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Touch Hooks Up With Zone4Play

February 17th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

iTouch plc, a leading provider of mobile entertainment, is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement with Zone4Play (OTCBB: ZFPI), who specialise in the development of interactive games applications, to distribute its extensive database of gaming, gambling and betting services to iTouch customers.

iTouch will provide the latest technology platform to distribute the products directly to its customers through its direct mobile channel model and also via its media, telco and broadcast partners in the UK. More …

Cometa Games Launches Arcadia Mobile Gambling Platform

February 17th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Mobile gambling specialist Cometa Games today launched it’s Arcadia

Cellular Companies Aim to Cut Phone Porn

February 17th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games, Trends | No Comments »

Wireless companies are under pressure to police the services they carry amid mounting concern that today’s increasingly versatile cell phones can be gateways to a lot more than football highlights and pop videos.

As governments and parent groups wake up to the problems posed by an expected global boom in mobile pornography and gambling, a few operators are taking action to restrict such content to over-18s. "We’ve learned from fixed-line (Internet) that if you leave it too late the genie gets out of the bottle," said Al Russell, head of content services for Vodafone UK. More …

Sorrent Publishes Mobile Version of Classic SIMON Game

February 16th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Sorrent, Inc., a leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment, today announced the launch of the SIMON(R) game for mobile, a cell phone adaptation of the classic memory game developed under license from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS). This timeless game combines the well-known red, yellow, blue and green flashing lights of SIMON with new, cutting edge features only possible on mobile phones. More …

Hybrid Licenses Its 3D Graphics Technology to Philips

February 16th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Hybrid Graphics today announced that Philips will embed Hybrid’s 3D graphics technology into Philips’s J-Ware Java product for mobile devices. Philips also becomes a global distributor of Hybrid’s 3D graphics solutions. The agreement provides Philips’s customers with a comprehensive software-based solution for running high-grade graphics content like 3D games on mobile devices. More …

No Takers for Bollywood Games

February 15th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games, Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

As if flop movies churned out in Bollywood aren’t enough, here comes more unpromising entertainment. Mumbai-based mobile content company Mauj Telecom is offering games based on movies such as Rudraksh, Dil Maange More, Ab Tak Chhappan and Hum Aapke Hain Koun.

In a small survey conducted, most mobile users reacted unpleasantly and agreed that both the games and the story line sound unappealing. These games based on Bollywood movie themes are developed similar to popular old games like arcade, adventure and mazes. More …

Sony Ericsson and Exit Games announce partnership on 3D games

February 15th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication and Exit Games announce the world’s first 3D multiplayer games for the upcoming 3D Java devices released in Q2 2005. The cooperation involves the global marketing of several Java games for GPRS and 3G networks. All titles are based on the multiplayer technology Exit Games Neutron and are developed by the 3D game studio Fishlabs. More …

Atari and Sorrent bring ‘Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure’ to mobile.

February 14th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Capitalizing on the explosive growth of mobile, Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) announced today at 3 GSM World Congress that it has entered into a worldwide, multi-year partnership with Sorrent Inc., a leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment, to develop and publish a suite of creative mobile content based on the Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

The agreement expands Atari’s platform mix for the game, which was developed in partnership with Marc Ecko Enterprises, to leverage the portability and connectivity of the mobile platform. Sorrent will launch its products this September simultaneously with Atari’s PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system counterpart. More …

Fishlabs: New games studio for 3D mobile games ready to roll

February 14th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

A top-class newcomer is joining the mobile entertainment software sector. This studio, the Hamburg-based game developer Fishlabs, can already look back on more than twelve years of experience in the area of 3D multimedia projects.

Fishlabs positions itself as a developer and distributor of mobile 3D games on the highest technical level. "Our expertise lies in the development of groundbreaking 3D technologies and their integration into completely new mobile game experiences," says Michael Schade, CEO of Fishlabs. "With thrilling products, like the world’s first 3D Multiplayer Java Games for mobile phones, we will further expand our leadership in this area in the course of the year," declares Schade. More …

Indiagames Creates Mask Games

February 14th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Mumbai-based mobile content publisher Indiagames announced it has partnered with film company New Line Cinema, a unit of Time Warner, to create mobile content based on "Son of the Mask".

Son of the Mask is the sequel of the 1994-Jim Carrey starrer The Mask. The family comedy is scheduled for a February 18, 2005, release. The wireless content, which will be available beginning February 2005, includes mobile games, wallpaper, screensavers, ring tones, voice ringers, and alerts. More …