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Developers, Wireless Firms Team on Open Mobile Gaming Architecture

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 10, 2006 - 3:04am.
Dallas - A group of wireless firms and mobile game developers announced on Friday that they have joined forces to develop an open gaming architecture for mobile phone games, which they say will lower development costs and time to market. The group includes game developers Activision, Digital Chocolate, Electronic Arts, Konami and Square Enix; phone middleware developers Ideaworks3D and Tao Group; phone operating software providers Microsoft, Symbian and MontaVista; chipmaker Texas Instruments; wireless network operator SK Telecom; and handset makers Samsung and Nokia. The companies hope to reduce mobile game development time and costs by making it easier for developers to simultaneously create games for multiple software platforms -- like Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux. "By outlining an architecture for gaming platforms, these industry heavyweights will make possible even stronger future growth, exponentially accelerating the adoption of premium mobile games," said Richard Kerslake, of Texas Instruments' wireless terminals business unit. The first developments from the group are expected in the second half of 2006.
tags: Games | Mobile | Wireless | Architecture | Developers | Open |

Casual Games Developer PopCap Opens Offices in Ireland

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2006 - 7:41am.
Seattle - PopCap Games, a developer and publisher of casual games, announced on Wednesday that it has opened an international office in Dublin, Ireland. Seattle-based PopCap said the new facilities will host a development studio and also serve as a hub for its European and Asian business activities. Localized versions of PopCap games are slated to launch in some foreign markets this quarter, and international versions of its website will launch in the first half of the year.
tags: Games | Developer | Open | Office | Casual | PopCap | Ireland |