A couple of online casual gaming heavyweights lumbered into the mobile sphere. Oberon Media bought a big chunk of the wireless gaming playground last week, picking up London-based publisher I-play for an undisclosed sum. The New York-based firm-which powers storefronts for customers such as...
Once satisfied to quietly grab some shelf space for their titles on a carrier's deck of wireless offerings, mobile game publishers are now trying to make a little more noise. While they may be big in the world of wireless entertainment, game developers and...
CANNES, France-Mobile entertainment solutions company Digital Bridges said it is expanding its distribution network in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and India.The company said it has signed deals with 10 major mobile network operators and Internet portals and has opened an office in Singapore to...
LONDON-Investors continued to fuel the buzz surrounding mobile gaming as Digital Bridges closed a third round of funding that raised $18 million. The U.K.-based developer and publisher said it will use the capital to expand its presence in the Asian and North American markets....
Investors continued to fuel the buzz surrounding mobile gaming Thursday as Digital Bridges closed a third round of funding that raised $18 million.The U.K.-based developer and publisher said it will use the capital to expand its presence in the Asian and North American markets,...
With wireless gaming finally beginning to catch fire, game developers are learning to exploit the most basic element of the mobile phone: its ability to communicate. Developers have learned that a successful console game doesn't necessarily make for a good experience on a handset....
LA JOLLA, Calif.-M7 Networks Inc. and Digital Bridges together announced the availability of Digital Bridges' first two games for The Game Lobby from Sprint PCS.Powered by M7 networks, The Game Lobby is a nationwide virtual mobile community for gamers to discuss games. The two...
LONDON—From seven-card stud to eightball, mobile gamers have a variety of choices with the announcement of five new games this week.Entertainment publisher Chasma Inc. will launch a card game in conjunction with the Poker Superstar Invitational Tournament, which airs on FSN Sunday nights through...
LONDON-British mobile entertainment provider Digital Bridges will continue to partner with U.S. gaming company EA Sports to bring console video games to handsets.The announcement continues a relationship that has produced mobile editions of "FIFA Football 2004" and "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004." Both games...
LOS ANGELES-Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show, and wireless players shared in the enthusiasm. Indeed, wireless was a prevalent theme at the show, with players from Nokia Corp. to...
Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles, and wireless players shared in the enthusiasm. Indeed, wireless was a prevalent theme at the show, with players from Nokia...
LONDON-Wireless content company Digital Bridges announced the release of a wireless game based on "The Weakest Link" TV show, which will be available through interactive TV company Sky Active."We are very pleased to launch The Weakest Link to U.K. mobile-phone users with Sky Active,"...
HELSINKI, Finland-Due to a rash of deals in recent days, wireless users the world over will soon have access to games and content ranging from the arcade classic Pong to a game based on the TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Such deal-making...
Due to a rash of deals in recent days, wireless users the world over will soon have access to games and content ranging from the arcade classic Pong to a game based on the TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Such deal making...
LOS ANGELES-Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing to beat the drums for its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device.Nokia reported further details about...
DENVER, United States-Santa's helpers will be able to stuff stockings with a new gift this year-wireless data.U.K.-based wireless entertainment and publishing company Digital Bridges plans to sell packaged, prepaid ring tones through a major U.S. retailer by the end of the year, with wireless...
LONDON-Wireless entertainment company Digital Bridges announced it is embarking on a major Java rollout, a move that will include selling a wide array of downloadable Java applications through retail outlets, wireless carriers, media companies, Web portals and Internet service providers."Java is the next significant...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Analyst predictions of a groundswell in wireless gaming seem to be coming true, with a variety of companies making gaming-related announcements.Perhaps the most important news comes from Sprint PCS, which is continuing to expand its application portfolio for its new Vision network....
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. and wireless application developer Digital Bridges expanded their partnership, the companies announced.Openwave paid an undisclosed sum for a minority stake in Digital Bridges, and Digital Bridges will get priority access to emerging technology relating to Openwave's client device browsers...
LONDON—Hoping to counter competition from Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode service, U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc is planning to roll out a more graphically enhanced version of its Vizzavi Web portal in Europe, according to Reuters.Vodafone's current Vizzavi site, which it jointly owns with...
LONDON—Orange has partnered with BBC Multimedia and Digital Bridges to bring the television show "The Weakest Link" to mobile-phone users in Europe.The mobile version of the game show will be available for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and short message service (SMS) phones. The WAP...
NEW YORK-Mobile entertainment provider Digital Bridges Ltd. will provide two of its wireless games, Wireless Pets and Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, to AT&T Wireless for its PocketNet subscribers via the carrier's "Sink or Swim" wireless games commercial trial.The limited-time trial site allows customers to try...
NEW YORK-Unplugged Games Inc., founded last year with $2 million in venture financing, made public May 15 an agreement reached last month to supply AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Digital PocketNet customers with interactive games for multiple players.The New York-based start-up began offering "a limited...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.- Mobile entertainment provider Digital Bridges Ltd., has teamed with Sprint PCS to provide its interactive wireless games on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, which subscriber can access through Sprint PCS Internet-ready phones.The games offered include single player games, Fours, Roulette, Higher/Lower,...
