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NewsForecast: Mobile gaming revs grow to $4.5B in 2008
Mobile gaming is on track to generate worldwide revenues of $4.5 billion in 2008, a 16.1 percent increase over last year's totals, according to a new forecast issued by information technology Read more...
In-Fusio lands funding from Occam Capital
Digital entertainment firm In-Fusio announced it has secured financing from expansion-stage private equity group Occam Capital. The amount of the funding was not disclosed. In-Fusio, which recently Read more...
EA Mobile mulling gaming subscription service
EA Mobile said it is giving serious consideration to launching a mobile game subscription service in Europe. According to PocketGamer.biz, EA Mobile's European vice president of publishing Javier Read more...
Sony Ericsson debuts motion gaming phone
Sony Ericsson announced a series of new mobile devices, most notably the F305 with Motion Gaming, which employs Wii-like technology enabling users to control gameplay with a flick of the wrist or Read more...
Apple gives out first iPhone applications awards
The annual Apple Design Awards, given during this week's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, for the first time recognized development for the iPhone mobile platform. The awards, Read more...
Glu Mobile outlines remaining 2008 game lineup
Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile announced its North American roadmap for the second half of 2008, unveiling new titles based on brands from partners FremantleMedia, Hasbro, Warner Bros. and Read more...
Glu inks gaming deal with Sony Pictures Television
Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile announced a strategic distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Television International to distribute a series of existing and new SPTI mobile games in Europe, the Read more...
Disney creates new multi-platform digital media group
The Walt Disney Company will combine its Walt Disney Internet group mobile and online gaming division with its Interactive Studios unit to create the Disney Interactive Media Group, a multi-platform Read more...
Verizon: Mobile discovery must improve
Verizon Wireless vice president of consumer product development Lee Daniels took the stage at Qualcomm's BREW 2008 event in San Diego strumming an electric six-string to celebrate the breakthrough Read more...
Verizon Wireless expands mobile gaming catalog
Verizon Wireless announced it will team with Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group's teen-focused AddictingGames site to introduce Qwikies--i.e., Flash-based mini-games including Fling the Ferret, 50 Read more...
| Press ReleasesGartner Says Worldwide Mobile Gaming Revenue to Surpass $4.5 Billion in 2008Worldwide mobile gaming revenue is on pace to total $4.5 billion in 2008, a 16.1 percent increase from 2007 revenue of $3.9 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. While mobile gaming revenue will Read more... XENDEX Raises EUR 2.3 MillionIn a first round of financing, PONTIS Venture Partners, a venture capital company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, as well as a group of business angels are participating with a EUR 2.3 million Read more... Glu and Activision Announce Extended Worldwide Partnership to Bring Call of Duty(R): World at War to Mobile PhonesGlu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced an agreement with Activision, Inc. that will extend the companies' exclusive, worldwide partnership to Read more... In-Fusio Secures Funding from Occam CapitalIn-Fusio, a leading international digital entertainment company, today announced it has secured financing from French IT Expansion Capital Fund, Occam Capital. The funding will allow In-Fusio to Read more... Artificial Life Launches Humorous Mobile Soccer Game Bustin' BallsHong Kong-based Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB: ALIF) (www.artificial-life.com), a leading full service global provider of award-winning mobile technology and applications, today announced the release Read more... |