InfoSpace Makes a Splash with New Water Balloon Drop Game
August 10th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
InfoSpace Inc., a leading provider of mobile entertainment, today introduced the release of the top-rated online game Water Balloon Drop in a cellular handset format. The mobile version features entirely new graphic environments, as well as exclusive features not found on any of the original Water Balloon Drop games created by 3-D Joe. The game combines ultra responsive controls with outrageous sound effects and a full-color display to create a uniquely exciting player experience. Read on …
NBC Sports Branded Wireless Video Games Coming to Mobile Phones
August 10th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
AEGF Mobile Games, a partnership between Abandon Entertainment and GF Capital Management & Advisors, and NBC Sports, today announced a partnership on an exclusive worldwide mobile gaming license to create NBC Sports branded games. Under the deal, AEGF will use NBC Sports content to create unique and challenging wireless video games available on mobile phones, many of which will be directly interactive with NBC Sports broadcasts. The announcement was made by AEGF Mobile Games Principal, Marcus Ticotin and NBC Sports President Ken Schanzer. Read on …
THQ Wireless Teams With the NFL and PLAYERS INC
August 9th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
More Than 16 New NFL Player Ringtones, Official NFL Player and Team Wallpapers, NFL Skills Challenge and NFL Football 2006 Are All Expected to Launch on Major Carriers. Read on …
Cosmic Infinity Enters Licensing Agreement With Buena Vista Television for ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire(R)’ Mobile Games
August 5th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
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Chasing the dream
August 5th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Trends | No Comments »
As video gaming spreads, the debate about its social impact is intensifying
IS it a new medium on a par with film and music, a valuable educational tool, a form of harmless fun or a digital menace that turns children into violent zombies? Video gaming is all these things, depending on whom you ask. Read on …
Mobile Game Developer GlobalFun AB Finalizes Acquisition of NGD Studios Mobile Division
August 4th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »
GlobalFun AB, a global wireless entertainment developer and publisher has, in a move to strengthen mobile game development and South American presence, acquired NGD Studios mobile division to establish GlobalFun Argentina. Read on …
Jamdat games available at RadioShack
August 3rd, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »
Sprint PCS and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers now can buy titles from Jamdat Mobile Inc. at more than 5,000 RadioShack Corp. outlets, the electronics retailer said.
RadioShack sales associates will use a branded in-store Web interface to educate users about mobile games, and purchases are billed through monthly carrier invoices. The retailer said it hopes to sell games through other carriers soon. Read on …
Interview: Square Enix Mobile
August 2nd, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
We check in with Square Enix Mobile’s Kosei Ito to find out what Square Enix’s mobile division has cooking.
Square Enix’s mobile division has quickly ramped up from its modest beginnings a few years ago to a powerful force in Japan’s mobile gaming scene, thanks to games such as Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis. At this year’s first annual Square Enix Party 2005, mobile games were rolling three booths deep on the show floor. We caught up with Square Enix Mobile’s Kosei Ito, one of the key architects of the mobile division, to learn more about what we can expect. Read on …
Glu Mobile Launches AstroPop(TM); Stellar Mobile Action Puzzler to Be Glu’s Next Intergalactic Hit
August 2nd, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | 1 Comment »
Glu Mobile (formerly Sorrent, Inc. and Macrospace Ltd.), a leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment today announced the launch of AstroPop(TM), an action-puzzler based on the original Web and PC title from PopCap Games(TM), a leading developer of casual computer games. The critically-acclaimed mobile title earned IGN.com’s Editor’s Choice Award and strong praise from GameSpot’s Steve Palley who said, "AstroPop is a game that should appeal to virtually every mobile gamer out there, since it strikes just the right balance between minimalism and challenge." Read on …
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