Gameloft
has won a Spike TV Video Game Award with
their The Oregon Trial mobile game. The game
was nominated as the Best Casual Mobile Game
of 2008.
“We are honored to win
this coveted award and pleased that The Oregon
Trail game continues to excite new audiences
on the mobile platform,” explains Gonzague
de Vallois, senior vice president of publishing,
Gameloft. “The Oregon Trail is one of our
best selling titles and we are proud to see
how players are engaged with its nostalgic,
fun and casual game play.
“We’re extremely pleased by this award.
Gameloft has done a great job recreating the
Oregon Trail experience on mobile platforms,”
said David Bass, General Manager of The Learning
Company, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing. “The immense popularity of this
mobile game confirms our belief that The Oregon
Trail continues to be a strong brand with universal
appeal, more than 30 years after it was originally
conceived.