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Most Mobile Games Will Drop Upfront Price in 2012

The revenue derived from in-app purchases for mobile video game apps are set to increase to 5.6 billion dollars (4.28 billion Euro) according to estimates from IHS, more than the money brought in by the actual sale of those apps.The freemium business model is rapidly becoming the fastest growing of the smartphone mar...

18 January 2012
07:14 GMT

New Glu ID Packs Available for Sprint ID Devices

Leading mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has just announced the release of Glu ID packs for the owners of Android devices on the airwaves of wireless carrier Sprint. The packs include a variety of mobile games that will land on user’s smartphones with only a few clicks, the company notes. The new Glu ID pa...

20 December 2011
12:51 GMT

Former Pandemic Leader Says Studio Was Victim of Industry Shift

Pandemic Studios, the developer of such video games like Mercenaries and The Saboteur, has officially closed down two years ago but the man who served as president and was also a co-founder still believes that the studio did good work and was a victim of a wider shift in the industry.When asked directly about what ha...

6 December 2011
17:11 GMT

Games Arrive in the Android Market in South Korea

Mobile phone users in South Korea who own devices running under Google’s Android operating system are now able to download and purchase games from the Android Market. There are thousands of games available for users in the country, and more of them are expected to come soon. “Starting right away, And...

29 November 2011
03:45 GMT

Nokia's Lumia Windows Phones Get 20 EA Games

Earlier this week, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the upcoming availability of their first devices to run under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and some more info on what will be available for them has emerged. Among other applications and services that these devices will benefit fro...

29 October 2011
10:01 GMT

Gameloft Has Three Android HD Games Free This Weekend

Owners of an Android-based mobile phone who live in the UK will be able to get a number of no less than three Gameloft titles for free this weekend, the company has just announced. Each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the mobile game publisher will have one title available for free for two hours between 12PM...

13 October 2011
05:33 GMT

Gameloft Announces New Limited Period Sale, Games at £0.69 / $0.99

Mobile games developer Gameloft has just announced that, for a limited period of time, customers in the UK can benefit from a special offer that will bring them new games for only £0.69 a piece. A wide range of games are now available for the said lowered price tag on mobile platforms that include Google&#...

16 September 2011
15:31 GMT

Gameloft UK Intros Android HD+ Subscription with Games at £0.99

Gameloft, one of the leading developers and publishers of mobile games, has just announced a special deal for all those users in the UK who own Android HD+ devices, offering them the possibility to purchase games for only £0.99. All Android HD+ users out there can now register to the Gameloft Club from thei...

27 August 2011
04:11 GMT

Tegra Zone Brings Android App Discovery on the Web

Nvidia has its Tegra 2 dual-core application processor available inside a wide range of Android-based mobile phones and tablet PCs, and the company seems determined to provide users with as much help as it can when it comes to the discovery of new applications for their devices. Back in March, the company made avail...

25 August 2011
13:11 GMT

RIM Intros Native SDK for BlackBerry Tablet OS in Beta

Game developers interested in coming up with new titles for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC from Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion now have at their disposal a new tool for that. The company has just announced the availability of a Native SDK for BlackBerry Tablet OS (‘Native SDK’) in a cl...

24 August 2011
19:41 GMT

Xperia PLAY Enjoys 150 Optimized Games

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia PLAY smartphone is slowly turning into what it was meant to be from day one: a gaming powerhouse. It already had the capabilities, but there were only a few titles available specifically for it at launch, something that changed significantly in the meantime. Now, the handset enjoys a num...

19 August 2011
16:31 GMT

New Games and Xbox LIVE Features for Windows Phone Mango

As soon as the next version of Windows Phone will arrive on the market, users will enjoy a great deal of new features when compared to what the platform had to offer before.Among the enhancements that Windows Phone Mango will bring forth, we can count some that will affect the experience users will enjoy from the Ga...

16 August 2011
12:51 GMT

Opera Mini to Offer Gaming Content from UTV Indiagames

Opera and UTV Indiagames have just announced an agreement aimed at providing the users of Opera Mini with gaming content from the latter. The company will deliver games to all Opera Mini users in India as well as a series of other products, it seems, all straight from the Opera Mini Speed Dial. UTV Indiagame...

25 July 2011
05:58 GMT

Games Are the Most Popular Mobile Apps in the US

Mobile phone users in the United States are attracted to games more than to other mobile applications available for download for their devices, a new study from Nielsen shows. Apparently, 93 percent of those who downloaded an application on their devices in the past 30 days are willing to pay for the games they ...

7 July 2011
16:01 GMT

Gameloft Touts LG Optimus 3D Games

LG Optimus 3D, the first mobile phone unveiled to the world with 3D recording capabilities, and with support for the playback of 3D content, will also offer users the possibility to enjoy 3D gaming on their devices, coming straight from Gameloft. The leading mobile game publisher has just announced that the LG O...

4 July 2011
10:08 GMT

Microsoft to Port Zune HD Apps to Windows Phone

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is expected to bring to Windows Phone the applications that were developed for its Zune HD devices, so as to broaden the application ecosystem for the mobile operating system a little more. While there are some great applications and games available for the device, the collec...

15 June 2011
15:01 GMT

Xperia PLAY Games: Cracking Sands, Desert Winds, Pocket Legends

Later during the ongoing year, owners of an Xperia PLAY smartphone from Sony Ericsson will have the possibility to enjoy a series of new games specifically designed for their devices. Some of these new mobile titles have been showcased during the E3 event, and video presentations are now available for those who woul...

8 June 2011
08:25 GMT

Sony Ericsson Intros Xperia PLAY Experience Pack

Xperia PLAY, the very first mobile phone in the world to be PlayStation certified, is now even more appealing than before courtesy of a special offering coming from Sony Ericsson themselves, namely the Experience Pack.Those users interested in it would benefit from a series of mobile games included into the mix, com...

7 June 2011
11:12 GMT

Windows Phone Mango Brings Games Hub Enhancements

Codenamed Mango, the next flavor of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system should arrive on the market this fall, with a wide range of enhancements included into the mix, some of which will affect the experience users receive from the Games Hub on their devices. The Xbox LIVE functionality of Windows Phone ...

7 June 2011
09:51 GMT

Gameloft HD Games for Android Only £1 Until May 23rd

A new special offer is now available for Android mobile phone users in the UK, coming from Gameloft and affecting all of the HD games the company has released for the mobile platform. Today and tomorrow, through a new 48-hour sale, all of the Gameloft HD games for Android are available for UK users for only £...

21 May 2011
04:31 GMT

Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies on Windows Phone in Late June

Owners of devices running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system would soon gave the possibility to enjoy a series of new, appealing games on their handsets, including the popular Angry Birds from Rovio, or Plants vs. Zombies from PopCap.We already knew that these games were set to make an appearanc...

19 May 2011
03:42 GMT

Six New Windows Phone 7 Devices Emerge

This fall, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is expected to bring to the market a new version of its Windows Phone operating system, and some more info on the devices that might arrive on shelves with the new software on board emerged. Previous reports mentioned the possible availability of two new Windows ...

23 April 2011
01:27 GMT

OpenFeint Launches 14 New Android Games

OpenFeint users who own mobile phones running under Google's Android operating system have now at their disposal 14 games that the company has just announced as being put on download via the Android Market. According to the company, the new launch is a clear indicator of its aim at making as many appealing game...

4 April 2011
14:31 GMT

Xperia PLAY Launches in 11 Markets with 60 Games

Today, Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has put on sale in a number of 11 markets around the world the first smartphone to be PlayStation certified, namely the Xperia PLAY.The handset was put on shelves in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Hong Kong...

1 April 2011
08:58 GMT

PlayStation Games Hit the Android Market

Along with the arrival of Sony Ericsson's Xperia PLAY smartphone on the market today, the first games that were meant exclusively for the device have made it to the Android Market as well. The Xperia PLAY is the first smartphone in the world to have been PlayStation certified, and the first PlayStation games ar...

31 March 2011
16:57 GMT

OpenFeint and The9 Partner Over Game Development on Android

Recently, leading cross platform social gaming network OpenFeint announced the signing of a partnership with The9, an online game operator and developer in China, in an attempt to offer top game developers a helpful hand to port their titles to Google's Android operating system.According to the duo, the initiat...

10 March 2011
15:31 GMT

Motorola Invests in Mobile Game Publisher Moblyng

Recently, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility announced an equity investment in Moblyng, a popular developer publisher of cross-platform, HTML5-based games aimed both at mobile devices, as well as web-based social networks.Moblyng has already published a series of mobile titles for devices running under Android, iO...

4 March 2011
17:21 GMT

Tegra Zone Android App Available, Finds Games for Tegra 2 Devices

Today, NVIDIA announced the release of the Tegra Zone app for Android devices, enabling users of mobile phones and tablets packing an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor to easily find games suitable for their devices. The new mobile application is already available for download via the Android Market, the company announced, a...

1 March 2011
10:53 GMT

Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies Officially Headed to Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7 owners would soon have the possibility to enjoy a series of very appealing games on their devices, and Microsoft has just confirmed the upcoming availability of at least six of them. Among these mobile games, we can count the highly popular Angry Birds, currently available for download on devices run...

25 February 2011
07:54 GMT

New XBOX LIVE Games for Windows Phone 7

Recently, Windows Phone 7 users out there got two new mobile games to try out on their handsets, both of them XBOX LIVE titles, namely Rise of Glory and Revolution. Since the support for XBOX LIVE was touted as one of the main advantages that the new mobile operating system from Microsoft has over other platforms ou...

30 December 2010
09:53 GMT

Gameloft Launches GT Racing HD and Real Soccer 2011 HD for Android

Leading game publisher Gameloft has added two new titles to the list of already available games it released for devices powered by Google's Android operating system.The company made the announcement via Twitter, stating that the two new titles come in HD, just the same as its previous games for the platform.&ld...

28 December 2010
03:59 GMT

Microsoft Ad SDK for Windows Phone 7 Supports XNA Framework

Recently, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has released a new version of their Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7, which now offers developers the possibility to integrate text and banner ads into the software solutions they built using the XNA Framework. The new Ad SDK also features support for ...

11 December 2010
03:36 GMT

Gameloft Intros BOGO Android Games for Sprint's Users

Leading game publisher Gameloft has just announced that it put in place a new, special offer for the owners of Android-based devices who are also Sprint customers. The new special offering includes the option to get two games at the price of one, and has been put on place for the owners of a HTC EVO 4G or of a Samsu...

30 November 2010
06:45 GMT

Eight New OpenFeint Games for Android

Following the success of Feint on mobile phones running under Google's Android operating system, OpenFein announced the release of a number of no less than eight new mobile games for handsets based on the platform. According to the company, the list of new titles includes top hits on Apple's iOS platform, ...

26 November 2010
03:33 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Gets Namco Games

Windows Phone 7, the new mobile operating system Redmond-based software giant Microsoft brought to shelves starting with last month, is about to become even more appealing, as it would soon offer more game options to its users. It appears that Namco is set to be among the first companies to bring their games to Wind...

10 November 2010
12:51 GMT

Five Gameloft Titles to Hit Windows Phone 7 This Year

Leading developer and publisher of video games Gameloft has just announced the upcoming availability of no less than five new games for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system from Redmond-based software giant Microsoft.According to the company, the all of these titles are HD games, including UNO, Assassin’s ...

26 October 2010
08:25 GMT

Nokia N900 Runs webOS Games on Video

The Nokia N900, the last Maemo-based smartphone Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia brought to the market, has been caught in the wild playing along with some games developed for Palm's webOS platform. While things might seem very complicated when putting together the Maemo-based Nokia N900 and the webOS platform ...

26 October 2010
06:32 GMT

Eyedip Announces Windows Phone 7 Games

Today, game publisher Eyedip, LLC announced that it would launch a series of mobile games for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system, and that Pocket Devil: Hell Yeah! and Flight Doodle would be included in the first wave of titles. According to the company, these games are set to arrive on Windows Phone 7 devices...

12 October 2010
11:11 GMT

EA Mobile Brings Powerful Games to Windows Phone 7

Hot on the heels of the official announcement regarding the launch of the first Windows Phone 7 smartphones on the market, EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has unveiled the upcoming availability of a series of appealing games for the new mobile platform.Windows Phone 7, the new mobile OS version from M...

12 October 2010
02:47 GMT

Glu Mobile Confirms Windows Phone 7 Games

Leading global publisher of mobile games Glu Mobile Inc. today announced officially that it would come up with a series of titles for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system from Microsoft. According to the company, it is one of the selected Microsoft partners for the launch of the new OS flavor, and it plans on re...

22 September 2010
12:21 GMT

Android to Get Some EA Love

Google's Android operating system should become a little more appealing in the near future, it appears, at least in the gaming area, as another leading game developer has just announced plans to come forth with a series of title for the platform, namely Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown told the D...

20 September 2010
01:17 GMT

Unreal Engine 3 Comes to Android

Google's Android operating system is certainly pretty appealing at the moment, but it seems that it is about to become even more appealing, since the first Unreal Engine 3 solutions for it started to make an appearance into the wild. It seems that game publisher Epic Games has already started working on the dev...

16 September 2010
07:21 GMT

Astraware Intros New PDK-Based webOS Games

Game publisher Astraware has just announced the launch of two new titles aimed at Palm's Pre and Pre Plus smartphones, namely Astraware Casino and Police Range, both of which are based on the Palm PDK.According to the company, those interested in the new games would have to have the new 1.4.5 webOS upgrade inst...

15 September 2010
13:51 GMT

Astraware Releases Two New Games for Windows Mobile

Mobile games developer and publisher Astraware announced the launch of two new titles for the Windows Mobile platform. The new releases include OddBlob - a puzzle arcade, and a shooting game named Police Range.OddBlob is a fun puzzle arcade game with funky graphics created using modelling clay. The main character is ...

15 July 2010
09:01 GMT

Orange and HMV Announce New Mobile Games

Wireless carrier Orange announced recently the launch of a mobile gaming service with HMV. According to the company, the HMV mobile games, which will be powered by Orange, are set to become available for the carrier's users starting the next week, and they will come to more than 1,000 Java-based devices. At the...

20 March 2010
06:09 GMT

SkyZone Brings Asian Gateway Titles to the US

In addition to the top mobile games planned for this year, SkyZone Entertainment, Inc. also announced a series of titles brought to the North American market via its innovative Asian Gateway Program, which enables SkyZone to provide users with games from South Korea and other parts of Asia. These Asian Gateway titles...

23 February 2010
07:31 GMT

SkyZone Unveils 2010 Top Games Offering

SkyZone Entertainment, Inc. unveiled on Monday the top mobile titles that it planned on releasing during the ongoing year, which include the Hole In The Wall, The Three Stooges: Knuckleheads and Jump the Shark. According to the company, the titles are set to become available for download via most major carriers in th...

23 February 2010
07:31 GMT

The IMGA Announces 25 Best Mobile Game Nominees

The IMGA announced on Monday that an international panel of 20 specialists selected a number of 25 nominees for the 6th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards. The games were selected from a total number of 150 entries from 36 countries, including the USA, Japan, China, the Netherlands, and France. According t...

26 January 2010
08:39 GMT

Four New Games from Hands-On Released for the iPhone

Leading developer and publisher of connected games and applications Hands-On Mobile, Inc. announced today the launch of four new titles in the App Store: bitFLIP, iBailout!!, Karnival and Seven Wonders: Quest for Koh-i-noor. According to the company, the new titles come from the Hands-On Mobile Developer Network (HDN...

23 December 2009
11:01 GMT

Android 2.0 Phones to See Gameloft Titles

Leading developer and publisher of downloadable video games Gameloft has recently announced that it plans on offering titles for the mobile phones that come to the market with Google's Android 2.0 operating system on board. According to the company, it will deliver High Definition games for the next generation ...

27 November 2009
09:08 GMT


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