NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless Vcast customers can compete head-to-head with a new racing title from wireless game-maker Gameloft.The carrier launched Asphalt Urban GT: Multiplayer, which Gameloft said is the first "real-time" multiplayer game Verizon Wireless has offered. The three-dimensional title uses Verizon's EV-DO network to...
Less than one-third of all mobile-gaming titles account for 80 percent of U.S. wireless game revenues, according to figures released this morning by Telephia Inc. In its latest monthly wireless gaming figures, the wireless usage and performance measurement company found that wireless subscribers pay...
NEW YORK-Mobile-phone games developer Gameloft launched an interactive dating game called Love Triangle: Dating Challenge.The game puts users in the role of clever but socially challenged Erica, who is pining after her best friend's boyfriend, Lucas. The objective of the game is to win...
LONDON-French publisher Gameloft is the top wireless game maker in Western Europe, according to a six-month study from Mobile Games Analyst. The research service's survey of five major Western European carriers found that Gameloft consistently ranked as the most deployed publisher of games, with...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced the availability of three new 3D games on its Vcast service. Together with Jamdat Mobile Inc., Verizon Wireless announced the availability of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: 3D Mobile Edition. The game includes three-dimensional graphics and allows players to complete level-specific...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced the availability of three new 3D games on its Vcast service.Together with Jamdat Mobile Inc., Verizon Wireless announced the availability of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: 3D Mobile Edition. The game includes three-dimensional graphics and allows players to complete level-specific goals...
LAS VEGAS-Sprint PCS made several gaming announcements related to its popular PCS Vision service, through which it said more than 5 million games were purchased in 2003, at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. Sprint announced the launch of Game Lobby, a nationwide virtual mobile...
"We don't think (wireless) is quite mass market enough, and the business model is not quite there yet," said Trudy Muller, spokeswoman for Electronic Arts, the nation's No. 1 video-game maker, in explaining why the company has not entered the wireless market.Although many have...
Sprint PCS made several gaming announcements related to its popular PCS Vision service, through which it said more than 5 million games were purchased in 2003, at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. Sprint announced the launch of Game Lobby, a nationwide virtual mobile community...