June 3rd, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Electronic Arts Inc., the largest maker of video games in the U.S., will license Qualcomm Inc.’s operating system to grab a bigger slice of the $1.3-billion market for games played on mobile phones.
The growing popularity of wireless handsets as a game platform is luring investment from companies such as Walt Disney Co., Yahoo Inc. and THQ Inc. and may crimp sales for competitors such as Nintendo Co., which says it has no plans to put games on phones. More …