Gameloft launches off-deck portal

Mobile game developer and publisher Gameloft launched an off-deck mobile game portal called Game Connect, a PC application where users can connect their mobile phone to their computer and download games instantly. While only Gameloft games are available at the moment, it stands to reason that someone, if not Gameloft, will eventually come up with a true "iTunes"-style format, which this is already close to.

This is, of course, bad news for carriers, but if the user-interface is much improved, which needs to happen if mobile gaming is to really take off, then the end-user experience will be a positive and streamlined affair. You'd think EA Mobile would get around to doing this some day...

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