Archive for the ‘Games’ Category
Monday, May 8th, 2006
M:Metrics today released rankings of the top 5 mobile games. It's no surprise that Tetris was number 1 again.
Top 5 Game Titles Share of Downloads (Quarter Ended March 2006)
Title Publisher Share
1 Tetris EA Mobile 5.0%
2 Bejeweled EA Mobile 4.0%
3 Platinum Solitaire Gameloft ...
Posted in Games, News | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Is that a Paris in your pocket or are you just happy to see me. Or both?
Paris Hilton makes Mocoblog headlines with the announcement of her forthcoming cell phone game from Gameloft.
There's been no details released yet on the gameplay, or indeed on whether the game will feature La Hilton's ...
Posted in Funny, Wacky, & Weird, Games, News | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
It works in the console and pc market, so why not put in-game ads on your mobile?
Expect in the near future to see a rising interest for mobile in-game advertising and with new technology such as a new multimedia devices featuring excellent processor performance, display technology or 3G surround sound, ...
Posted in Games, Software | No Comments »
Friday, February 10th, 2006
James at MocoNews.net was spot on in saying the following in his post about Mobile gaming.
If Blizzard made a mobile game that allowed people to train their characters for World of Warcraft do you think it would need to get the game on carriers’ portals? Of course not, it ...
Posted in Games, Software | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 6th, 2006
Asked what lies in the future for id's mobile development, Carmack responded: "Probably not more RPGs based on id titles, but there is another mobile genre-swapping idea that we may be pursuing based on Quake 3 Arena."
Link: MobileIndustry.biz
Posted in Games | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
Series 60, Nokia's bread and butter operating system, is getting features once exclusive to the N-Gage handsets.
"N-Gage is still being sold but it was not a success in the sense of developing a new category. We learnt that people want to play games on all devices. As such we ...
Posted in Games, News, Phones | No Comments »
Monday, December 12th, 2005
PC and console video game giant, Electronic Arts, has agreed to pay $680 million for mobile game maker Jamdat Mobile Inc.
Now they dominate the mobile gaming market too.
Electronic Arts has been looking to establish a firm foothold on the mobile gaming segment and although it has some games on ...
Posted in Games, News | No Comments »
Thursday, December 8th, 2005
Thanks to MocoNews for finding this press release on mobile gaming.
Mobile game revenues have doubled over the past year with Jamdat and Gameloft taking nearly 30% of the revenues as stated in a new report from Screen Digest, "Wireless Gaming Business Models- Opportunities for publishers, developers and network operators"
Unlike ...
Posted in Games, News | No Comments »
Monday, November 28th, 2005
Nokia announce that they will not build any new versions of the N-Gage in the near future. The company cited disappointing sales and that gaming was not to be a focus until 2007. (But it was back in 2003 when they released the N-Gage, right?)
Nokia is concentrating on mobile music ...
Posted in Games, News | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Following Namco and Electronic Arts' lead, Capcom, developer of the wildly popular StreetFighter, and Resident Evil games, has just announced a mobile division.
I only beg that the mobile versions of their classics remain true to the game (and the gamer).
Link: GameSpot
Posted in Games, News | No Comments »