EA Mobile inks Eidos Deal

Electronic Arts Inc. announced a pact to bring “Tomb Raider Underworld” and other Eidos Interactive Ltd. titles to mobile.
EA Mobile won wireless rights to “Just Cause 2,” “California Games X” and “Minesweeper” in addition to the eighth Tomb Raider game, which is slated for a November release. The company also said it holds a future option “on the mobile versions of the majority” of Eidos games for the next three years.
“Eidos has a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including the world-famous Tomb Raider games,” said Javier Ferreira, EA Mobile’s VP of European publishing. “This deal gives EA Mobile immediate access to not one but four high-profile titles, which will appeal to a broad audience on mobile platforms.”
The announcement follows a flurry of activity in the gaming space at last week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 in San Francisco. EA launched a version of its popular Spore franchise last week for Apple Inc.’s iPhone, and Verizon Wireless trumpeted a host of new offerings from nine publishers.