Greystripe scored a new partner, and it’s big one – NBC Universal. Under the partnership agreement, NBC will provide Greystripe’s entire catalogue of games on its mobile web properties. In addition, Greystripe will distribute select NBCU mobile game titles from Bravo, SCI FI Channel and NBC to users through their 100 distribution partners. Initially, Greystripe…
Illusion Labs announces multi-touch skate game for iPhone – Touchgrind
Illusion Labs has recently announced its multi-touch skate game for the iPhone called Touchgrind. The game is unique in that finger gestures are used for control, similar to the motion of the legs and feet on a real skateboard. The player rides freely in a skatepark and performs tricks on ramps, boxes and rails. The…
Diner Dash hits iPhone App Store
Good news for the casual gamers with iPhones – PlayFirst’s bestseller Diner Dash has been launched for the iPhone/iPod Touch. If you’re still not aware what Diner Dash is all about, check out this page on Wikipedia. In a nutshell, it’s a great game for playing while travelling from work to home and the other…
Gameloft unveils Real Football 2009, Real Football Manager 2009
Gameloft has announced two football (soccer) games – Real Football 2009 and Real Football Manager 2009. The two titles are different in the essence — while the first one is the action sports simulation, the second one sees you managing a football club. The goal in both games is the same, though: it’s your mission…
PopCap goes D2C with new WAP portal
Mobile games publisher PopCap has just launched a D2C (direct-2-consumer) WAP portal, selling it’s selection of mobile games. If you wanna get in on the PopCap games goodies, then hit up http://m.popcap.com in your mobile browser, or text POPCAP to 85585 (in the UK – in Ireland, the code is 54722 apparently). There are…
EA announces 9 iPhone/iPod Touch games
EA has announced that it will bring 9 iPhone/iPod Touch games in the near future. Aside from the long awaited Spore Origins, which we’ve already covered recently, the gaming giant also wowed to bring the following titles to the platform: YAHTZEE Adventures EA Mini Golf Lemonade Tycoon Mahjong MONOPOLY: Here & Now The World Edition…
Pro Evo 2009 wins Mobile game award
Konami’s classic footie game, Pro Evolution Soccer, has won the “best mobile game” award at the Leipzig Games Convention. The award was given to the 2009 incarntion of the game, published by Glu in it’s Mobile format. The judges were apparently of the opinion that the control system meant the game rocked, and that the…
Sport dominates mobile games chart
Sporting games (like EA Mobile’s Fight Night Round 3) are apparently dominating a mobile games chart, which is compiled by website GameMobile. There is a mix of Football management games, Golf, Pool, and a touch of the Olympics! Driving games and Basketball also make an appearance. Some sports games do lend themselves well to Mobile…
Sprimp to support Zeemote, too
Everyone and their mama is partnering with Zeemote these days. We saw Sony Ericsson and Nokia announcing they will bundle the Zeemote JS1 Controller with their devices in select markets. Even before that, Gameloft said that their games will sing along the mobile gaming controller. Now a new player is entering into the mix. It’s…
Playstation games porting to Mobile, via Player X
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…