Big Money for Sorrent with planned $20 million cash influx
August 2nd, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
The house of FOX Sports nails a fat round of financing.
Sorrent, the makers of fine games like FOX Sports Football, has secured a fat round of financial from its current investors as well as newcomer BA Venture Partners. More … (1) More … (2)
Philippine Goverment Pushes for Mobile Phone Ban in Schools
August 2nd, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Trends | No Comments »
In a move to curb gambling among students, the Philippines’ Department of Justice wants to ban mobile phones on campuses. How much do you want to bet it won’t do any good?
The acting secretary of the Philippines’ Department of Justice asked the Commission on Higher Education on Thursday to consider banning mobile phones from high school campuses in an effort to stop students from participating in an online lottery game called ending games, in which players try to guess the last digits of the final scores of various pro sports games. Ironically, one of the articles comes with an editor’s note at the bottom asking people to send in their comments via SMS — just not from a school campus, right? More …
WORLDWIDE MOBILE PHONE MARKET CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT STRONG GROWTH AS COMPETITION HEATS UP, ACCORDING TO IDC
July 30th, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »
After an expected seasonal drop during the first quarter of the year, the worldwide market for mobile phones returned to growth in the second quarter of 2004 on the strength of renewed consumer demand for mid-range handsets featuring color screens and cameras. According to IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone QView, worldwide mobile phone shipments in 2Q04 increased 2.5% over the first quarter and rose 36.7% year-over-year to 163.7 million units.
LG and Samsung both continued to execute strategies of rapid technological innovation, form factor flexibility, and brand excitement throughout the first half of the year. In contrast, the product strategy for vendors such as Nokia and Siemens remained fairly conservative, failing to match the aggressiveness of its counterparts. More …
IN-FUSIO Launches “Shado Fighter” for All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers; Wireless Fighting Game Receives Critical Acclaim
July 30th, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Games | No Comments »
IN-FUSIO, the leading global game publisher and game services provider for mobile phones, today announced the launch of the critically-acclaimed mobile game, “Shado Fighter.” Hailed by Wireless Gaming Review as “a great game” and the recipient of both IGN.com and GameSpy.com’s “Editor’s Choice” award, the title is now available to download via all major mobile carriers in the U.S.
Bringing brawler action to the phone, “Shado Fighter” lets gamers choose from nine characters, each with their own unique fighting style, as they make their way through a tournament of skilled warriors. In addition to up to 12 special moves, each fighter also has their own home level, providing for nine different, colorful and detailed stages. Reminiscent of popular, classic fighting games, players can select between four different difficulty and game speed levels to find a setting that best fits their skills. More …
N-Gage QD Hits US Retail
July 29th, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »
The new, revamped, revisited, reshaped Nokia N-Gage is now available on retail shelves in the United States. Known as the N-Gage QD, the second version of Nokia’s hybrid mobile phone/mobile game console is the original N-Gage’s slimmer, slicker, more-accessible brother. Even better, many retailers will be offering the QD for only $99.99. More …
Xyanide: “What a killer game this is”
July 27th, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Games | 1 Comment »
I found myself playing this mobile game while I was sitting behind my PC!
Xyanide is an action game in which you control a man called Drake and his star fighter. Drake is supposed to be guarding a witch called Aguira on her way to her execution. An asteroid hits the spaceship during the transport and a substance called Xyanide, that can materialise thoughts, comes free. Aguira immediately uses this material to create hostile worlds between Drake and the execution ship. It’s your job to get Drake through this hostile mass of enemy spaceships to capture Aguira again and bring her to justice. More …
List of Urban Location Based Mobile Games
July 27th, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Location Based Gaming | 3 Comments »
Via Anne Galloway, Clay Shirky, and R
Survey: Young men would do without video games before TV
July 27th, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Trends | No Comments »
Download big_brother_the_games.pdf
Good news for TV branded mobile games!
The stereotype of the young male consumers is a techno-geek more obsessed with video games and the Internet than with traditional mass media such as TV. But a new consumer study reports that they would still rather watch Survivor than play Doom, fiddle with their MP3 players or send cell phone text messages.
Eight of 10 men ages 18 to 34 say they would rather give up their game console for a month than their TV set
according to the study by media company Carat and men’s magazine Maxim. More …
Mobile Scope Releases I, Robot Game
July 26th, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Games | No Comments »
Wireless entertainment publisher Mobile Scope today announced that its first game based on the I, Robot feature film has been released for Java-enabled handsets. A BREW version will also be available later this summer. The feature film I, Robot stars Will Smith and topped the US box office in the first weekend of its release. More …
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