantly transports the player back to a time of great fun, the 80’s”, said Michael Nelson, CEO of TimeLapse mobile.

Anne Pohl, BMG’s Director of Licensing, observes, “Music plays an ever more important role in all interactive gaming and highly recognizable hit songs like 'Caribbean Queen' by Billy Ocean add instant recognition to a cutting edge game like 'Bodacious B80’s'. TimeLapse mobile’s focus on original mobile games is a good match with BMG’s innovative approach to music.”

Licensing major hits is just one of the many unique features in the Bodacious 80’s game that no other mobile game in its genre has ever offered.

Unique Features:
* Only game with a ring tone and wallpaper application built into the game, providing players with the ability to instantly win & download Digital Prizes from the 80’s.
* Over 100 Pop Culture categories to choose from, so you never get stuck covering topics that you are not familiar with.
* Over 25 hours of game play; with 1000 Questions plus 400 “Bodacious Bonus” Questions, best in genre.
* Only game offering Top 50 Billboard Hits from the 80’s: Caribbean Queen, Mickey, Heart and Soul.

Bodacious 80s Challenge will be available from major carriers starting in March of 2007.

About Timelapse mobile:
TimeLapse mobile creates, develops and publishes original mobile games for cell phones with a focus on female casual gamers. The company’s passion is developing casual games that are outrageously fun to play and addictive by design. TimeLapse is focused on Casual gamers in four large market segments: Trivia, Puzzle, Word and Interactive Music. For more information, please visit www.timelapsemobile.com

About BMG Music Publishing:
With 36 offices in 25 countries around the world, BMG Music Publishing (www.bmgmusicsearch.com) is the world’s largest independent Music Publisher and the third largest among all Music Publishers. With over one million copyrights in its diverse catalogue, BMG Music Publishing represents music in every genre from some of the world’s hottest songwriters including Coldplay, Nelly, Justin Timberlake, Maroon5, R. Kelly, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Christina Aguilera, Shania Twain, Chingy, Korn, Joss Stone and Keane. BMG Music Publishing is a unit of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's leading media companies.

Contact:
Todd Erickson
Strategicom
310.497.8049

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