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Big four mobile game publishers – namely EA Mobile, Glu Mobile, Gameloft and I-play – have come together to usher a new era of cooperation in the mobile games sector. Or that’s at least the mobile games sector in Britain.
The idea behind the ELSPA “mobile project” is to do the similar thing games publishers already do in the real world, where console games debut across all retailers at the same time. In that sense, Glu’s Tranformers, Gameloft’s Guitar Legend, EA’s FIFA 08 and a fourth yet to be announced title will each be published simultaneously on UK carrier networks in June, July, August and September.
To date games publishers have generally had deals with the carriers on an exclusive or ad hoc basis, often resulting in patchwork release schedules. This kind of cooperation is set to fix this, and ELSPA said that it expects other initiatives to emerge in the future. (via: mcv)
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
