SEATTLE—Consumption of mobile games has stagnated as carriers have steadily increased prices during the last six months, according to figures from M:Metrics. The research firm said the number of subscribers who downloaded at least one mobile game a month has consistently fluttered between 5...
DALLAS-More than a dozen major developers, publishers, handset manufacturers and technology companies are working to streamline the process for developing and delivering mobile games. Activision Inc., Digital Chocolate, Electronic Arts, Microsoft Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Texas Instruments Inc. are part of a...
As marketing challenges and content-delivery issues continue to shackle the wireless content arena, game-makers are hoping to entice their own customers to act as sales associates. The number of U.S. mobile users who download games has actually fallen in recent months, according to figures...
The wireless sector will enter 2006 with great expectations, everybody watching third-generation systems shift into higher gear with all that jazzy, digital content whose anytime, anywhere availability is transforming other industries even as cellular carriers of old reinvent themselves. Indeed, the mobility given voice...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile entertainment took center stage for CTIA's Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Day 2 keynote as music, data and gaming executives took their turns extolling the promise of wireless data that so far has seen mixed results. Warner Music Group Chairman and Chief Executive...
For all you middle-aged, BlackBerry-toting, neck-tie-wearing executives who were wandering around the CTIA Wireless I.T. show floor last week, let me interrupt your reminiscings about the wonders of wireless e-mail and tell you one thing: Today's wireless games are really pretty freaking cool. I...
While deep-pocketed publishers try to wow gamers with sophisticated titles and eye-popping three-dimensional graphics, Randy Shepherd is stooping to conquer. The managing director of Werd Interactive Inc. is targeting middle-aged businessmen, soccer moms and other unlikely gamers with a handful of simple, stripped-down offerings...
Trip Hawkins believes the last thing wireless gamers want is to play console-style offerings on their phones."If you take Madden Football and put it on a mobile device, it can't possibly live up to the experience the customer is going to expect from the...
When Electronic Arts Inc. signaled its long-awaited entry into mobile gaming earlier this year, many onlookers expected the 800-pound gorilla to quickly devour a competitor or two. Instead, the company appears to be making steady progress in wireless on its own. That may be...
As mobile gaming grows from niche market to mass market, developers and publishers are scrambling to market the next big thing. And nearly everyone in the space is putting money on 3-D. "We're spending a lot of time, a lot of energy and a...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Motorola launched a real-time multiplayer gaming service allowing users to interact with each other on the Internet and mobile devices.The service, which is powered by technology provider Terraplay Systems, includes such community-based features as leagues, tournaments and in-game chats. Motorola has launched the...
Video-game behemoth Electronic Arts signaled its long-awaited-and perhaps long-feared-entry onto the mobile gaming playground earlier this month at GDC Mobile in San Francisco, unveiling plans to release as many as 20 titles for mobile phones this year. The world's biggest third-party game publisher began...
Mobile users will get a little help battling the bulge with two new applications aimed at dieters. Wireless entertainment publisher Digital Chocolate said it plans to work with Atkins Nutritionals Inc. to develop wireless content for carb counters. The first of the planned applications,...
Wireless entertainment publisher Digital Chocolate plans to announce an agreement next week to work with Atkins Nutritionals Inc. to develop wireless content for carb counters. The first of the planned applications, Atkins 2Go, will allow users to look up carbohydrate counts for different foods...
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....
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music, games and enterprise applications are beginning to flood the market, creating a buzz the industry hasn't seen in years. But while insiders salivate over "hockey-stick" projections for wireless data revenues, developers that haven't cultivated relationships with established carriers, publishers or well-known...
Verizon Wireless launched a pair of new games from Digital Chocolate Inc. and Modtones Gallery from Faith West for its Get It Now downloadable service, as well as adding a new service from M7 to enhance the offering for users and content companies.Digital Chocolate's...
