Rockpool selected to develop for Sega

November 9th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

More news on Sega today as rockpool is announced as strategic partner for developing Sega’s latest games. Rockpool will take care of development, porting, Q&A and certification of the games.

Rockpool’s managing director, Paul Gouge commented, “We’re very proud to have been selected by such a phenomenal company as Sega and we’re excited to be a key part of their further advance into Mobile. Sega brands are the part of this history of the gaming industry and we’re delighted that they chose Rockpool as the developer most capable of delivering their objectives”.

Sega UK’s managing director, Alan Pritchard added, “The expansion to mobile is a key strategic move by Sega and we selected a company that can deliver games that are worthy of such massive brands. The team at Rockpool are the best-in-the-business and we have no doubt that they’ll help us mirror our success in the console world to the mobile platform.”

At the same time, Gamasutra notes down that Sega announced to be looking for two or more strategic acquisitions of mobile game developers. It’s clear these guys have money to spend.

Something new from O2 & Pocket Gamer

November 9th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

O2 and Pocket Gamer have announced a partnership where Pocket Gamer will make available shortcodes to download mobile games directly off the O2 deck.

Steel Media MD Chris James said: “We are proud to be working with O2 to provide this information, which will appeal to consumers and the industry alike. The weekly music charts caught the public’s imagination for decades, and there’s no reason why snack-priced mobile games should be any different.”

O2’s head of games Anthony Douglas explained: “We’re delighted to be working with leading mobile games editorial site Pocket Gamer, who will be exclusively publishing O2’s Top 10 sellers. Through this chart we aim to stimulate the sales of mobile games and guide consumers towards the best and most popular titles out there. By listing the Top 10 sellers and hottest new releases on a weekly basis, we hope to provide a useful and timely guide to the best in mobile content.”

Mobile 3D music to improve gaming

November 2nd, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | 1 Comment »

Ex B&O chief Anders Knutsen is planning to storm the market of mobile games by introducing a technology that generates 3D audio on the handset. In an interview with Tech Digest, Anders tells more about his plans and strategy.

Playman website renewed

October 30th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

I have to admit I always loved the way Mr Goodliving handled promoting new mobile games by the use of minisites. It has been quiet for a while and now I see why. Mr. Goodliving has launched a totally renewed website for their sports star Playman. An excellent example of mobile game marketing worth a good look.

New experienced player hits the market

October 28th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Quicklybored pointed us to the news of Mobility Mobile’s start-up. Mobility Mobile is the creation of former Gameloft and Activision people. This start-up reminds us a bit of Vivendi Mobile which holds a lot of key players from competing companies. We are curious to which products they will enter the market with.

MasterGear for Series 60 3rd gen.

October 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

All About Symbian released a review of the latest version of MasterGear, a Sega Mastersystem and Gamegear emulator. Excellent reading for those that want to catch up with the old days. A Nokia E61 is advised though

EA and O2 to open the market

October 23rd, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | 1 Comment »

EA and O2 have closed a deal to provide O2 consumers with free mobile games. To promote mobile games, O2 will introduce the Gaming Monday during the month of December. On these Monday’s, consumers are able to download Need For Speed Carbon, The Sims 2, FIFA 2006 and Tetris for free. Both EA and O2 hope to open the market further to the consumer.

Look at Namco

October 23rd, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

The guys over at QB managed to get hold of an education video from Namco about mobile games. Worth a look for sure!

You are not allowed to hate guns!

October 23rd, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Sometimes, weird things happen within this industry. One of the most recent examples came into our mailbox last weekend from developer Fun And Mobile. They announced that Handango has partially removed (the game is still available on some devices) their mobile game as they considered it of adult nature. So listen up kids

Kiloo: Trolls & Dolls this Christmas

October 12th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Traditionally, Danish publisher Kiloo will entertain us with a number of products for the Christmas season. This years line-up is even more impressive then the ones before as they bring us 4 titles. Two of these we already know from before as it’s the return of Hugo X-Mas Ice and Hugo X-Mas Snow which have received fresh porting for the season to compliment the newest mobile phones found under the Christmas tree. The warmest present Kiloo will give us is Jodie Marsh which will pose in a winter wonder land (yes, we’d like her under our tree as well). From the glamour that Jodie brings us, the last title brings us back to earth, or actually into space with Petey and Jaydee’s X-Mashed. Kiloo expects to have all these titles distributed before the end of the month.

Looking at this massive lineup we asked Karl Woods why Kiloo puts so much effort in creating and updating it’s catalogue to support 4 titles where many others just put one game into the market around this time.

“Why should we be any different to the traditional retail space, where xmas is all about choice. We want to give our customers the choice in selecting what’s right for them.” Said Karl Woods, EVP Sales & Marketing at Kiloo.