Astraware and Sandlot Games teamed up to release Westward for the Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. Westward gives players the chance to experience life on the frontier. Players get to settle the wild wild west and deal with all of the issues that arise when trying to settle a new town.

Westward  puts players in charge of town folk. Players have to command the town folk to build camps, scrounge for resources, fend off bandits and build their communities. Players move through 4 different locations and more than 20 levels to help their towns folk settle in sfe and prosperous places.

Westward, being for smart phones and PDA devices, has controls optimized for those devices. Players control the game with 5-way, key controls or stylus.

Press Release Follows:

KEELE, Staffordshire, UK & BOTHELL, Wash USA – February 21st, 2008 – Astraware(R) and Sandlot Games(R), the world’s premier developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, invite you to experience the life of a Frontier settler in the wild, rough and tumble world of Westward(R) for Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(R) smartphones and PDAs.

Based on the highly acclaimed PC game by Sandlot Games, Westward offers many hours of absorbing game play as you guide your townsfolk in making camp, collecting valuable resources, seeing-off dangerous bandits, and building their communities.

As you progress through Westward, you’ll explore 4 different locations over more than 20 levels as your hopeful citizens set up towns and seek their fortune in the Old Wild West. With over 25 types of building you’ll customize your town and attract new citizens whilst completing a range of side tasks and chasing down the Mad Russian to bring him to justice.

Westward has been optimized for smartphones and PDAs and can be controlled using 5-way, key controls or stylus. The game is available for Palm OS(R) devices with hi-res screens and for Windows Mobile(R) touchscreen and non-touchscreen phones and PDAs running WM2003, 2003SE, 5 & 6, priced $19.95.

To download a trial or to purchase, visit http://www.astraware.com/westward.