By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Thursday, August 28th, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios have announced that Player X is going to bring it’s PlayStation franchises Buzz! and Destruction Derby to Mobile devices. This will be the first time that SCE has licensed titles to a 3rd party, but Player X does have a good deal of recent pedigree in this area – it recently was appointed by O2UK as its official aggregator of all mobile games content.
Buzz! is basically a quiz game, using, wait for it……buzzers. The game was a wild sucess on the PS2, with versions just out for PS3 and PSP. This game genre will obviously adapt well to Mobile, given the reduced performance requirements. Destruction Derby however is a full-on automobile mashup-fest!
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and
infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.