Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Playphone hooked Lycos Mobile up

January 25th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Playphone has closed a deal with Lycos to provide all Lycos Mobile content services. Playphone will sell mobile games, wallpapers, ringtones and other content on a monthly subscription basis. Lycos will promote the services on their Lycos portal and community websites like Angelfire, Tripod and Gamesvillage.

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Payforit launched in the UK

January 25th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Payfortit has launched in the UK. Payforit is the first payment and billing service which is fully integrated into all UK operators, giving consumers a clear option for paying with their mobile phones. I-Play is the first mobile games publisher to welcome payforit in their on and off portal strategy.

I-Play releases Ricochet: Lost Worlds

January 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

I-Play just releases the Real Arcade smash hit Ricochet for mobile phones. Ricochet looks like a vertical space shooter at first sight, but is more of a brick braking puzzle game which has been dominating the Real Arcade charts for 137 weeks in a row.

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Kiloo to unleash Lego Bionicle Arena

January 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Yesterday I got a call from Kiloo, stating they are about to release their biggest game to date called Lego Bionicle Arena. As I am still a pretty big fan of these little bricks, I asked them to send me a version right away.

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Kiloo and Commodore rumors confirmed

January 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Today we received a press release to confirm the rumors we published earlier. Kiloo and Commodore Gaming have started cooporating together to bring old school Commodore 64 games to the mobile phone. In the next 36 months, Kiloo will co-publish over 20 titles. The first ones to hit the streets are Jupiter Lander, Triad and Jack Attack.

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Music for Mobile Games – Past, Present and Future:

January 22nd, 2007 by Jim Paterson Posted in Games | 6 Comments »

Music on early mobile games was often not much better than the annoying ring-tones we used to hear everywhere. No wonder people looked for the off switch! But as devices have improved in sophistication their music capabilities have grown significantly too, and many phones these days double as mp3 players. People now expect their games to be every bit as sophisticated as their phones, and that means games must look good and sound good too. You need to think carefully about the right kind of music to enhance your game, something that adds to the immersive experience and helps to keep the game-player coming back for "just one more game". And you need to find an experienced composer who understands the practical aspects of music on mobile platforms.

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Qplaze Q1 line-up

January 21st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Qplaze has announced their Q1 ’07 line-up of mobile games last week. Qplaze will release Age of Heroes III, Space Miner, Stirlitz, Century of Pirates and Real Billiards 2007. Qplaze will also keep on pushing itself into the 3D realm by releasing 3D Real Billiards 2007, 3D Flower Towers (oh yes, it’s the girly version) and 3D Real Mahjongg.

Ozura releases Antopia and R.A.T.S.

January 21st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Ozura announced to release two new mobile action games. The first one that will arrive is Antopia, a game in which a brave little ant has to expand its colony as a loyal servant to the ant queen. Yes this sounds a lot like an animated movie from a few years back and the title screen will surely enlighten your memory. If you think ants are a bit to small, R.A.T.S. might suit you better. In this game, you lead a battaljon of rats and need to conquer the kitchen of heaven.

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IndiaGames expands distribution network

January 21st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

IndiaGames and BSNL, a local state owned operator, have signed an agreement to supply BSNL broadband consumers with a ‘mobile games on demand’ service. BSNL broadband currently services 5 million subs and hopes to ad another 4 million in Q1 ’07. The games on demand service will cost between RS 100 and RS 200 a month. Later, the operator expects to ad a pay per use strategy as well.

Kalador to distribute for Animatu

January 21st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Spanish mobile games developer Animatu has signed a global distribution agreement with Kalador Entertainment, based in Canada. The agreement includes most of Animatu’s portfolio. The deal was brought into the world by Kalador, but details have not been announced.