'Cut the Rope' for Android debuts as GetJar exclusive

Mobile game studio ZeptoLab is expanding its hit iPhone title Cut the Rope to Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android platform, launching the new version in partnership with cross-platform app storefront GetJar.

Cut the Rope (pictured) folows a candy-obsessed green monster through a series of rope puzzles.

A free, ad-supported Android version of Cut the Rope will be available exclusively from GetJar for one week; once the promotion concludes, ZeptoLab will distribute the app to rival stores including Google's own Android Market and Amazon.com's Appstore for Android.

First released for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS platform in October 2010, Cut the Rope navigates a candy-obsessed green monster through a series of rope puzzles and physical challenges. Nine days after launch, Cut the Rope surpassed the 9 million download milestone and topped the App Store's Paid Apps chart. Earlier this month, Cut the Rope also won an Apple Design Award during the annual Worldwide Developers Conference event.

GetJar offers more than 150,000 applications across 190 international markets. Consumers have now downloaded close to 2 billion apps from the store. GetJar supports over 3,000 device models spanning platforms including Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Symbian.

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