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...
Following is a list of wireless companies that were cited in financial reports from investment banking and financial services firms this week.Pacific Growth Equities upgraded its rating on RF Micro Devices from equal weight to overweight on expectations of higher revenues generated by new...
Verizon Wireless subscribers have downloaded more than 120 million applications during the past year, nearly doubling the number of downloads from the previous 12 months, the carrier announced at the BREW Developers Conference Wednesday. Verizon said the total number of downloads through its Get...
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...
LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it has acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to an adapted version of the game SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs from Sony Computer Entertainment America in a multiyear license agreement. Terms of the agreement call for Jamdat to distribute SOCOM:...
LOS ANGELES-The wireless industry came out in force for the E3 video game convention, with a variety of gaming players making news.Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced it reached a deal with Id Software to bring the company's popular computer game Doom to mobile phones. Jamdat...
Shares of Jamdat Mobile Inc. soared Friday after the mobile content provider reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and offered bullish projections for the rest of the year. Jamdat, which develops and publishes mobile games and other content, netted $2.7 million, or 13 cents per share,...
Venture capital continued to flood mobile gaming Tuesday as publisher Sorrent Inc. announced it raised $20 million in its latest round of funding.Granite Global Ventures led the Series D round, with current investors BA Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Globespan Capital Partners and Sienna...
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...
LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a $137-million deal to buy Hawaii-based studio Blue Lava Wireless, granting the California publisher highly prized rights to produce the popular "Tetris" title for mobile phones. Under terms of the acquisition, Jamdat immediately gains exclusive worldwide rights to publish...
Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a $137 million deal to buy Hawaii-based studio Blue Lava Wireless, granting the California publisher highly prized rights to produce the popular "Tetris" title for mobile phones. Under terms of the acquisition, Jamdat immediately gains exclusive worldwide rights to publish...
Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) announced its second mobile licensing agreement in a week, unveiling a deal granting THQ Wireless exclusive rights to publish strategy games, player images and ringtones.THQ said it will produce a trivia game under the partnership and will offer...
Clearinghouse vendor NeuStar Inc. filed plans for a $690 million initial public offering last week, a further sign that the financial drought of the past few years is slowly washing away. Indeed, companies across the economic spectrum are seeing the light at the end...
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...
DENVER-The National Basketball Association wants to be on the forefront of technology, be it the Internet, High-Definition TV or satellite radio. And to be on the cutting edge, the NBA also recognizes it needs a wireless presence. "It's important ... that the NBA be...
Jamdat Mobile Inc. may have finally climbed off the roller coaster.The mobile game maker posted a solid fourth quarter of 2004, reporting revenues of $11.6 million and a net income of $600,000, or 3 cents per diluted share, during the period. Jamdat netted $1.8...
The mobile gaming field continues to shrink as California-based start-up Kayak Interactive announced it is joining forces with Swedish publisher Synergenix Interactive.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Kayak launched early last year as a mobile connected gaming services provider. The company has since morphed...
The mobile gaming field continued to shrink this week as California-based start-up Kayak Interactive announced it is joining forces with Swedish publisher Synergenix Interactive. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Kayak launched early last year as a mobile connected gaming services provider. The company...
Verizon Wireless rolled out its consumer-focused high-speed data service last week with the launch of VCast, offering a slew of video-on-demand and gaming options to subscribers with compatible phones in 32 U.S. markets. To support the much-anticipated service, the second-largest U.S. carrier unveiled deals...
Verizon Wireless rolled out its previously announced consumer-focused high-speed data service Tuesday with the launch of Vcast, offering a choice of mobile games and video-on-demand to subscribers with compatible phones in 31 U.S. markets.The much-anticipated service offers a choice of 300 video clips a...
The mobile-gaming industry further consolidated as publisher In-Fusio acquired Thumbworks, a Tustin, Calif.-based provider of entertainment content. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.In-Fusio, a France-based specialist in the "connected gaming" arena, has established footholds in Europe and China. The company first moved into...
Entertainment publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will sell content through RadioShack Corp. outlets in what may be the first major agreement between a brick-and-mortar retail chain and a mobile content provider. The program, which is expected to be launched in the first half...
Content providers and developers continued to chase the exploding Chinese wireless market with two announcements Wednesday.California-based mobile game publishers Jamdat Mobile Inc. and THQ Wireless Inc. said they were both investing in C-Valley, a Chinese content delivery company that has established relationships with Chinese...
