Mumbai - UTV Indiagames and Mindtwister are launching the award winning board game "Pentago" for mobile feature phones and smart phones alike. "Pentago" will be available for all feature phones across mobile carriers globally and will also be available for the various mobile App Stores such as Apple's App Store for the iPhone and the Android Marketplace for Android powered devices.
Pentago is a multiple award winning, strategy board game for kids and adults alike, which is both simple and sophisticated at the same time. This is a two-player game in which the object is to create a row of five marbles, in any direction, before your opponent does, but with a twist. Each move consists of placing a marble and then twisting one of the four game blocks.
Commenting on the announcement Vishal Gondal, CEO, UTV Indiagames, said, "We are proud to partner with Mindtwister on this project and get 'Pentago' to millions of mobile owners worldwide. 'Pentago', we have found, is a challenging game of wits, and is ideally suited for players of mobile games, who enjoy quick bouts of these thinking games on the run."
"Pentago" has won multiple awards since it was launched as a board game in 2004. In 2005 "Pentago" won the prestigious awards of "Game of the Year" in Sweden, in 2006 "Pentago" won the much revered 'Mensa Select Award' in the United States. Over the years the game has won numerous Game of the Year and equivalent awards in for example Finland, France, Japan, and Germany and. Pentago has also been nominated for "Toy of the Year 2010" in the "Specialty Toy of the Year" category in the USA.
PÃ¥l Keller of Mindtwister said, "UTV Indiagames have proven to be a very strategic partner for us in getting 'Pentago' to the mobile phone. We believe this version of the game will give Pentago fans a new forum to play their favorite game, and help penetrate an audience of game players which 'Pentago' has not reached before and new players will be able to enjoy the mind twisting joys of our game."
"Pentago" is currently available on Nokia's OVI Store and will be available on Apple's App Store from September onwards.
