Ubongo for iPad, available on the App Store

Barcelona, September 21.- Korner Entertainment SL and Undercoders presents the version for iPad of the acclaimed board game Ubongo. This version includes a new 4 players mode... now it’s possible to enjoy Ubongo multiplayer games using just one iPad!

What’s Ubongo? Its mechanics is very simple. Just solve as many "Tetris-style" puzzles as you can and get gems of the same colour. At the end of the established time, the player who has more gems will be the winner.

The original board game is a blockbuster in many countries; where its popularity has taken Ubongo to the highest position in the lists of sales. Why? Because, under a seemingly simple premise, an extremely addictive game hides...You always want to play one more time!

Game Modes

History Mode
In this mode you’ll take the rol of Kanu and should defeat the followers of evil Rifictus winning them in Ubongo's games.

Quick Game
Find here Ubongo's quick games.

Time Attack In this mode you should focus your efforts on the clock… as the key is to get a high number of gems within a time limit!

Multiplayer Mode
Challenge your friends in the 4 players Multiplayer Mode (in the same iPad).

More information available at:
www.ubongothevideogame.com

“Magic for all”, available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch

Barcelona, Jul 20 2011.- Korner Entertainment announces the release of “Magic for All” for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Learn all the secrets of magic have never been easier…

Who doesn’t want to learn magic in 3 easy steps? Now it’s possible to become the main star of your own magic show learning amazing magic tricks and techniques. Edu & Flanagan, two of the best Spanish magicians, will teach users how to make magic close-up tricks, stages, techniques and also give them some magic advices…

Users can enjoy the show exactly as seen by the public, just watching the videos included in the product. Then it’s possible to see step by step explanation of all the secrets of the show. In some cases, users even have the chance of manufacturing in the workshop their own magic devices.

The product is divided into 3 different volumes. It’s also available a free demo version. Product is just available in Spanish.

Ubongo for WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare

Barcelona, Jun 14 2011.- Korner Entertainment S.L. proudly announces the release of ‘Ubongo’ for the WiiWare™ and Nintendo DSiWare™ services. This game is available with the price at 800 Wii Points™ through the Wii Shop Channel and with the price at 500 Nintendo DSi Points™ through the Nintendo DSi Shop Channel..

This is the interactive version of the famous board game ‘Ubongo’. But what’s ‘Ubongo’? Its mechanics is very simple. Just solve as many puzzles as you can and get gems of the same colour. At the end of the established time, the player who has more gems will be the winner.

The original board game is a blockbuster in countries as Germany, where its popularity has taken Ubongo to the highest position in the lists of sales of board games. The game has sold 1.000.000 units in Germany (including all the different versions) and has won many awards, including Best Family Game award in Sweden (‘Ubongo’ is the only game that has won this award two times, in 2003 and in 2009) and Game of the Year award in Norway and Finland. Why? Because, under a seemingly simple premise, an extremely addictive game hides...You always want to play one more time!

Game Modes:

-History Mode In this mode you’ll take the rol of Kanu and should defeat the followers of evil Rifictus winning them in Ubongo's games.

-Quick Game Find here Ubongo's quick games.

-Time Attack In this mode you should focus your efforts on the clock… as the key is to get a high number of gems within a time limit!

-Multiplayer Mode Challenge your friends in this Multiplayer Mode.

Interview with Grzegorz Rejchtman, the man behind Ubongo

Grzegorz Rejchtman is a Swedish game designer who is a native of Poland. He’s the inventor of Ubongo, the popular board game which Korner Entertainment is porting to the world of videogames.

-First of all, we would like to know how you became game designer… was this your dream since you were a child?

Some things in live just happen. I had at home games my parents had bought to me. One day I looked at them and realized that the games were not so good. Another day I was in a toy shop and looked at all the games they had and was thinking most of the games look funny but probably are not, since I had some of them and knew they were not good. In this moment I was thinking that I can make better games than the games that are sold in the toy shops. So I made a game, which I have not yet sold. Then I made one more game and another one. I thought that all these games I invented were so good, but some were good and some were not. After a lot of game inventions I realized that not all good games are published. I realized also that get a game published is very difficult. Still, after I had realized this I kept on inventing new games, just because I just like the feeling you have during the process of creating a new game and the satisfaction when the game is finished. So as you see it has never been my dream, it just happened.

-This question should be not so surprising for you. How did the concept of Ubongo come to your mind?

One day I visited my aunt and she was laying a jigsaw puzzle. I thought: so boring, no action at all. (It is my opinion - most people like jigsaw puzzles very much, I know it). The next morning when I woke up, I thought about jigsaw puzzles. Then I thought my next project will be a puzzle game. That game took me 5 years to develop. Ubongo is the third version of my first puzzle game, which nobody wanted to publish. The second version of my puzzle game was not good enough and nobody wanted to publish it. The third version of my puzzle game - Ubongo as it is today - is very good.

-Will you be able to explain us what’s Ubongo using just a few words?

Ubongo is a speed puzzling game where you fit shapes onto grids in a frantic pace - you have to beat the clock and your friends in every round.

-What do you think about the prizes Ubongo has won? Do you consider these prizes important for the game?

The prizes are a confirmation that Ubongo is a very good game. The prizes make me proud of myself. The prizes Ubongo has won are very important for me personally but not for the game. Why I don't think that they are important for the game is because Ubongo has not won any big prize in Germany but still it has become a best-seller game in Germany – for many years. This is a proof that people like Ubongo, because of the game itself not because of prizes. For me it is more important that “normal” people and their families like the game, than experts like my game. It is fantastic that gamers and non-gamers, women, girls, men and boys of all ages like this game. (Many games on the market are either liked by woman/girls or men/boys or only gamers or non-gamers.)

-What about the rest of the games you have created? Which games are you particularly satisfied with? Korner Entertainment, SL | Valencia, 560 4? Planta| 08026 | Barcelona |Spain

Absolut överens: It is a party game that has been on the Swedish market since 2004. This game is played in teams, 2-4 teams, two players in each team. Each team member is trying to write down 5 answers to a question. At the end of each round the team members compare answers. The team score 1 point for each same answer that both players has.

Speculation: A family game about buying the right collectible items and avoid buying collectible items that are fake. The richest person - money+collecteble items - wins the game.

Kuddelmuddel: A children card game. The aim is to find as fast as possible the right picture among the cards you have in your hand. There are six pictures on each card.

The sad thing is that of all the games I have had published there are only two games left on the market, Ubongo published 2003 and Absolut överens published 2004. Most published games lives one or two years. This is the reality a game inventor has to face.

-Do you like videogames? Do you use to play videogames?

I like videogames, but I don't play videogames regularly. Actually I don't even play board games regularly. This is probably because I really like to invent new games, and as everybody understands, every game you invent must be test played. So there is not much time over to play games, if you want to have a balanced life that consist of more than playing and working with games.

-What do you expect from the videogame versions of Ubongo?

Many people who play the board game, they like the game of course, but they also like the atmosphere and the quality of the material the game consist of. In the same way I expect that when you play the videogame versions of Ubongo you will have the same nice experience and enjoyment as when you play the board game version of Ubongo. I also expect that people who never play board games will discover Ubongo, and maybe in the long run give board games a chance at some occasions.

-Could videogames be in the future a new platform for board games?

My answer is yes, but there is a little but... Not all board games are suitable for the videogames market.

Ubongo will be available very soon on PC-CD Rom, WiiWare, DSiWare, iPhone, iPod, IPad and PSP Mini platforms.

More information of Ubongo available at:

http://www.ubongothevideogame.com

Discover the world of Ubongo

Korner Entertainment has launched the special site about Ubongo. The videogame versions of the acclaimed board game will be ready very soon, and users can find all the information about the project here:

http://www.ubongothevideogame.com/

The site shows information about the different Game Modes, and also some graphic materials and a video which discovers the intro of the brand new History Mode of the game.

Ubongo will be release by the end of this year for PC, iPod, iPhone, WiiWare, DSiWare and PSPMini. It will be also available a special Browser Game version, where users will be able to play online Ubongo games!

Barcelona, March 23rd 2010.-Korner Entertainment SL proudly announces the release of Math Blazer for iPhone and iPod Touch. Developed by Blit Software, this is the game for those whom enjoy crosswords, sudokus and scrabbling around with tiles.

Math Blazer presents a challenge that will totally hook the users. The goal is to build mathematical operations using tiles that represent the basic signs and numbers in maths (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing)… and to use the premium multiplication squares on the board to add more points to your operations!

Features:

- Practice, Player vs. CPU and Multiplayer Modes.

- Challenge players around the world to thrilling games thanks to the online multiplayer option.

- Different difficulty levels designed for every kind of user.

- Tested playability for all audiences.

Thoroughly addictive…You’ll always want to play just one more game!

How do you play Math Blazer?

The game consists of adding up points, forming expressions of equality (equations), horizontally from left to right or vertically from top to bottom, on a board.

The player beginning the game must put the first equation on the centre square on the board. From that point, the rest of the equations formed must be joined to an earlier one already on the board.

Math Blazer comes with 80 tiles divided between 14 numbers and symbols. What’s more, the user has to try to make the most of the 5 types of premium multiplication squares on the game board. Knowing how to take full advantage of them could be the key to turning the game in your favour!

Please visit our website for more information: www.mathblazer.com

Korner Entertainment S.L. proudly announces the acquisition of the brand PC Basket. The company has acquired the full rights of the mentioned brand including the use of the image and the logo of the mark.

Korner Entertainment S.L. will be working from now at several projects in which the mentioned brand will be in use, always having in mind the quality and the special care that any product that takes the name PC Basket must have. The official announcement of the first new PC Basket project will be launched very soon.

According to Sergio Rincón, Korner Entertainment's Managing Director, “PC Basket is a beloved brand that the good fans of the basketball have not forgotten. Our aim is to recover these good vibrations with products which will follow the high standards of quality of this great saga.”

PC Basket videogames have been always successful products, selling hundreds of thousands of units with every new edition in territories as Spain, Italy, Portugal and Latin America. The last edition of the saga was released 10 years ago.

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