Posts Tagged ‘mobile phones’
Modern Warfare 2 coming to cellphones thanks to Glu
Sure, Modern Warfare 2 is going to be one of the biggest console (and PC) launches to date but you didn’t think Activision would just forget about the portable market, did you? OK, good because the publisher has recently anounced that they have contracted Glu to develop a Modern Warfare 2 port for mobile phones.
There is absolutely no details on gameplay but we do know that Modern Warfare 2 will be workfor Blackberrys, the Android OS and Windows Mobile Phones when it is released towards the end of this year.
Activision must have something against Apple as they are missing out on a huge market by not releasing Modern Warfare 2 for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Read (Joystiq)
Gameloft teams up with Sega Europe for mobile games
It was recently made known that mega-mobile-publisher Gameloft has inked a deal with Sega Europe to produce mobile games based on Sega property:
“We are confident this agreement will be the first step towards a long term partnership between Gameloft and SEGA,” said Michel Guillemot, president, Gameloft. “SEGA’s great brands coupled with Gameloft’s long standing history of excellence in mobile game development can only result in an extraordinary mobile experience for consumers.”
The first game to come from the deal is Sonic Unleashed, which Gameloft is describing as a “high speed 2D side-scrolling adventure”.
Gamers will be able to choose from Sonic the Hedgehog or Werehog when this game is made available in Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand in June. I wonder what other games Gameloft has cookin’.
KlickSports Launches College Basketball Championship Challenge for Free!
Gamers today are pretty much hooked up on statistics and prediction games and apparently this has set the stage for KlickSports to launch their free sports-based interactive prediction games, College Basketball Championship Challenge game, which is now open for fans to join and compete.
By visiting www.klicksports.com/promo/bracket.html, users can immediately participate in the fun by playing one game in each Region (4) in the First Round, and then continue to play one Regional game in each Round all the way through to the Final in April. Fans can play online (via automated Instant Messenger) and on mobile phones (via automated Text Messaging) during the entire Tournament. Players will be playing for prizes throughout the series, with a chance to win a PS3, iPods and team baseball caps.
The College Basketball Championship Challenge follows on KlickSports’ successful Super Bowl game in which KlickSports saw its user base increase by 48 percent. With the KlickSports’ college basketball series, fans predict team and player stats live during the game and play against their friends and other fans for points and prizes.
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