A fishing game. Do I have to say any more?
Mobile game to help international students in the UK
Moving from other country for studying in the UK can cause a culture shock. That was at least the case with Nipan Maniar, the guy who came from India to study at the University of Portsmouth in Britain. Nipan came up with an idea to develop a mobile game for people like him, to help…
Championship Manager 2007 Mobile released
Eidos Interactive just launched Championship Manager 2007 Mobile, featuring all of the up to the minute data for football aficionados, more English and European teams and players, improved tactics, player-specific training regimes, pre and post match press conferences and an enhanced interface. Dealing with every facet of real-life football management, from team tactics and training…
29 million users in the U.S. play mobile games
Latest report by NPD Group reveals 29 million users in the U.S. play games on their mobile phones, with 7 million actively downloading the games onto their phones. The surprise here is that the most active demographic for mobile gaming include adults aged from 25 to 34 (29%), followed by those aged between 18 and…
Video: What OpenGL acceleration in shipping Nokia’s is capable of
When I watch this all I can think is: How the hell do I input those moves on something like a N95? Seriously.
Mobile Streams to mobilize PEANUTS; Brings Snoopy and Charlie Brown to your phone
Mobile Streams and United Media have signed a distribution agreement for the popular cartoon brand, PEANUTS. Under the agreement, Mobile Streams will be distributing images, videos and mobile games to network operators in Germany, Switzerland and Austria from the PEANUTS animated TV series. The full release is available on Mobile Streams’ site. In the meantime,…
Sony Ericsson to make future PSPs?
There’s a rumor flying around the web, that Sony will invest yet another of its popular brands to the Sony Ericsson JV. After Walkman, Cybershot and Bravia, the Japanese giant may decide to mobilize its Playstation Portable (PSP).. Apparently, Sony Ericsson is working on the new breed of “gaming” phones that according to some earlier…
Nokia talks next generation N-Gage Arena
Nokia’s next generation gaming platform is coming on September this year. Unlike the N-Gage, which was the single device, this time games will work on the array of NSeries devices. Now, GamesOnDeck interviewed Nokia’s head of games publishing Tomi Huttula to chat about the upcoming N-Gage Arena, Nokia’s online mobile gaming service and community. According…
Interview: Games on Deck talks to Antoine Doumenc, head of SNAP Mobile at Nokia
Interesting piece. SNAP in a nutshell: "N-Gage is targeting Nokia’s growing portfolio of converged devices whereas SNAP Mobile targets all MIDP2.0 Java-enabled phones from Nokia and other mobile phone manufactures. They are complementary offerings covering the whole breadth of the marketplace."
Glu Mobile games are coming to the U.S. carriers’ users
Glu Mobile’s award-winning games are set to hit the U.S. mainstream market, as Thumbplay announced an agreement with the global game publisher. Popular games such as World Series of Poker Texas Hold’em, Centipede, MONOPOLY, Diner Dash, Deer Hunter 2, Zuma and Super K.O. Boxing!, will be available for purches from Thumbplay’s website. Additionally, users will…