Vivendi Games Mobile's The Incredible Machine Wins 'Best Casual Mobile Game' at Spike TV's 2007 'Video Game Awards'

LOS ANGELES (Map) - LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, has been awarded "Best Casual Mobile Game" at the 5th Annual Spike TV 2007 "Video Game Awards" for its classic brain teaser The Incredible Machine(TM) for mobile. The Incredible Machine was also nominated for "Mobile Game of the Year."

"We are extremely honored to once again be recognized for the high-quality and creativity of our titles and take home such a highly regarded mobile award from Spike TV," said Paul Maglione, president of Vivendi Games Mobile. "Beyond winning, we are thrilled that such an established organization is recognizing the importance and popularity of mobile games."

The Incredible Machine for mobile, which was launched in August, has received rave reviews and accolades from fans and press. IGN.com bestowed the game with an "Impressive" rating and interactive viral videos of the game continue to receive thousands of views per day from fans. The popular video, featuring Farah McDaring, a new superheroine, demonstrates how The Incredible Machine mobile game helps Farah solve real-life obstacles. To view the interactive video, visit http://www.incrediblemachinepresents.com.

Maria Pacheco, vice president of Marketing for Vivendi Games Mobile, accepted the Spike TV 2007 Video Game Award and gave a brief acceptance speech. "We are thrilled that this classic puzzle game has made such a huge come-back and winning this award reinforces Vivendi Games Mobile's objective of developing state-of-the-art games and designing innovative marketing campaigns that take mobile gaming to the next level."

Based on Sierra Entertainment's hit PC game franchise from the 1990s, The Incredible Machine for mobile is a favorite of puzzle game enthusiasts everywhere. The objective of the game is to solve up to 80 distinct "real world object" puzzles requiring the construction of a "Rube Goldberg" contraption, using more than 60 different objects such as ropes, pulleys, balloons and other props arranged in the proper sequence to achieve the mandated task. Consisting of 60 brain-teasing levels and 20 bonus levels to unlock, The Incredible Machine features real-time physics and rich, colorful animation bringing to life the game's truly "Incredible Machines."

Vivendi Games Mobile's SWAT Force(R) won "Best Wireless Game" at last year's Spike TV Video Game Awards.

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. Vivendi Games Mobile

About Spike TV

SPIKE TV is available in more than 96.1 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of VIACOM (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.