Air2Web announced a worldwide partnership agreement with SAS, which provides business analytics software and services. Together the companies plan to integrate Air2Web’s AirCARE platform with SAS’ capabilities to offer a solution that allows enterprises to use information about their customers to create personalized interactions...
Hollywood is in full summer swing as studios begin releasing their blockbuster titles in theaters around the country. With that come some of the year's biggest promotions and marketing campaigns, which mobile is playing a greater role in year after year. It's become an...
Don't drop your cellphone in the water THQ Wireless Inc. said it signed a worldwide agreement with Playboy Enterprises to be the exclusive developer of Playboy-branded mobile games. The multi-year agreement gives THQ development and publishing rights to a variety of Playboy-branded, lifestyle-themed...
The mobile gaming playground remains a tumultuous space, according to new earnings reports from three of the industry's biggest players. Shares of Glu Mobile Inc. plunged after the publisher issued fourth-quarter guidance that fell short of analysts' expectations. Glu narrowed its quarterly loss significantly-reporting...
Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. surged while Glu Mobile Inc.'s stock tumbled after both companies issued quarterly earnings reports.EA, which continues to dominate the mobile gaming space, managed to exceed Wall Street's expectations despite a net loss of $132 million for the quarter. The...
The wireless gaming space continued to consolidate, as two major players in the space announced purchases.First up was THQ Inc., which announced it bought Finnish mobile game development studio Universomo Ltd.Universomo offers a game development environment and automated porting solution for all major mobile...
A flurry of mobile gaming news is coming out of San Francisco in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference. Powerhouses and startups in the gaming industry have saturated the market of late; indeed, on-portal mobile gaming downloads generated more than $566 million last year,...
SAN FRANCISCO—As gamers and the gaming industry gather this week in Los Angeles for the E3 2006 conference, Telephia offered an upbeat view of the mobile gaming industry’s growth. Wireless users bought more than 8.2 million games for their phones in March, up 53...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Video game publisher Capcom said it plans to establish a mobile division based in Los Angeles. The Mobile and Interactive Division plans to release at least 10 titles in North America from Capcom's library of games. Among the games planned for release are...
MADRID-Telefonica Moviles signed two global content agreements, with content vendors I-play and THQ, that the carrier said will allow its subsidiaries to improve their mobile gaming offerings.I-play's titles include The Fast and the Furious 3D, Colin McRae Rally 2005, EA Tiger Woods 2005, EA...
LEIPZIG, Germany-A group of four companies deployed four 2.2-meter high-illuminated columns at this week's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. The technology will beam free mobile content to Bluetooth-enabled devices in the show area.The companies participating in the Beamzone demonstration are Blue Cell Networks GmbH,...
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.-Revenues from THQ Inc.'s wireless subsidiary more than tripled during the fiscal fourth quarter compared with last year, helping push the company to an 86-percent gain in overall profits during the period. Net income for the quarter was $10.1 million or 24...
INDIANAPOLIS-Cingular Wireless will partner with THQ Wireless Inc. to offer an enormous portfolio of content from the latest installment of the "Star Wars" film series.During the next few months, the carrier will release at least nine mobile games, 10 ringtones, 250 animated and still...
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...
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...
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...
CALABASA HILLS, Calif.-THQ Wireless Inc. became the latest company to try to cash in on this weekend's NBA All-Star Game with the launch of a new mobile basketball title.The company unveiled "NBA All-Star 3-Point Shootout," a branded game available to Verizon Wireless subscribers with...
Although only two teams will line up on the field Sunday for the grand culmination of the professional football season, multiple players will participate in Super Bowl XXXIX in one wireless capacity or another.Verizon Wireless upgraded cell sites and installed a pair of cell...
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.-The growing popularity of wireless gaming helped publisher THQ Inc. generate a record $400 million in sales during the third quarter of fiscal year 2005, up 37 percent over the previous year, the company said Tuesday.THQ, which develops and distributes games for...
Mobile publisher THQ Wireless Inc. said it will allow football fans to vote for a most valuable player during the Super Bowl broadcast Feb. 6.THQ is teaming with Players Inc., the licensing arm of the NFL Players Association, to encourage spectators to tout their...
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...
Enchantress, Deathlok, Nightcrawler and Ant-Man-coming soon to a cell phone near you. Those characters, as well as more familiar Marvel comics stars like Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk, are going mobile. Publisher Mforma Group Inc. is scheduled to announce a licensing agreement to create...
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...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.-THQ Inc. has signed an exclusive deal that gives the independent game publisher interactive rights to four upcoming Pixar Animation Studios animated films.Under terms of the agreement, which begins in 2006 with the release of Pixar's first wholly owned feature film, THQ will...
