Report: mobile game usage up 15%

According to mobile metrics firm Telephia, about 13.5 million wireless subscribers in the U.S. downloaded a mobile game in the second quarter, an increase of 15 percent over the same period last year and resulting in a 63 percent jump in average monthly revenues to $46.9 million. Leading the charge was EA Mobile's Tetris, with a 5.1 percent share, Namco's Pac-Man at 3 percent, and EA Mobile's Bejeweled at 2.8 percent. EA Mobile is the clear 800-pound gorilla here, capturing about 30 percent of overall market share in revenues, with Namco and HandsOn Mobile distant followers at 8.4 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively.

For more information, and for a full chart of the top 10 selling mobile games:
- check out the Telephia report

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