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Major League Gaming, Sony Mobile and Gameloft Bring Competitive Gaming to Smartphones With Xperia Mobile Gaming Arena
GlobeNewswire
2012-05-03

   Competition Launches With Gameloft's Modern Combat 3: Fallen
                              Nation

NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Major League Gaming (MLG),
the world's largest competitive video game league, Sony Mobile
Communications and Gameloft, today unveiled MLG's first-ever
competitive smartphone gaming platform - Xperia(TM) Mobile Gaming Arena
Presented by Sony Mobile. Launching with Gameloft's first person
shooter Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, the arena enables gamers to
compete via all mobile platforms including Android and iOS for more
than $10,000 in prizes. All competition details, scores and rankings
are accessible via www.majorleaguegaming.com/mobile.

To participate, gamers simply link their MLG and Gameloft accounts,
play a featured Xperia(TM) Mobile Gaming Arena title and their ranking
is automatically tallied on the Xperia(TM) Mobile Gaming Arena
leaderboard. The Xperia(TM) Mobile Gaming Arena launches with Modern
Combat 3: Fallen Nation from Gameloft, which has been enhanced for an
immersive gaming experience on Xperia(TM) PLAY, the world's first
PlayStation(R) Certified smartphone and the official mobile handset of
Major League Gaming. Additional competitive titles will be rolled out
in the coming months.

"The MLG community thrives on competition and with our new mobile
platform, we are now enabling gamers to engage in competitive play no
matter where they are," said Sundance DiGiovanni, CEO, MLG. "With
partners like Sony Mobile and Gameloft, we are truly taking mobile
gaming to a new level."

"From the launch of Xperia(TM) PLAY, the first smartphone to bring
console-like gaming to smartphone, to now the Xperia(TM) Mobile Gaming
Arena, the first-of-its-kind competitive platform for mobile gamers, we
are committed to bringing the best mobile entertainment experiences to
our customers," said Peter Farmer, Head of Marketing for North America,
Sony Mobile Communications. "Bringing together MLG's authority in
competitive gaming, Gameloft's blockbuster game titles and Sony
Mobile's immersive mobile entertainment experience, the Xperia(TM)
Mobile Gaming Arena is sure to deliver a new level of mobile gaming for
competitors."

"For Gameloft, partnering with strong brands such as the MLG and Sony
Mobile Communications to promote a new age of competitive mobile gaming
is a very exciting time, " said Baudouin Corman, vice president of
publishing in the Americas at Gameloft. "Given the millions of gamers
that have participated in competitions online and via console over the
years, there's a great future for the online multiplayer experience
with the Xperia Mobile Gaming Arena."

For More Information:

Major League Gaming

Katie Goldberg - VP Communications and PR

P: 917-338-2391

About Major League Gaming

Founded in 2002, Major League Gaming (MLG) (www.majorleaguegaming.com)
is the dominant media property exclusively targeting tens of millions
of consumers worldwide who have a passion for playing video games as a
competitive social activity. The company gives aspiring gamers around
the world an opportunity to compete, improve their skills, and
socialize through a thriving competitive community with more than
750,000 matches each month online and LIVE in-person Pro Circuit
tournaments in cities nationwide. MLG broadcasts all Pro Circuit play
via LIVE streaming online to hundreds of thousands of fans from more
than 170 countries.

About Sony Mobile Communications

Sony Mobile Communications is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony
Corporation, a leading global innovator of audio, video, game,
communications, key device and information technology products for both
the consumer and professional markets. Through its Xperia(TM)
smartphone portfolio, Sony Mobile Communications delivers the best of
Sony technology, premium content and services, and easy connectivity to
Sony's world of networked entertainment experiences. For more
information: www.sonymobile.com.

About Gameloft

A leading global publisher of digital and social games, Gameloft(R) has
established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since
2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, including
mobile phones, smartphones and tablets (including Apple(R) iOS and
Android(R) devices), set top box, connected TVs and consoles. Gameloft
partners with leading international brands such as UNO(R),
Spider-Man(R), James Cameron's Avatar(TM), Ferrari(R) and Sonic
Unleashed(R). Gameloft also operates its own established franchises,
such as Real Football, Asphalt(TM), Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus and
N.O.V.A Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance(R). Gameloft is present in all
continents, distributes its games in 100 countries and employs over
4,000 developers.

Gameloft is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN: FR0000079600,
Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA).

E: kgoldberg@mlgpro.com