Mobile Games Fans Play Over 1 Million Games in Largest U.S. Cross Carrier Mobile Games Tournament for Prizes Ever
November 10th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Multiplayer Gaming | No Comments »
Participants in Tetris(R) Tournament for Prizes win nearly $10,000 in prizes; InfoSpace Mobile has hosted more than 10 million multiplayer tournament games in 2004 InfoSpace Mobile and Blue Lava Wireless today announced the winners of the largest, cross-carrier mobile phone games tournament for prizes ever held in the U.S. During September and October, competitors in the ‘Tetris(R) Tournament Mobile Championship’ played more than 1 million games for the opportunity to win nearly $10,000 in prizes provided by InfoSpace partners Pyramat and other companies.
The grand prize sweepstakes winner will travel to Hawaii to meet Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov. InfoSpace Mobile hosted the massive mobile games event. The leader in the mobile multiplayer tournament game space, the company has hosted more than 10 million multiplayer tournament games for prizes to date in 2004, more than any other mobile games company. These tournaments have been available to subscribers on such wireless networks as Verizon, Alltel, Midwest Wireless, and Western Wireless. More …
Asphalt: Urban GT(TM) Races Out to the Stores
November 10th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
Nokia today announced that it has started shipping Asphalt: Urban GT(TM) a high-speed car racing game, in European stores now and in North American and Asian stores by mid-November. To entice the gamers, Nokia and Gameloft also today announced a downloadable demo for the highly anticipated N-Gage title. The demo will be available for free download on the Asphalt mini site (http://www.n-gage.com/asphalt) starting today.
Telcogames Creates German Subsidiary
November 8th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, People | No Comments »
Mobile games distributor Telcogames is continuing it’s global expansion with the creation of subsidiary company Telcogames Germany and the appointment of Kim Shon as managing director.
Based in Meerbusch/Duesseldorf, Telcogames Germany will be responsible for making Telcogames’ catalogue of over 700 mobile phone games available to top tier mobile network operators, portals and retailers throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. More …
Mforma Launches Ducati Extreme
November 8th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
New Mobile Motorcycle Racing Game Captures the Excitement and Thrills of the Famous Ducati Motorcycles MFORMA Group, Inc., a worldwide-leading publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment, announced today the launch of Ducati(R) Extreme. This new arcade-style motorcycle racing game for mobile phones is based on the world-renowned Ducati brand
P2P for cell phones: Reach out and share something
November 5th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Trends | No Comments »
Cell phones are learning to share files, but the earliest efforts don’t nearly resemble the peer-to-peer renegades like Napster and Kazaa that the designers have in mind. FoneShare, an application introduced two weeks ago by Newbay Software does let people share their collections of ring tones, graphics, games, songs, movie trailers and other wireless extras with strangers. FoneShare will debut next year as a subscription service, running over privately owned and operated cellular networks, and the sharing will be done via Web sites controlled by a wireless operator, said NewBay Chief Executive Paddy Holahan. That’s a far cry from Napster, which was free, let people choose from digital music libraries stored on untold millions of personal computers, and relied heavily upon the anonymity of the public Internet. More …
Big surge in Qualcomm earnings
November 5th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Fueled by increasing demand for cell phones that can surf the Internet and play games, Qualcomm ended its fiscal year with record revenue and record earnings more than double those of the previous year. More …
iFone Announces Wireless Content Agreement with Bullwinkle Studios
November 5th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
iFone, the global wireless entertainment developer and publisher, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Bullwinkle Studios, a joint venture between Classic Media and Jay Ward Productions, Inc., to develop wireless content for mobile devices based on the legendary animated series Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends. The new deal includes the territories of Europe, North America, Central America, South America, China, Australia and New Zealand.
Under the terms of the agreement, iFone will create games, screen savers and ring tones based on many of Bullwinkle Studios’ beloved animation franchises such as Rocky & Bullwinkle, Boris & Natasha, Sherman & Peabody and Dudley Do-Right. More …
Dupuis And Overloaded Launch Largo Winch games; Popular Comic Character Comes To Mobile Phones
November 4th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »
Dupuis (publisher of the printed cartoon strips Largo Winch) and Overloaded | Fun Everywhere (leading developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones), have signed a deal for the development and exploitation of the well known cartoon strip and TV character Largo Winch on mobile phones. The first revolutionary mobile game Largo Winch will be available for download to mobile phones before February 2005 and available at operators and mobile portals around the world. More …
Nokia’s Ollila Says Global Mobile-Phone Users Reach 1.7 Billion
November 4th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »
Nokia Oyj Chief Executive Officer Jorma Ollila said there are 1.7 billion mobile-phone users globally, equivalent to 26 percent penetration, and market growth will come from camera phones and so-called smartphones.
“Today, there are more mobile phones in the world than there are fixed connections,” and wireless telephony is growing six times faster than traditional telephone use, Ollila said in a speech at the Nokia Mobility Conference in Monaco. “We have seen many countries leapfrogging fixed voice altogether and going directly to mobile service.” More …
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