October 27th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Trends | No Comments »
Electronics Boutique and WideRay announced that the companies have partnered to deliver mobile games to consumers inside select EB Games retail stores beginning in December 2004.
EB Games will make its Wireless Game Portals — in-store zones where customers can download games — available in 100 retail stores across the US beginning in December, marking the industry’s first wireless distribution platform implemented in a physical retail setting. Mobile phone users can access the Wireless Game Portals by simply going into a participating EB Games store and using a compatible device to view a listing of popular game titles available for purchase. Users also have the ability to receive game-related video as well as reviews and previews of PC and Console games. All this without any pre-installed software. More …
