DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile games aggregator nGame has been acquired by its U.S. partner Mforma. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company will become part of what its new owners claim will be the largest wireless content distributor in Europe
The move coincides with a new report identifying mobile gaming as the first service to generate significant revenue and branding opportunities for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) operators from research firm Alexander Resources.
NGame will be subsumed into a new operation called Mforma Group, which is already providing content to operators such as T-Mobile and Vodafone in the United States and Europe.
The Alexander Resources report said mobile gaming has the potential to outstrip revenues from business-focused applications if it can tap into the large segment of disposable income spent on entertainment and develop products and services that appeal to the youth market.
Mforma and nGame have worked together in the past, with the U.K. firm providing mobile entertainment applications for Mforma.
