HANGZHOU, China, June 26, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sky-mobi Limited ("Sky-mobi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:MOBI), a leading mobile application platform in China, today announced an exclusive licensing arrangement with MIHOYO Co, Ltd ("MIHOYO"), a mobile game developer in China, for the distribution of the mobile game, The End of School II, over the iOS platform.
MIHOYO was founded in 2011 with the mission to develop innovative and high quality ACG for smartphones. Recognizing the MIHOYO team's strong development capabilities and pioneering design concept, Sky-mobi strategically invested in MIHOYO in early 2012 and cultivated its growth by providing game players preference, innovative gameplay, and most popular trend of graphic designs. During the past two years, MIHOYO has built up a strong brand and reputation for its advanced designs and creative gameplay through a series of highly-engaging game releases, including The End of School II.
Michael Tao Song, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sky-mobi stated, "We are proud of our involvement in and contribution to MIHOYO's success of The End of School II, ranked No. 1 and No. 9 in the App Store paid games and popular games categories respectively after debuting on the iOS platform and further achieved grossed revenue over RMB10 million in recent month. As its publisher, Sky-mobi has fully leveraged our integrated resources by investing smartly in promoting the game online and off-line, catching proper timing to attract players, and bringing critical players' feedback to MIHOYO. We strongly believe that Sky-mobi has successfully entrenched its position in both Android and iOS platforms as a professional mobile game publisher, proven by our distinguished way of selecting games. As the momentum has been built up, we are expecting future success in publishing mobile games and higher return to all investors."
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About Sky-mobi Limited
Sky-mobi Limited is a leading mobile application platform in China. The Company works with handset companies to pre-install its Maopao mobile application store on handsets and with content providers to provide users with applications and content titles. Users of its Maopao store can browse, download and enjoy a range of applications and content, such as single-player games, mobile music and books on various mobile handsets with different hardware and operating system configurations. The Company's mobile social network community in China, the Maopao Community, offers mobile social games, as well as applications and content with social network functions to its registered users. The Company is based in Hangzhou, China. For more information, please visit: www.sky-mobi.com.