BWI: TheGameBox - Casual Gaming Now Meets Social Networking in a Whole New Way

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Hungama Game Studio
Thursday, June 09, 2011 11:29 AM IST (05:59 AM GMT)
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TheGameBox - Casual Gaming Now Meets Social Networking in a Whole New Way
India's First Social gaming Website by Hungama Game Studio

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, June 09, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- With casual gaming now taking the world by storm, Hungama Game Studio gives you a platform to satisfy your constant urge to just relax and play, while interacting with all your friends. Presenting TheGameBox, India's first social gaming website, a place to interact and have fun with your friends and makes a few new ones as well.

GamingHungama.com, a name that has been synonymous with portal based gaming for years has now been rechristened in its new avatar as 'TheGameBox.com', India's first social gaming website. A simple registration at www.thegamebox.com opens up the doors for you to experience casual gaming and social networking in a whole different way.

Within TheGameBox make friends with fellow gamers, chat with them, compare scores or simply challenge other gamers; at TheGameBox, the gaming sky is the limit. With your customizable profile, get other users to get to know the gamer within you, or just you in general.

TheGameBox offers the exciting combination of high energy gaming on an extremely engaging platform. With games of every genre available with a mix of single and multiplayer games the website offers a unique balance of social and content features. Regularly updated leader boards continuously provide updates as to who has been the most acclaimed player. Finally, you can share your games and high scores on various social sites as well.

International gaming IPR features heavily on TheGameBox, currently Hungama Game Studio has tied up with Exponential Entertainment to bring a host of Hollywood and Bollywood based games on the site. Such an array of engaging games hosted on the website is completely in sync with their constant endeavor for overall entertainment.

TheGameBox will also be used as a distribution point for various initiatives developed by Hungama Games Studio, currently the cricketstockexchange features on it.

Speaking about TheGameBox, Manish Mallik, GM, Hungama Game Studio said, "With TheGameBox, Hungama provides an exciting new platform to socialize and have fun with your friends while challenging them to exhilarating games. TheGameBox is the first of its kind Social Gaming Website, with gripping games spanning across all genres, which apart from entertaining and engaging you, help you connect and bond with your friends."

So get gaming by visiting www.thegamebox.com


About Hungama Game Studio

Hungama Game Studio, a part of Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt Ltd, is India's first gaming studio which aggregates, develops and publishes gaming content across multiple digital screens- Mobile, PC and Television. The studio owns IP to 400 flash games till date for over 100 brands and has pioneered 55 Bollywood games for numerous production houses. Partnership agreements with leading publishers, distributors, DTH providers such as Tata Sky, Imade, Wild Tangent, BSNL allow the studio to form strong relationships with local and international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Hungama Game Studio owns and operates the internationally acclaimed Ghost Town Mysteries making it India's most successful downloadable game. India is one of the fastest growing gaming markets and Hungama Game Studios is a market leader with regards to consumer and brand facing solutions.



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