GTTI to launch Wii peripheral

MCV Staff 2nd August 2010 Business News

Game Trading Technologies Inc has announced that it is to launch its first ever games peripheral.

Now it has confirmed that it has designed, developed a produced what it describes as a revolutionary plastic hockey stick that will be bundled with a new multi-player hockey video game for the Nintendo Wii platform”.

The company has risen to prominence in recent times having played a big part in supplying software for the pre-owned games aspirations of many US retailers including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Toys-R-Us, and 7-11.

GTTI CEO Todd Hays stated: We are very pleased with the working relationship we’ve established with one of the world’s largest entertainment software companies.

With world-wide distribution of this game accessory, Game Trading Technologies not only opens up additional revenue channels, but also significant new market opportunities for GTTI in the design, development and manufacturing of state-of-the-art accessories for video games.”

GTTI recently announced a new iPhone app that will allow users to sell their games via their handsets.

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