Wizzard Media Acquires Space Buster 3D iPhone App
PITTSBURGH, PA – October 29, 2009 - Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s largest podcasting network, announces the acquisition of exclusive distribution rights to Space Buster 3D, currently for sale through the App Store for use on the iPhone™ and iPod® Touch.
Adding to its fast growing roster of premium iPhone Apps, Wizzard Media acquired the rights to this highly regarded App based solely on its future sales potential and targetability through Wizzard’s podcast marketing and distribution network. Wizzard has focused its recent App acquisition efforts on quality, timeless Apps that match up well with highly targeted podcast audiences generating Wizzard, App developers and podcasters revenue for the promotion and sale of the Apps.
Marketing efforts for Space Buster 3D will target the intersection of classic and casual gamers via popular technology, anime, and video game related podcasts. To date, over 100,000 paid copies of Space Buster 3D have been downloaded from the App Store.
Like game classics ‘Breakout’ and ‘Arkanoid’, Space Buster 3D captures the magic of the brick breaking genre and takes it to the next level for mobile touch gaming. “It’s like what we all played at our favorite pizza parlors years ago, just much, much cooler,” says Dave Mansueto, Wizzard Media. “Space Buster 3D is the epitome of the touch renaissance of gaming classics: Taking proven formulas and giving them new life to satisfy the installed base of retro enthusiasts and this new generation of on-the-go gamers. Certain game types never lose popularity. We are proud to be working with one of the best, and we’re not the only ones that think so.”
Touch Arcade, the premier App review site, reviewed all the available Arkanoid-Breakout style games on the iPhone and concluded that Space Buster 3D was the best of the bunch, providing the best game playing experience amongst the games they tried.
This announcement represents ongoing progress on the first step of Wizzard’s expanded monetization plan for its podcasting network of 12,200 podcast producers and their 18 million monthly viewers and listeners, approximately 70% of whom use iTunes to subscribe and download their favorite podcasts. Wizzard plans to continue to acquire the rights for up to 100 high quality Apps to provide podcast producers with a continuous stream of relevant, paid advertising for their episodic shows and provide App developers and Wizzard with increased sales revenues.
Space Buster 3D can be purchased here: http://itunes.com/apps/spacebuster3d
All Wizzard Apps can be found in the iTunes App Store by searching for ‘Wizzard Media’.
About Wizzard Media:
Wizzard Media provides publishing and distribution services to podcasters and monetization services for podcasters. Wizzard Media is the industry’s leading podcasting network with an unprecedented 1.2 billion download requests in 2008. Podcasts are a means for independent and professional content creators to publish audio and video shows for the world to enjoy over the Internet or on mp3 players, such as the Apple iPod®, iPhone® and the Microsoft Zune®. Podcasting is a relatively new phenomenon, but Wizzard Media collectively broadcasts millions of podcast downloads per day through media aggregators like Apple’s iTunes and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace. For more information, please visit http://www.wizzardsoftware.com/media. Wizzard Media is a division of Wizzard Software, a leader in speech technology distribution and development.
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