It was a week before this one, we were all hard at work, when from an unknown place, a strange sound arose…

I was the first to notice this strange tweeting sound, and asked everyone around if they’d put an alert on one of the phone.

You have to understand that all of our desks are literally submerged with phones, every kind of phone available on the market, plus a whole bunch of iPhones and hand-held consoles.

I started checking every one of them, and was really beginning to think I was having a nervous breakdown from too much Twitter when I realized the sound wasn’t coming from our desks… but from the ceiling.

Seems like some bird decided to visit our office, probably looking for an exclusive preview on Earthworm Jim (some birds are really into worms you know), and got trapped in our ventilation.

Mustering all my courage I built an improbable tower of boxes on my chair to reach the ventilation trapdoor and free the poor thing. Yeah we’re like this at Gameloft, we don’t care putting our life at risk to save endangered species (what? Pigeons are not an endangered species?).

All is well that ends well, the bird got away, and is probably doing just fine by now… Though there are a lot of cats in the area so I would’nt bet on it.

Comic strip by Dara

Gameloft LIVE is a feature available on some of our iPhone and iPod touch games allowing you to find people to play with, make friends, chat, send messages, compare your trophies, earn Gameloft points and much more!

Gameloft LIVE is currently available in 6 of our games:

• UNO
• Brain Challenge 2
• Real Soccer 2010
• Blades of Fury
• Dungeon Hunter
• Asphalt 5

But a lot of other games featuring Gameloft LIVE are coming your way, including Castle Frenzy, Skater Nation and N.O.V.A. – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance!

Follow me and I’ll show you all you can do with Gameloft LIVE!

First, launch one of the game featuring Gameloft LIVE and tap on the Gameloft LIVE icon in the main menu.

If you don’t have an account yet tap on « Create Account » and get started!

In the main menu you can see all the Gameloft Points you have earned so far, the more points you have the more stars you’ll get. Aim to be a 5 stars player!

Trophy: To earn points you have to win trophies (or achievements) in the game. By tapping the « Trophy » icon you can see your trophies details.

You can win up to 2000 points per game. There are various achievements, from « Win a fight » to « Finish the game without dying », some of them are really hard to get and will give you more points!

Profile: In the profile menu you can select your country and modify your Username, password or e-mail. You can also select an avatar or upload one of your own picture.

Chat: In the chat menu you can… chat. Entering in the Chat menu will automatically open a new chat room where you can invite friends by tapping the « + » button. You can gather here to decide which game you wanna play next, establish a strategy for your next match or discuss anything you want.

Message: By tapping the « Message » icon you’ll enter your Message Box. From here you can check your messages and send new messages to your friends. If someone asks you to be his friends you’ll receive an invitation in this Message Box.

Friends: The friends menu displays your list of friends. If you want to add a new friend, tap on the « + » icon and type your friend’s username. You can also add people from a game, for example if you’re playing UNO online and want to become friend with one of your adversary just tap the « + » icon next to his name.

By tapping on one of your friend you’ll open his profile.

In his profile you can see if your friend is online, and if he is playing a game. If you want to play with him just tap on the “Invite To Play” button (this will invite him to play the game you’re currently in). If he has the game he’ll receive a push notification inviting him.

If he hasn’t got the game he’ll automatically receive a message notifying him that you want to play with him.

From this menu you can also invite him to chat, send him a message or compare your trophies.

When tapping the “Compare Games” icon you’ll see an overall view of both of your scores and trophies. If you want to see the details tap the icon of a particular game.

Now you can see which trophies you have in common or not.

If you want to get some more friends don’t hesitate to visit our dedicated forum post and give your username!

Meanwhile you can still add me to see if you’re better than me ;)

My Gameloft LIVE username: Sara

See you there!

It’s family game night! While you love the added joy that those colorful cards bring into your life, the thought of being forced to spend hours with your dysfunctional family is enough to send anyone into a panic attack. Have no fear, UNO™ for your mobile phone is here! This month’s Mobile Game of the Month features all the color and number matching that you love, but in a more portable format you can play all on your own. The mobile game features single player and multiplayer options, for days when your family and friends aren’t driving you mad. You can even customize the rules and penalties just the way you like it. It’s UNO^TM, your way. Some of the great features of the game include:

• UNO™ on mobile reproduces the classic card game: Easy-to-understand rules offer challenge and excitement to all.
• All your favorite action cards are here: Wild, Reverse, Draw 2, and more!
• Use your action cards wisely and don’t forget to call “UNO!” when you have only one card left!
• Customize your game with 9 different rule sets to play your way including 7-0 and Jump-in.
• Progress through the increasingly difficult challenges in Tournament Mode to collect prizes.
• Play against the AI or your friends on one device in Multiplayer mode.

To celebrate this month’s mobile game, we are giving away an UNO™ prize pack! Just leave a comment below between now and November 15th telling us what you like about UNO^TM and we will randomly pick a winner. Prize pack includes UNO^TM t-shirt, mobile game, and card set! Contest valid only in the US.

UNO™ is available on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and most US carriers. Just head to the Game Download section on your phone & you’ll be playing UNO™ in no time! UNO™ is also available on iPhone and PlayStation Network and will soon be available on WiiWare and DSiWare.

For all the other countries you can find UNO™ on our website.

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