Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is planning to move into mobile games, according to the new issue of Mobile Entertainment magazine.
What does that mean? Potentially a bunch of its first-party PS2 and PS3 games getting mobile conversions – the mag cites This Is Football, The Getaway and Primal as three examples, along with the frankly less-likely SingStar and EyeToy brands.
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A new deal brokered by games trade body ELSPA means that we'll soon see simultaneous release dates for mobile games on all five UK operators: 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone.
However, at first sight it seems that the deal will only benefit the biggest games publishers. According to Mobile Entertainment, it concerns four firms: EA Mobile, Glu Mobile, Gameloft and I-play.
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How big a problem is piracy for mobile games? Pocket Gamer asked Digital Chocolate's Trip Hawkins (EA founder), THQ Wireless' Michael Laubscher and The Mighty Troglodytes' Hugues Wanner what sort of an impact piracy is having on the lucrative mobile games market.
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If there's one company out to rule GDC Mobile, it's Nokia. The reason, of course, is its next gen N-Gage Gaming Platform, and no (as every Nokia speaker points out), that doesn't mean N-Gage 2.
Instead, the company is setting out its stall with numerous talks covering the various aspects of how the new N-Gage service will work.
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I-play CEO David Gosen is one of the more outspoken advocates for the mobile games industry. Pocket Gamer recently had the opportunity to to sit down with him at 3GSM to discuss the subject more, as well as picking his brains on original mobile games and Nokia's next-gen N-Gage.
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You might be surprised to see how much freebie goodness has the Sony brand stamped on it. From official movie clips to game demos, there's a lot out there that they won't charge you a penny for. But where to find it all?
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New content provider Mobi-Ge Town has hundreds of freely downloadable games available for users of 3G phones in Japan, including dinky Puyo Puyo clones and podgy RPGs. The catch is that you have to sign up for the provider’s online community services, put up with heavy packet sizes, and get an eye-full of advertising from time to time.
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