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Mobile Entertainment Firms Sorrent, Macrospace Merge to Form Glu Mobile

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2005 - 3:05am.

San Diego -- California-based mobile entertainment publisher Sorrent and U.K.-based technology provider and mobile game studio Macrospace announced on Thursday that they have merged their brands to form a new company, Glu Mobile. The combined company will offer more than 100 original and branded titles, including games like "DRIV3R," "Deer Hunter" and "Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Mobile," and video clips from Cartoon Network, Fox Sports and Celador International. "Glu Mobile is the culmination of two world-class publishers coming together under a single global identity," said Glu Mobile president and CEO Greg Ballard. "The mobile entertainment market has evolved tremendously in the past few years, yet it's still early in consumer adoption and understanding, making the time right to launch a new brand."

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Mobile Entertainment Publisher Sorrent Acquires Developer Macrospace

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2004 - 5:06am.

San Mateo, Calif. -- Mobile entertainment publisher Sorrent announced on Wednesday that it has acquired London-based mobile game developer Macrospace. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although San Mateo, Calif.-based Sorrent said Macrospace will maintain its management team and London offices. Macrospace has created more than 40 mobile games, including "Fatal Force: Earth Assault," for clients including Cartoon Network, Eidos, Square Enix and Celador International. It also offers a service called ProvisionX that provides managed mobile game distribution for wireless carriers and media companies. "Their exceptional management team, innovative portfolio of games, and extraordinary technology and distribution significantly enhances our position in Europe and will be a substantial asset to Sorrent," said Sorrent CEO Greg Ballard.