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OpenFeint scored a big partner that will integrate the company’s social gaming capabilities. It’s SEGA which will provide social gaming for its forthcoming mobile title – Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing for iOS-based devices. As a result, players will be able to add friends on OpenFeint’s 85-million-player gaming network plus access leaderboards and achievements, and share their best scores via Facebook and Twitter. Moreover, SEGA also implemented OpenFeint’s developer announcements, allowing it [SEGA] to send players direct messages.
When it comes to availability, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing will be released on iOS later this summer.
Finally we have the words of SEGA’s Haruki Satomi (Vice President of Digital Business) to share. He said: “Cross platform mobile social gaming is a major goal of SEGA and we believe Sonic will continue to entertain and inspire consumers while on the go. OpenFeint offers a great platform to launch games on, whether it be through access to their enormous player community or the use of great cross-promotional features like developer announcements.”
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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.
