If you’re one of Sprint’s many Android owners, there’s a fair chance that you occasionally game on your smartphone. There’s also a fair chance that you enjoy free apps. Enter the folks from GetJar, an independent free Android app store. Today GetJar has announced a partnership with Gameloft, which will start with Asphalt 6 being available for free via the GetJar Gold program. For more details on this and GetJar’s other free apps, check out the press release after the break.
Asphalt 6 Zooms Its Way to Android Users for Free
SAN MATEO, Calif. – January 24, 2012 – GetJar, the world’s largest free app store, today announced that Asphalt 6, the adrenaline-pumping racing game from Gameloft is now available for free on GetJar Gold. This is GetJar’s first title from Gameloft, one of the world’s premier publishers of mobile games.
Asphalt 6 lets you discover 42 different cars and bikes from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Ducati and many more, and tear up the streets of Los Angeles, Tokyo, the Bahamas and other amazing locations. Drive against tough opponents in different leagues with online and local multiplayer for up to six players.
Asphalt 6 is one of more than 100 free, ultra-premium apps available to consumers on GetJar Gold. GetJar makes over $250 worth of apps free to consumers and gives away up to $300,000 worth of free apps each day.
“GetJar puts Asphalt 6 front and center with millions of consumers around the world, and we’re excited to finally join forces with them,” said Yann Fourneau, Sales Director at Gameloft. “They are innovating on the app store model in ways that are great for the whole ecosystem, including consumers, developers and publishers.”
“It’s great to have Gameloft in the fold and making their games available for free through Getjar,” said GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs. “We now have 95% of the world’s top developers and publishers on GetJar, and the momentum we need to continue to explore new ways to reward both Android users and the developers building great new apps for them.”
About GetJar
GetJar is the world’s largest free app store with over 2 billion consumer downloads to date. The company distributes more than 350,000 mobile applications for Android, and 395,000 developers have registered with GetJar to distribute their apps. TIME named GetJar one of “10 Start-Ups That Will Change Your Life.” GetJar is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Seattle, the UK and Lithuania. For more information, please visitwww.getjar.com and follow us @GetJar on Twitter.
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