Punch Entertainment

Infobox Company
company_name = Punch Entertainment, Inc.
company_
foundation = 2005
company_type = Private
location = Mountain View, California, USA
homepage = [http://www.punch-entertainment.com/ www.punch-entertainment.com]

Punch Entertainment

Punch Entertainment is a publisher and developer of wireless entertainment applications. Punch is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA (Silicon Valley) with product development offices in Hanoi, Vietnam and Chennai, India. Punch currently has over 100 employees worldwide, and has relationships with carriers worldwide. Punch creates games on the J2ME, BREW & Symbian platforms.

History

Punch was founded in early 2005 by Tobin Lent, Mike Williams & Martin Geiger. Punch Entertainment specializes in creating next-generation wireless entertainment applications, mainly games. The company was formed from a talented production team that was formerly with Lavastorm Engineering, one of the first successful mobile games studios that originated at the beginning of the mobile games industry in North America.

Punch is a pioneer in creating groundbreaking viral applications for the mobile market.

Punch was initially financed by [http://www.idgventures.com IDG Ventures] .

Games developed/published by Punch Entertainment

This is a partial list of games developed and/or published by Punch Entertainment.

Last updated: May 22, 2007

*" [http://www.ego-city.com Ego] "
*" [http://www.mobilebattles.com Reign of Swords (Mobile Battles Series)] "
*" [http://wireless.ign.com/objects/836/836138.html Boom Goes the Earth 3D] "
*Hockey 2007
*World Soccer 2007 (2008)
*Gunslinger
*Hunting Unlimited (THQ partnership)
*Lilo & Stitch, Rock n' Roll Rescue (Disney partnership)
*Wealth.Power.Respect

Key Executives

Tobin Lent, CEO & Founder

Mike Williams, VP of Studio and Founder

Martin Geiger, VP of International Operations and Founder

Board of Directors:

Tobin Lent

Martin Geiger

Henry Nguyen, Managing Partner, IDG Ventures

Tim Walsh

External links

* [http://www.punch-entertainment.com/ Punch Entertainment company website]
* [http://www.punch-entertainment.com/team.html Punch Executive website]

Punch in the Industry

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14556102.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Venture Capital Results Q1: Punch Entertainment (Mercury News)]
* [http://news.digitaltrends.com/article10638.html Punch Incorporates Vibetonz into Wireless Games (Digital Trends)]
* [http://www.memasia.com/default.asp?url=why_attend Punch speaks at Memasia]
* [http://www.pcworld.com/article/126228-1/article.html Article: Punch introduces haptics technology into mobile games (PCWorld)]
* [http://www.nokia.com/link?cid=EDITORIAL_4911 Punch at World 3GSM Conference with Nokia]
* [http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsid=6327&pagtype=all Article on Punch tactile mobile games (Techworld)]
* [http://www.wirelessweek.com/toc-newsat2/2005/20051003.html Wireless Week Article on Punch Entertainment/Tira Licensing Deal]
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9900 Industry Roundup: Punch Entertainment]
* [http://www.ihollywoodforum.com/MESFALL2005-agenda.htm Punch Noted at iHollyood Summit]
* [http://sportsline.com/games/story/9516046 CBS Sportsline Article on Boom]
* [http://wireless.ign.com/articles/715/715198p1.html Industry Powerhouse Tim Walsh joins Punch Board of Directors (Reported by IGN)]
* [http://games.ign.com/objects/773/773680.html IGN Profile]
* [http://www.gamestats.com/objects/773/773680.html Gamestats Profile]
* [http://www.gamespy.com/company/773/773680.html Gamespy Profile]