Recent Entries in mobile games
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Android an' Droid Games 2Day: Fast & Furious, Deal or No Deal and Bubble Town
Oberon Media's I-play, has planned a full lineup of co games for Android smartphones in 2010. In addition to debuting beloved I-play franchises including Fast & Furious, Deal or No Deal and Bubble Town on Android. They will also integrate...
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25% of Game Developers Developing 4 Smartphones, Says Game Developer Research
Game Developer Research published its latest report, the 2009/2010 State of Game Development Survey, revealing among other things a surge of iPhone developers and a lull in those making games for the Wii. The results of the comprehensive 55 question...
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EA, Gameloft, Glue and Namco Bandai, Top Mobile Game Publishers, Says SNL Kagan
Mobile game publishers grossed nearly $540 million in top-line revenue in the U.S. in 2009, up at a 12% CAGR from $382 million in 2006, according to a new study from SNL Kagan, "Economics of Mobile Games." In "Economics of...
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Real Offers Federation of Studios with EMERGE Platform to Mobile Developers
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...
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m:Mafia Goes Symbian @ Ovi Store
Moblyng Games’ m:Mafia is now available in the Ovi Store.Moblyng Games’ titles allow players to connect with friends across multiple networks and devices, including Facebook, the iPhone, Android and the Nokia 5800 and N97 more platforms than any other social...
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Harry Potter, GI Joe, X-Men and Star Trek Mobile Games from EA
EA Mobile announced the launch of four new, movie-based titles: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra, Star Trek and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Experience the magic of Harry Potter in...
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Hasbro to Offer More Games on Mobile
Hasbro, announced that more than a dozen of its popular toy and game properties will land on various video game platforms in the second half of this year through licensing alliances with video game leaders. Here's the scoup on what...
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EA Mobile Launches iPhone Versions of Star Trek, American Idol and Others
EA Mobile announced six new titles available on the Apple App Store including: Star Trek, AMERICAN IDOL, TRIVIAL PURSUIT, Lemonade Tycoon, Pandemonium! and Anytime Pool. Star Trek EA Mobile invites you to become the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise and...
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57% of AT&Ters Play Mobile Games: Tetris Most Popular
PopCap Games, results of a new survey, show 57 percent of AT&T wireless customers who were polled play mobile games on their wireless devices. The survey, conducted by Information Solutions Group among more than 1,100 AT&T wireless customers, underscores the...
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New EA Mobile Games: American Idol & Hell's Kitchen
EA Mobile announced the availability of five new games for mobile phones, including AMERICAN IDOL, Downtown Texas Hold'em, Mystery Mania, CRANIUM and Hell's Kitchens. "This month's offerings are a true testament to the breadth of EA Mobile content available for...
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FusionOne & Glu Offer Game Handset Transfer
FusionOne and Glu now offer transfer of games from one handset to another. The Handset Transfer Solution, the only comprehensive service of its kind that includes the transfer of licensed content, enables mobile carriers to maintain and grow revenue streams...
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Scrabble Connected for iPhone Connects to Facebook
EA Mobile announced SCRABBLE on Apple's App Store now supports Facebook Connect. The new edition of SCRABBLE connects the Facebook SCRABBLE application to a SCRABBLE game on iPhone and iPod touch - or vice versa - allowing fans in the...
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3G Zeebo Gaming Console Coming to Brazil
The wireless game console based on a Qualcomm chipset will debut in Brazil next month. The console has secure 3G wireless game delivery and addresses the special requirements of these regions where current generation videogame consoles are expensive for the...
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Global Gaming to Reach $40 Billion by 2012, Says CSMG
CSMG, the strategy division of TMNG Global (Nasdaq:TMNG) released a report on the global video games market and its impact on mobile and fixed service providers, entitled: Playing Games: A Revolution In Interactive Entertainment. Fueled by increased network access, faster...
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Mobile Games Sales Are Up, iPhone and Android Popular, Says Multimedia Research Consultancy
Results from the Multimedia Research Consultancy's (TMRC) first online survey of mobile games industry experts The iPhone is a winner of support. The participating organizations report current mobile games sales up on a year ago (43 per cent say sales...
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Glu Mobile to Sell Directly to Consumers with Movaya Tech
Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has integrated Movaya's PlugNPlay and TryNBuy solutions into Glu's website for direct-to-consumer sales. "It has been a great experience working with Movaya to offer Glu's award-winning games directly to our customers," said Jill Braff, senior...
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Glu Mobile Games Will Be Available for Many Phones
Glu Mobile announced their games for the first quarter of 2009The titles launching in North America in the first quarter of 2009 will be available on J2ME, BREW, Blackberry and Windows Mobile platforms with additional platforms noted.Superman/Batman Heroes United -...
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Handango Adds Digital Chocolate and I-Play Games
Smartphone app seller, Handango has partnered with mobile game publishers Digital Chocolate and I-play. Thus aa vast array of top entertainment content for Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices. Digital Chocolate titles include 3D Brick Breaker Revolution, Mini Golf 99-Holes...
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Michael Phelps and 505 Games Team-Up for Video and iPhone Games
Olympic record breaker Michael Phelps and 505 Games, will develop console and iPhone videogames. The first title is scheduled for release in spring 2010 and will be developed by 505 Games’ newly formed U.S. operations in Los Angeles. 505 Games...
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First Acclerometer Game for BlackBerry Storm - Nintaii
We are in the process of compiling the best app must-haves for the BlackBerry Storm and found that Mobigloo has released a version of Nintaii their box tipping game that uses the BlackBerry Storm accelerometer. Nintaii is a brain twisting...
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Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile Rocks Your Socks n' Phone
Are you ready to rock and roll? Strum guitars or beat drums on your mobile phone? Hands-On Mobile can rock your mobile you with Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile. Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile is available today on major carriers...
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Thumplay On Cellular South's Deck
Thumbplay's mobile games will now be featured on-deck with all Cellular South-supported mobile phones. This is the first time a U.S. wireless carrier has engaged a direct-to-consumer content provider to populate its on-deck portal. Cellular South customers will now be...
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Maraca-Shaking Samba de Amigo on Cell Phones
SEGA Mobile is offering Samba de Amigo for mobile phones. Samba de Amigo is a lively, maraca-shaking rhythm music game originally made popular in the arcades. Samba de Amigo for mobile phones features an upbeat soundtrack of popular songs and...
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Gameloft Mobilizes Spider-Man and Iron Man 2
Gameloft announced an exclusive multi-year, multi-product mobile game licensing agreement with Marvel Entertainment. The collaborations starts in 2009 with mobile games based upon Spider-Man, as well as a mobile game based upon Iron Man 2....
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EA Mobile Offering Games for Nokia N-Gage
EA Mobile has some new games for the Nokia N-Gage for the Winter holiday season.They include:EA SPORTSFIFA 09,Spore(TM) Origins and MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition, Need For Speed(TM) Undercover, Tiger Woods PGA TOURThe Sims3 arriving in 2009....
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Glu to Develop Family Guy Mobile Game
Glu Mobile will develop and publish a mobile game based on Family Guy, to be aunched in 2009 through Glu's agreement with Fox Mobile Entertainment. Family Guy is the hit animated series from Executive Producer/Creator Seth MacFarlane. The show airs...
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Free Ad-Supported Hands-On Games from Thumbthug & Greystripe
Mobile game website Thumbthug.com and mobile ad network Greystripe have partnered with Hands-On Mobile to deliver new titles from Hands-On Mobile Games for free. The mobile games included in the partnership are big mobile game titles like "Call of Duty...
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Zeemote SDK for BlackBerry Ready for Developers
Zeemote the makers of intelligent wireless controllers for mobile devices, announced the forthcoming availability of the Zeemote SDK (software development kit) for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM)The Zeemote SDK will allow BlackBerry developers to create mobile games that...
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Konami Contra 4 and Other Games Avaialble on Sprint
Konami Digital Entertainment has partnered with Sprint. Sprint customers can now access Contra 4, and will soon be able to download other Konami titles including top mobile games Frogger, Castlevania, and Metal Gear Classic. Sprint customers can purchase and download...
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Verizon Offers Gameloft's Oregon Trail, NFL 2008 & Asphalt 4
Verizon is offering popular Gameloft games "NFL 2009," "Asphalt 4: Elite Racing" and "The Oregon Trail" to V CAST subscribers."The Oregon Trail" brings back the nostalgia of this famous title by allowing players to test their decision-making, problem-solving and role-playing...
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Movaya's TryNBuy Used by Thumbthug.com
Mobile game provider Thumbthug.com and Movaya the web-based, e-commerce software platform for mobile-content transactions have partnered to integrate Movaya's TryNBuy™ mobile games solution into thumbthug.com's mobile gaming website. "The partnership with Movaya and their TryNBuy™ mobile games solution enables thumbthug.com...
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Free Cellufun Partners with MetroPCS
Cellufun, the community-driven mobile gaming portal has partnered with MetroPCS Communications, to provide innovative mobile games and social community features to MetroPCS subscribers. This partnership marks the first time Cellufun has secured placement with a carrier for its award-winning gaming...
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Mobile Trivial Pursuit Coming from EA
In honor of the 25th anniversary of TRIVIAL PURSUIT, Electronic Arts is bringing TRIVIAL PURSUIT to life on mobile phones.Fans will learn fun facts, discover odd answers and experience the game on cell phones. The mobile version has two fun...
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Animal House & Tic-Tac-Dough Mobile Games from SkyZone
SkyZone and Universal have teamed to create mobile versions of Animal House and Tic-Tac-Dough.Animal House is scheduled to be available on most major North American carriers in Q4, 2008, Tic-Tac-Dough is slated for release in Q1, 2009.In Animal House Dean...
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Million Dollar Password Mobile Game in Fall
FremantleMedia Enterprises and the Games Division of RealNetworks announced a multi-year licensing agreement to develop MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD as an upcoming casual game title for online, PC, Mac and mobile platforms. Real will begin rolling out the game this fall,...
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EA Mobile Offers Tetris POP with 17 New Variations
EA Mobile announced the availability of Tetris POP featuring 17 brand new variations of the famous Tetris gameplay formula, Tetris POP provides a new take on the Tetris experience with frantic challenges against the clock accompanied by brilliant colors, animated...
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: War of Two Cities 4 WinMo & RIM
Concrete Software, announced the launch of Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: War of Two Cities for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices. Originally created and published by Oasys Mobile, Inc., Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: War of Two Cities is a mobile strategy...
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"Show You the Money" Players Get "Free" Ringtone 4 Sending 99 Cent TXT MSG
Prizemo "Show You the Money" Players Get "Free" Ringtone for Sending 99 Cent Text Message Prizemo developer of interactive entertainment announced that it is launching a new game show, 'Show You the Money,' that allows players to win cash...
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Handango Distributes EA Mobile Titles
Handango, provider of smartphone content, announced a deal to distribute top casual game favorites from the mobile division of Electronic Arts Inc.The EA mobile titles including Madden NFL 08, The Sims2, The Sims Bowling, MONOPOLY Here & Now, TETRIS,...
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Free Zeemotes in the Netherlands with Walkman W760i
Zeemote, maker of wireless controllers for mobile devices and Sony Ericsson, today announced a partnership to bring near-console game play to the W760i. In a world first, Sony Ericsson is to launch the Zeemote JS1 Controller featuring Bluetoothtechnology with an...
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Gameloft to Develop Games for Zeemote
Zeemote maker wireless controllers for mobile devices, announced that Gameloft is developing titles for the forthcoming Zeemote JS1 Controller which connects via Bluetooth to handsets. In order to ensure a consistent quality consumer experience with the Zeemote JS1 Controller,...
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Go for Gold Thumbs with Beijing 2008 Olympic Mobile Games
No you can go for gold on your mobile phone. Two original games for mobile phones based on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are available today. Beijing 2008 - The Official Mobile Phone Game of the Olympic Games and Sonic...
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Exclusive Mobile Spore and Offers from AT&T
Intergalactic Spore Origins from Electronic Arts Inc. has just invaded a mobile AT&T device near you. AT&T's wireless customers and AT&T High Speed Internet customers with exclusive Spore content including: Spore Origins: Designed specifically for mobile phones, exclusively on AT&T...
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Guitar Hero III Backstage Pass Mobile Takes Players Backstage without Groupies
Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass is now available for mobile phones on select carriers nationwide. Backstage Pass offers more than 25 hours of gameplay. Players assume the identities of Axel Steel or Judy Nails and promote their band...
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Holy Mobile Games Batman! The Joker Terrifies Gotham on Batphones
Glu Mobile is offering The Dark Knight, a mobile game based on the Batman film opening in US theatres on July 18 In the game, a reign of chaos has swept over GOTHAM CITY, organized by a criminal mastermind...
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GOSUB 60 Lauches D2C MobileDeluxe.com
GOSUB 60 (GS60), an independent publisher and marketer of mobile entertainment, launched direct to consumer MobileDeluxe.com MobileDeluxe.com includes a free trial feature that allows players to demo certain games on their phone prior to purchase. An industry first, each...
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Virgin Mobile & PlayPhone Offer Direct to Consumer Games
Virgin Mobile USA customers have direct online access to some of the hottest mobile downloads including those of PlayPhone, Inc.,which operates the largest network of mobile content destinations in North America. PlayPhone announced today it will power off-deck mobile...
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Movaya Distributes IG Fun Games Directly to Consumers
Movaya announced the availability of mobile games from IG Fun. Under the newly formed partnership, Movaya will distribute IG Fun’s array of mobile games directly to the mobile marketplace. IG Fun content will be readily available to the mobile community...
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Love Guru Goes Mobile from Player X
Award-winning mobile media company Player X is readying to launch the exclusive mobile game based on the upcoming film, The Love Guru, starring Mike Myers. The movie premieres in North America on June 20th and will be released internationally over...
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New Brain Trainer, Dictionary, & Carb Counter Programs for iPhone
Mobile Digital Media (MDM), today announced it plans to bring many of its most popular software titles from the traditional mobile device and smartphone markets over to Apple's hugely popular iPhone. MDM won't just port over existing product code, but...
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In-Fusio Gets Get Smart Mobile Game Rights
IN-FUSIO, a leading digital-content publisher,announced it has licensed mobile gaming rights for the upcoming motion picture Get Smart, from Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. Based on the highly anticipated motion picture from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, the Get...
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Flash Embedded in New Brew
Qualcomm Incorporated and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the BREW Mobile Platform with integrated Adobe Flash technology and new platform features. BREW Mobile Platform, which leverages Qualcomm’s widely deployed BREW Client software, greatly expands the capabilities for developers and enables them...
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Guitar Hero III Mobile Big Hero for Hands-On-Mobile - Over 1 Mill Sold
Hands-On Mobile, Inc., developer of connected games and applications, announced that Guitar Hero III Mobile was the number one selling mobile game on Verizon Wireless phones in the first quarter of 2008. Initially released exclusively by Verizon Wireless, Guitar Hero...
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Geotagging Available from JuiceCaster
JuiceCaster, the multi-award winning mobile social-networking service, unveiled location-based geotagging, developed initially for Qualcomm's BREW solution. With geotagging, JuiceCaster users can send pictures and videos that automatically include their location to various social-networking platforms, including MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. JuiceCaster...
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Mobigamz Launches on Verizon
Verizon Wireless, and Mobitween, a leading developer and publisher of Flash-based games for the mobile and online worlds, announced the availability of Mobigamz, a Flash Lite based mobile gaming portal that allows customers to download, play, rate, and post high...
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Exclusive Qwikies Flash Game Available on Verizon
Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group’s AddictingGames (www.addictinggames.com),an independent gaming site for teens with more than 3,000 games, and Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, announced that Qwikies are now exclusively available to Verizon Wireless...
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Konami Games For Nokia N-Gage
Nokia and KONAMI, a leading global developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, y announced that KONAMI mobile titles will be added to the N-Gage mobile games platform. The mobile version of the award-winning METAL GEAR SOLID® will be...
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Greystripe Ad-Supports Sega Mobile Games
Greystripe, the world's leading distributor of ad-supported mobile games and applications, announced another Tier-one game publisher deal to distribute free mobile games from world-renowned game publisher, Sega. Three classic game titles from the Sega collection will be delivered across mobile...
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Nokia N-Gage Worldwide Mobile Game Contest Launched
Nokia launched the worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future. Sponsored by Nokia Publishing, the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge invites...
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1GB of Free Storage from Cortado
Cortado and Box.net have today announced the launch of "Cortado Connect for Box.net," a new solution with optimized access to Internet storage services for BlackBerry smartphone users with a BlackBerry Internet Service account. The software offers users the ability to...
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Nokia N-Gage Game Community Opens
Nokia launched the Nokia N-Gage mobile games service with more games, additional compatible devices, and an expanded online offering. Millions of Nokia device owners can now find, try and buy high-quality made-for-mobile games directly from their mobile device. Players can...
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Samsung Brings Mobile Life to 2nd Life, Life Diary & Softboard
Samsung Electronics today showed several innovative wireless solutions at CTIA Wireless 2008. The applications include 3D Second Life mixed blogging, LifeDiary, and Softboard. The latest in a series of tools designed to enrich the Second Life Grid, the platform behind...
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Double Jeopardy! - Play on Your Phone While You Watch
What game will you be able to play on your mobile phone while you watch it on TV and ask questions? Sony’s quiz show, Jeopardy!, and AirPlay, developer of multiplayer TV games, announced today that they have entered into an...
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Free Ad-Supported Mobile 1 Day Trial Games from DIDMO
DIDMO, Scandinavian mobile advertising provider, announced plans to bring its advertising-based mobile content platform to the US, UK, Germany and Spain. The service, which digitally delivers free, full-version games to mobile phones in an ad-supported shell for 24 hours. Users...
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Free Mobile Games for MeYous with AdWRAP
MoConDi announced a partnership with Greystripe to make over 800 free mobile games available to community members of the MoConDi-run MeYou Community. MeYou users will now able to browse through the catalog and download desired games, recommend them to other...
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Jumble Goes Mobile and Web
Fans of the incredibly popular Jumblepuzzle in print now have a website where they can play eight different interactive daily Jumble games and download a Jumble puzzle pack to their mobile phones — http://www.jumble.com. The Daily Jumble, Jumble for Kids...
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Zeemote Gaming Controller for Mobile Games Announced
Zeemote, Inc., the creator of intuitive user interface technologies, today announced the launch of the patented Zeemote JS1, a wireless controller that enables near-console game play on mobile phones. While expanding the mobile entertainment experience for consumers, the Zeemote JS1...
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1.6 Million Ad-Supported Games Downloaded in 1st Month
Greystripe, the leading distributor of ad-supported mobile games and applications, announced early results from its partnership with Opera, the world’s leading mobile web browsing software company to bring free mobile content faster and easier to consumers browsing on their mobile...
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Success Recipie: Cake Mania Takes the Cake and Big Slice of Mobile Game Market
Publisher of casual and family-friendly games Sandlot Games(R), and digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. today announced the continued success of the smash hit casual game Cake Mania -- this time on the mobile platform, stating that their bakery game...