News on all the latest Mobile devices
Forthcoming events
E for All Expo
Jul 18th
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E for All Expo
October 3rd-5th Los Angeles, USA www.eforallexpo.com
The big event in the North American games industry callendar
ME Awards 2008
Jul 18th
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ME Awards 2008
September 25th London, UK www.mobile-ent.biz/me-awards
Mobile entertainment magazine hosts the biggest night in the content industry calendar, with over 400 execs from all over the world arriving in London to celebrate the industry excellence.
Austin Games Developers Conference
Jul 18th
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Austin Games Developers Conference
September 15th Austin, Texas, USA www.austingdc.net
This long-running event attracts more than 1.100 attendees and provides educational, networking and business opportunities for game development professionals.
IBC
Jul 18th
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IBC
September 11th-16th Amsterdam, Netherlands www.ibc.org
The biggest technology event in the broadcasting industry calendar has developed a considerable mobile presence over the last two years.
CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment
Jul 18th
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CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment,
September 10th-12th San Francisco, USA www.wirelessit.com
The second, more entertainment-focused CTIA of 2008 takes up residence in San Francisco.
Virtual Villagers
Jul 15th
Virtual Villagers is a ridiculously successful web game for the PC/Mac, originally developed by Last Day At Work and made available on the wired web by Big Fish Games.
Now Vivendi Games Mobile has picked up the wireless rights, with the first instalment set to hit operator decks later this year. It’s got high hopes.
In a nutshell, Virtual Village Mobile is a real-time simulation in which players guide their castaway tribe to survival. Players must help their tribe solve puzzles and hidden mysteries on the island and manage resources through farming, building, sciences, parenting, etc, in order to thrive.
And just like the PC version, when the player quits the game, life continues in their absence. The game has proved hugely popular with the growing army of casual gamers, and especially among women and younger players.
The mobile games industry in a bullish mood
Jul 15th
The global mobile games market represented about €1.6 billion in 2007, according to a research from market watcher Screen Digest. That represents 45.6 per cents of the global mobile content revenues (about €3.5 billion for games, music, video…). It is nowadays the biggest part of the content industry. For Screen Digest, this market will be allowed to increased of 62 per cents in four years’ time, up to €2.6 billion .
Only in USA revenues from games mobile reach €536 million followed by Western Europe with €450 million.
According to Javier Ferreira, Vice president of European publishing at EA Mobile says: “There seems to be a lot of anxiety in mobile games but the fact is we are a really successful industry, we are the second largest content category in terms of usage behind ringtones and Europ alone saw 100 million paid downloads in 2007. For me that’s taken the industry beyond niche and into the mass market.
The new platforms available and those forthcoming bring optimism among the mobile games industry.
ME Awards 2008
Jul 15th
ME Awards 2008 will take place in thursday, September 25th 2008 in Palace Suite, at Kensington Royal Garden Hotel, London.
It is the biggest night in the content industry calendar, with over 400 execs from all over the world arriving in London to celebrate industry excellence.
There will be 19 awards across three categories comprising Development & Publishing, Services, and Handsets & Operators. There will be also a Special Award for the outstanding contribution to mobile content.
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Build your own Bluetooth handgun handset, or don't
Jul 15th
Want to attract attention (and the police) every time you answer your cellphone in public? Then perhaps this build-at-your-own-risk Bluetooth handgun handset project is for you. As far a……
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