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Graffiti Gets Ready to Ship PS3 and PSP Titles

According to their press release, Graffiti Entertainment, the interactive entertainment and video game development and publishing subsidiary of Signature Devices, Inc., has been granted publishing status for North America from Sony Computer Entertainment America. Graffiti Entertainment plans to publish titles for the two leading video game systems, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and PSP (PlayStationPortable) system.

"We are thrilled to have been selected as an official publisher for this very fine, discerning hardware manufacturer," says Kenneth Hurley, CEO of both Signature Devices and Graffiti Entertainment. "We are poised and ready to take advantage of the ever-increasing video game market, with U.S. sales of software, hardware and accessories amounting to over $12.5 billion in 2006." (source: NPD Dec 2006 Report) Graffiti Entertainment is currently evaluating a number of titles for publication on both platforms, and plans to have a selection of products available within the next few months.

Graffiti Entertainment shipped "Chain of Command: Eastern Front," "Red Jets" developed for the PC by Interactive Video Games and "Crazy Frog Racer." These games have an MSRP of $19.95 and $9.95. It also has shipped "Back To Stone" for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance hand-held video game system. This game has an MSRP of $29.95.

Veteran game programmer Kenneth Hurley and several other industry veterans founded Redwood City, CA-based Signature Devices, Inc. in 2002. Signature Devices, Inc. has a long list of noteworthy PC and Xbox game credits including "SAMURAI SHODOWN V" for Xbox, "King of Fighters '94 Rebout" for Xbox, "Farcry" and "Medal of Honor - Pacific Assault," and many others. In addition, its Graffiti Entertainment subsidiary publishes video games from independent developers. This includes "Crazy Frog Racer" for the PC, "Chain of Command: Eastern Front" for the PC, "Red Jets" for the PC, "Back To Stone" for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, and "Mazes of Fate" for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.