October 07, 2008 – Mumbai, India – Following the global announcement of their exclusive tie-up with football major Manchester United (Man Utd.) earlier this year, Jump Games, the country’s leading publisher and developer of mobile games, launches their first mobile game Manchester United WORD IT! based on the most popular football club in the world.

The game is available across all major GSM and CDMA operators in the country. Currently, the game is priced at 50-100 INR for one-time download and 10 INR for a pay-per-play session on various operators. Going forward, the game will also be available for Blackberry and Smart phones.

The mobile game, first in the series of many more to come, is a complete entertainer. The game is a simple, casual title where the player needs to identify terms related to Manchester United Football Club in a grid of alphabets.

The game has five unique modes – Training Ground, Player’s Lounge, Changing Room, Player’s Tunnel and The Pitch – covering different flavours of the club thus lending the game the kind of variety that will keep the users hooked on for hours.

Speaking on the Game Launch, CEO of Jump Games, Salil Bhargava, said:  “We’re excited about launching this 1^st game on the world’s biggest and most popular football Club following our tie-up with them. India has a huge fan base for Manchester United and this trivia based game allows them to connect with their favourite Club. The first in the series, Man Utd. Word It! will be followed by more exciting games based on the football club.”