Video-game giant Electronic Arts Inc. shook the mobile gaming world last week with the announcement it would shell out $680 million to acquire publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. EA said it would pay $27 per share for Jamdat under terms of the long-rumored deal, sending...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Game-making giant Electronic Arts Inc. will shell out $680 million in cash to acquire mobile publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc., the companies announced after Wall Street's closing bell. EA will pay $27 per share for Jamdat under the terms of the deal. Shares...
NORWAYAlcatel Corp. signed an agreement with NextGenTel, a service provider in Norway, to conduct its first field trial of pre-WiMAX equipment in Oslo and Bergen, Norway. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will supply, install and support NexGenTel with its pre-WiMAX end-to-end solution....
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Video-game company Namco America Inc. announced it will form a separate business unit to focus on the growing market for mobile-phone games. Kenji Hisatsune, Namco's executive vice president and chief operating officer, will oversee Namco Networks when it begins operations Jan. 1....
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Vodafone Group plc will offer mobile games from Electronic Arts Inc. through its carriers in Europe, Egypt, South America, Australia and New Zealand.The wireless operator said it will make the soccer game FIFA 06 Mobile available to its Vodafone live! subscribers this...
SAN FRANCISCO-Electronic Arts Inc. will lumber further onto the wireless gaming playground in coming months, releasing wireless versions of seven of its PC- and console-based franchises.The publisher said it will launch mobile versions of casual PC games Harvest Mania, Word Whomp, World Class Solitaire...
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...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Electronic Arts Inc. continued its move to mobile Thursday as Verizon Wireless launched three of the publisher's most popular titles from Pogo.com, its online gaming community.The carrier announced the availability of puzzle game Poppit! as well as two card games, Tri-Peaks Solitaire...
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...
Gaming announcements dominated the first day of Qualcomm's BREW conference, as developers and publishers from around the world unveiled a litany of entertainment titles for the mobile platform. Among the more notable developments:Electronic Arts said a number of established console franchises will be among...
LOS ANGELES-With mobile gaming looking to explode from niche to mass market, game-makers are targeting consumers with everything from casual poker games to arcade classics to high-tech 3-D first-person shooters. And it was all on display here at E3. The wireless industry had more...
RealNetworks Inc. announced plans to join the crowded mobile gaming playground, acquiring European publisher Mr. Goodliving for $15 million in cash. A 40-person company based in Helsinki, Finland, Mr. Goodliving has enjoyed success with mobile titles like "Trivial Pursuit," "MetalSmash Pinball" and the "Playman"...
REDWOOD CITY-Electronic Arts will include several of its most popular console titles among its mobile offerings later this year. Wireless three-dimensional versions of Madden NFL, The Sims, Tiger Woods PGA Tour and EA Sports FIFA Football will be among Electronic Arts' first titles to...
REDWOOD CITY-Electronic Arts will include several of its most popular console titles among its mobile offerings later this year.Wireless three-dimensional versions of Madden NFL, The Sims, Tiger Woods PGA Tour and EA Sports FIFA Football will be among Electronic Arts' first titles to hit...
The mobile-gaming waters got even more crowded last week as New York-based publisher Vindigo said it will dive in with "a broad selection" of adventure and casual games later this year. Vindigo, which is best known for a variety of wireless news and local...
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...
Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. jumped headfirst into the mobile gaming waters Friday, acquiring New Jersey-based technology company Stadeon Inc. and launching a studio to develop games for wireless phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The portal said it will use the Stadeon acquisition...
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....
LONDON-The scramble to find allies continued in the mobile gaming arena with two new partnerships and an acquisition. Tiger Telematics, the U.S.-based producer of the Gizmondo mobile gaming console that launched in Europe recently, announced it will acquire British developer Warthog for $8 million...
The scramble to find allies continued in the mobile gaming arena with two new partnerships and an acquisition. Tiger Telematics, the U.S.-based producer of the Gizmondo mobile gaming console that launched in Europe last week, announced it will acquire British developer Warthog for $8...
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...
It was a remarkable coming-out party for Jamdat Mobile Inc. The mobile-game developer raised $88.8 million in its initial public offering, then watched as its stock soared 41 percent Wednesday, the first day of trading.Jamdat had filed for an offering of 5.31 million shares...
Nokia Corp. said it will delay the U.S. introduction of its revamped N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device, and it cut the number of planned games for the device by almost half.Nokia said it is delaying the introduction of the N-Gage QD device in the United States...
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...
