WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

RealGames introduced the Federation of Studios (FoS), a mobile publishing platform for small and mid-sized game developers port their games, at no up-front cost, across more than 1700 mobile handsets, eight different operating systems and 130 carriers and direct-to-consumer distributors.

It grants developers access to Real's proprietary EMERGE development platform and an integrated marketing and distribution process, arming them with the ability to deliver their game to the broadest mobile gaming audience possible.

The EMERGE development process enables quick, cost efficient porting to multiple platforms (J2ME, BREW, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Android, Nintendo DSi and Flash).  Key to the efficiency of EMERGE is a tightly managed business process that, in addition to porting capabilities, also provides game developers with quality assurance, localization, sales and distribution services. The first FoS partner is Sonic Boom, Inc., a leading publisher and creator of mobile games and applications, developer of mobile titles including Name that Tune! and Virtual Villagers.

The first FoS partner is Sonic Boom, Inc., a leading publisher and creator of mobile games and applications, developer of mobile titles including Name that Tune! and Virtual Villagers.

All games developed in the EMERGE platform will be optimized for touch creen and tilt-enabled handsets, while existing games can be automatically ported to newly profiled handsets to enable easy backfilling for every new handset on the market.  EMERGE games are currently available on all leading carriers and handset manufacturers.  Developers can receive more information about the Federation of Studios by contacting FoS@real.com.

RealGames' mobile games business is powered by the Mr. Goodliving mobile game studio in Helsinki Finland, established 1999 and acquired by Real in 2005.  Today, Real's mobile games portfolio consists of more than 90 titles published under the RealArcade brand, including hits like SCRABBLE Mobile, Sally's Spa, Tiki Towers, Collapse! and Cake Mania. Since debuting on iPhone late last year, RealArcade has published five top 20 iPhone games including two number one titles.