Orange pulls out all the stops for Paris Games Week!

Orange is taking part in Paris Games Week for the first time as both sponsor and exhibitor. It is the leading video games fair in France and attracts all the industry’s players (publishers, console producers…).

Paris, 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Popular with the customers, games are an essential part of the Orange content strategy. The Group depends on partners who are experts in their field and on the capacity provided by its networks to offer the best possible games content for all types of device (lejeuchangeavecorange.fr).
As of 31 October the Orange stand will be hosting activities never seen before, presenting its whole new range of multi-screen games and previewing new products:

• The games package for Orange TV
• The “Alt-Minds” transmedia project, the first total fiction
• Actujeux, the new portal to keep you fully up to date with the latest video game news

An area devoted to games on Orange TV

To satisfy all user groups and also to present the rich and numerous functionalities of its cloud gaming offer, the Orange stand will include various areas devoted to its range of TV games:

a competition area for video game fans who will be able to take each other on in the Split Second Velocity game by Disney, and be totally immersed as the players will be sitting in real car seats!

three areas for young and old making it possible to play as a family:

• an area devoted to games by Warner such as Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes;
• an area for Disney with games such as Toy Story 3 and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
• un and finally games from Ubisoft (Rabbids Go Home®, Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands®)

a multi-screen area allowing several players to play at the same time on different types of device (TV, PC, tablet). With this, visitors will be able to take part in different competitions and discover the ‘multi-connected players’ mode, which is available for a large number of games.

The “Alt-Minds” trans-media project, the first total fiction

On the Orange stand, the visitors will be able to try out the Alt-Minds project before release in a specially set aside area allowing for total immersion in this unique experience, alongside trans-media experts.

The Alt-Minds adventure is:

• an adventure at the crossroads between a detective game and a web series
• a game that can be played on any sort of device – PC, mobile or tablet and also on social networks.
• a transmedia game that allows the public to take part in an unusual intrigue

The fruit of a joint effort by Orange and Lexis Numérique, Alt-Minds will start in mid-November for an eight-week period.

Actujeux, the new portal to keep you fully up to date with the latest video game news

Visitors will be able to discover Actujeux, the new Orange portal devoted to the latest video game news that provides access to:

• the must know news about video games and others (news, tips…) in partnership with Jeuxvideo.com
• entertainment content (programmes, articles, VIP rendezvous, interviews…) in partnership with Citizen Productions and Bouyaka
• content revolving around music and video games, in partnership with NOLIFE (the specialist French channel based on geeks and Japanese culture).

During all the exhibition, a daily videomathon will enable the visitors to give their opinions about the Paris Games Week. They will be able to see the highlights the very next day on the Actujeux portal and all the videos on the Dailymotion and Youtube Orange Games pages.
The players will also be able to try out the new products distributed on Orange Jeux including Farming Simulator 2013 and Eurotruck 2.
Games for mobiles and tablets

Visitors to the fair will be able to play a selection of the best games by Gameloft and Electronic Arts available on Orange mobiles, from The Dark Knight Rises to Plants vs. Zombies.
What’s more they will be able to compete against each other in an epic car race in the game Asphalt 7 Heat by Gameloft.

Finally, Orange will be giving away gifts to all its customers who visit the stand and own an Android telephone compatible with Real Racing 2 by Electronic Arts.

Rabbids Go Home® : © 2009 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Rabbids Go Home, Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands®: © 2010 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Based on Prince of Persia®
created by Jordan Mechner. Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands are trademarks of Waterwheel Licensing LLC in the
US and/or other countries used under license by Ubisoft Entertainment.

about Orange

France Telecom-Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 45.3 billion euros for 2011 and has 170,000 employees worldwide at 30 June 2012, including 105,000 employees in France. Present in 33 countries, the Group has a total customer base of 224 million customers at 30 June 2012, including 166 million mobile customers and 15 million broadband internet (ADSL, fibre) customers worldwide. Orange is one of the main European operators for mobile and broadband internet services and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

With its industrial project, “conquests 2015”, Orange is simultaneously addressing its employees, customers and shareholders, as well as the society in which the company operates, through a concrete set of action plans. These commitments are expressed through a new vision of human resources for employees; through the deployment of a network infrastructure upon which the Group will build its future growth; through the Group’s ambition to offer a superior customer experience thanks in particular to improved quality of service; and through the acceleration of international development.

France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.
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