SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 13, 2010) - Today, Mochi Media announced a new contest for developers to create games for the Android mobile platform that run in Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1. The contest will award prizes to game developers and contest submissions will be showcased on Mochi Media's mobile-optimized site MochiGames, with games playable at http://m.mochigames.com.
The 'Made for Mobile' Contest comes after the recent release of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for mobile, which allows games built with the Flash Platform to be played on the Android mobile platform for the first time. Flash Player 10.1 has opened vast new opportunities for entertainment and media on mobile devices and contest submissions will showcase the exciting new gaming options for Android mobile phone users.
"We are very excited Mochi Media is bringing this contest to the game development community," said Ricky Liversidge, vice president of marketing, platform business at Adobe. "Talented developers can now take advantage of the latest Flash Player 10.1 features to reach consumers across mobile and other devices."
Contest submissions will be judged on game criteria including aesthetics, usability, performance, creativity and coding quality. For more information on official contest rules, visit: http://www.mochimedia.com/contest.
The games will be judged by a panel composed of representatives from Mochi Media and Adobe, as well as a group of veteran gaming journalists. For more information on prize awards, visit: http://www.mochimedia.com/contest.
Contest submissions are due by midnight on October 8, 2010. Winners will be announced the week of October 18. For more information about the contest, please visit: http://www.mochimedia.com/contest
About Mochi Media
Mochi Media is the world's largest browser-based games network, with more than 140 million monthly active users and 15,000 games on nearly 40,000 publisher websites. Mochi Media's game development products and services enable developers to track usage analytics, distribute their games to thousands of websites, and monetize global gameplays via micro-transactions and in-game advertising. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanda Games Limited (
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