Fathammer Receives a Capital Investment of One Million Euros

December 14th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Finnish mobile graphics and gaming company Fathammer has received a capital investment of one million euros from Sitra. Founded in 2000 by a group of industry veterans with backgrounds in gaming, telecommunications and mobile technology, Fathammer now has offices in Helsinki and Seoul, Korea.

With this investment, Sitra will become the third largest shareholder of Fathammer. Previous investors include 3i, funds managed by Nexit Ventures and a group of individual investors. The investment will be used to strengthen Fathammer’s position as an international mobile game developer and distributor. More …

Digital Bridges To Bring Jewel Quest To Mobile

December 13th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, today announced a global agreement with iWin, the San Francisco-based online games publisher, to bring the phenomenally successful online adventure puzzle game Jewel Quest to mobile phones for the first time. More …

Overloaded launches real-time mobile gaming service with Terraplay multiplayer platform

December 8th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Terraplay Systems signs agreement with Overloaded, a leading Dutch developer and distributor and an Endemol owned company, to provide multiplayer gaming.

"Overloaded has been evaluation multiplayer platforms for some time now and we found that Terraplay’s powerful and flexible platform gives us the ability to offer multiplayer gaming solutions efficiently and effectively over 2.5G and 3G networks today and tomorrow" says Ashu Mathura, Overloaded Managing Director. "We are the first to roll-out real-time multiplayer mobile games big time to end consumers in the Netherlands, Belgium and Greece and we are sure that they will become a vital extension to our existing game services to end consumers and operators in these regions". More …

Comment: Sorrent and InfoSpace kick off mobile gaming consolidation

December 8th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

This week’s large-scale mergers in the mobile gaming space are another sign that the burgeoning industry is reaching maturity, and will make the sector seem much more attractive to external companies, argues Rob Fahey. More …

Synergenix Releases two new Mobile Games

December 7th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Synergenix Interactive today announced two new games to expand their portfolio, "Generals: Alien Colony", and "Metal Racers: Quad Bikes". The two games are developed by Impressionware in Italy and will be available on a wide range of mobile phones. More …

The Force is with your phone

December 7th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

THQ Wireless, developer of applications and games for mobile phones, clinched a deal Monday to create and sell wireless products based on the "Star Wars" epic.

The multiyear agreement with "Star Wars" producer Lucasfilm will also cover the upcoming "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith." THQ Wireless will produce mobile games, ring tones, video clips, screen savers and wallpaper based on characters, images and tracks in the films. More …

Pramesh Chauhan Joins Namco Europe Web & Mobile Content Division

December 6th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Namco Europe today announced that Pramesh Chauhan has joined the company, as Head of Business Development for the company’s Web & Mobile Content division. More …

Digital Bridges To Open Major North American Operational Hub

December 3rd, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Revenue grew by 30%

Digital Bridges today announced the opening of a cross-functional operational hub in San Mateo, California, to complement its existing production and technology facilities in Scotland.

Its San Mateo offices will become the company’s North American headquarters, incorporating Development, Production and QA departments and a Sales and Marketing team.

The move caps a year in which Digital Bridges became one of the fastest-growing mobile game publishers in the dynamic North American market. More …

Playboy Announces Deal to Distribute Wireless Entertainment Within North America

December 3rd, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

New Agreement With Dwango(R) Wireless Will Expand Playboy’s Mobile Offering

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. today announced a deal to expand content distribution via wireless within the United States. With the addition of the U.S., Playboy is now offering wireless entertainment services through licensees in 17 territories around the globe including Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil. More …

Dude, Ring Me Up A Game

December 3rd, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Trends | No Comments »

Forget the PlayStation Portable and ditch that GameBoy. Kids might be pining for those hot portable gaming systems now, but the real future of mobile gaming could already be in their pocket.

Today’s kids are mobile experts, utterly comfortable with tiny screens and capable of typing with their thumbs faster than many adults can on a keyboard. They’re also huge consumers of wireless phone service, the fastest growing group of cellular users and the heaviest users of minutes and data. Pair those characteristics with today’s handsets–big, bright color screens, on-board memory and high-speed data connections–and you’ve got a recipe for gaming nirvana. Mobile gaming is taking off, and thanks in part to the influence of kids, promises to be a boon to wireless vendors. More …

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