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Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! Delivers on Mobile

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LOS ANGELES (Map) - LOS ANGELES, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced the release of Cake Mania(R) 2: Bake Off! for mobile, an exciting spin-off of the wildly successful PC Franchise, Cake Mania, which has claimed more than 70 million downloads to date. Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! allows players to show off their baking skills in the zany and exciting new baking experience for mobile phones.

Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! for mobile is based on the best-selling casual PC game, Cake Mania 2, where the game's iconic baker, Jill, is back to baking and decorating cakes in a new mobile adventure. In the hit sequel, players will explore six far-flung bakery locations and serve up delicious original creations to quirky customers, ranging from federal agents to mysterious aliens. Players will choose which path Jill pursues, with each decision leading to new baking challenges and dilemmas. The game includes 72 levels of baking and frosting madness, multiple endings and a branching, non-linear thrilling storyline.

With the launch of Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! for mobile, Vivendi Games Mobile is sponsoring a one-of-a-kind photo contest on Tapatap (m.tapatap.com or http://www.tapatap.com), the leader in social photo games for mobile phones. The promotion provides fans an opportunity to flaunt their craziest cake designs for a chance to win cool prizes. Fans are encouraged to snap and upload a photo of their cake via their mobile phones or online. The winners of the competition will walk away with exciting prizes including a Cake Mania prize pack, as well as bragging rights. For more details and to enter the contest, participants can visit http://www.tapatap.com/cakemania.

"Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! provides a fantastically fun mobile experience that is sure to satisfy fans of all ages," said

Paul Maglione, president of Vivendi Games Mobile. "Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! is the perfect addition to our growing portfolio of top-rated, unique entertainment properties. We are excited to partner with Sandlot Games to offer the millions of Cake Mania fans another outlet to play this unrivaled game."

"We are extremely excited to partner with Vivendi Games Mobile to extend the Cake Mania franchise beyond the PC," said Daniel Bernstein, founder and CEO of Sandlot Games. "With broad consumer appeal and strong brand recognition, Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! will not only thrill Cake maniacs everywhere but will also appeal to anyone looking for a different kind of casual mobile game."

About Vivendi Games Mobile

Vivendi Games Mobile (http://www.vgmobile.com), a division of Vivendi Games, creates and publishes quality titles for the mobile games market. The division runs a global business, with its headquarters, operations and an internal development team in Paris, a US-based team in Los Angeles and its Centerscore studio in San Mateo, California. The company publishes games based on original IP, popular entertainment licenses and classic Sierra Entertainment IP, which are distributed by more than 90 operators and dozens of Web portals in 60 countries around the world.

About Sandlot

Sandlot Games Corporation, headquartered in Bothell, Washington, is the world's premier developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games. Sandlot Games boasts a captivating portfolio of popular game titles and franchises including Cake Mania(R), Glyph(R), Super Granny(R), Tradewinds(R) and Westward(R). Sandlot Games reaches millions of game players worldwide through a variety of distribution channels including online, PC, PDA's, handhelds, videogame consoles and mobile phones. Since 2002, over 200 million games have been downloaded by its loyal fan base.

About Tapatap, Inc.

Tapatap is a social mobile gaming leader -- delivering both a web and mobile site where users can create, enter and play user generated or sponsored contests by some of today's major consumer brands. Tapatap is the first social gaming company on both the mobile and web that gives consumers the opportunity to play for fun and prizes. Harnessing the power of mobile 2.0, Tapatap combines pop culture and game show logic, to deliver the most unique consumer mobile entertainment experience. Based in San Mateo, CA, Tapatap launched in June 2007 and is privately funded by Gabriel Venture Partners. Tapatap is on your mobile phone at m.tapatap.com and on the web at http://www.tapatap.com.

Legal Lines

(C) 2008 Sandlot Games Corporation. All rights reserved. Cake Mania and the Cake Mania series are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by Sandlot Games. Published by Vivendi Games Mobile. Developed by Centerscore. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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