Dwango games now on Boost Mobile
"Seattle, WA ? (October 29, 2004) Dwango? Wireless (OTCBB: DWGN), a developer and publisher of entertainment content, applications and Mobile Lifestyle Brands for mobile phone users, announced today a partnership agreement with Boost Mobile, a lifestyle-based telecommunications brand that develops and distributes wireless communications products exclusively for the youth market."

Gameloft posts $7 million in Q3
"Gameloft posted consolidated sales of ?5.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004, up by 108% over the previous year. For the first nine months of 2004, sales amounted to ?14.2 million, representing a 141% increase."

San acquires Morpheme and Just Add Monsters
"Former Argonaut CEO Jez San has acquired two of the company's studios, with Cambridge-based Just Add Monsters and mobile developer Morpheme both being bought by the veteran developer."

BellSouth Sells Latin Amer Operations To Telefonica Moviles
"ATLANTA -(Dow Jones)- BellSouth Corp. (BLS) completed the $2.5 billion sale of its stake in wireless operations in five Latin American countries to Telefonica Moviles SA (TEM) and as a result, BellSouth will book a fourth-quarter gain of $385 million or 21 cents a share.. "

JAMDAT Mobile to Provide Prizes for MONOPOLY(TM) Best Chance Game 2.0 at McDonald's(TM)
"LOS ANGELES, CA - (October 28, 2004) - Global wireless entertainment publisher JAMDAT Mobile Inc., announced today it is providing game prizes for MONOPOLY Best Chance Game 2.0, now available at participating McDonald's restaurants through November 8 or while supplies last. "

The Mobile Media Company Makes Another Buy
"Marking its second buy in a week's time, the Mobile Media Company acquired Viva Technologies. The move will expand the wireless entertainment provider's global reach."

New Pricing Models are required to kick-start the European Wireless Gaming Market
"According to a new report by media research consultancy Screen Digest, the global mobile gaming download market will be a billion-dollar industry (?880m) by the end of this year. However the lion's share of this market will originate from Japan and Korea - last year these two markets accounted for almost 80% of the global market. Screen Digest forecasts that the global market will be worth $6.4bn (?5.25bn) by 2010. "

GlobalFun and Breakthrough New Media team together to take hit show Atomic Betty to mobile phones
"KARLSKRONA, Sweden, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ - GlobalFun AB, a global wireless entertainment developer and publisher, has signed an agreement with Breakthrough New Media, Inc. to develop and globally publish a mobile game based on the Atomic Betty hit animation series produced by Breakthrough Animation, Atomic Cartoons and Teleimages Kids. Atomic Betty is currently sold to over 100 territories worldwide including Cartoon Network US; Teletoon Canada; M6 France; Cartoon Networks in the UK, Italy, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, Australia; CITV UK; and ABC Australia."

DUO CREATIVE ENTERS MOBILE GAMES BUSINESS, LAUNCHES NEW BRAND
"Duo Creative Ltd. today marked its entry into the mobile games market with the launch of its new mobile games brand, Duo Games."

New Player Enters Mobile Gambling Arena
"October 28th. Gameplay matters ? and matters most, according to Cometa Games, a new mobile game developer and infrastructure provider which has entered the rapidly evolving mobile gambling sector."

Jamdat Mobile's "Bejeweled Multiplayer" now available to Verizon Wireless Get It Now? Customers
"From the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2004 show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, global wireless entertainment publisher JAMDAT Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: JMDT) announced today it has launched 'Bejeweled Multiplayer,' the award-winning gem-matching puzzle game, through Verizon Wireless' Get It Now downloadable application service."

WIM presents 'Panzer Storm' and 'Xerxes'
"Hundreds of machines of the 3rd tank division have launched an attack on the enemy’s army. You are the only survivor alone in your tank and your task is clear: to finish all the missions! You must destroy the centre of enemies before they damage your country. Will you resist your destiny and beat your enemies?"

NAMCO AMERICA ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY SEASON WIRELESS GAME LINE-UP
"SAN JOSE, CA ? October 25, 2004 ? Namco America Inc., a leading publisher of wireless games and content, announced today five new titles to be released during this holiday season through early 2005, adding to their exciting catalog which already includes the Top Ten mobile hits PAC-MAN? and Ms. PAC-MAN?. "

QUALCOMM Announces Support For Mobile Scalable Vector Graphics
"SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and BitFlash, an industry recognized leader in Mobile Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), today announced that QUALCOMM has licensed BitFlash's Mobile SVG Tiny (Mobile SVGT) technology to support QUALCOMM's Launchpad(TM) suite of multimedia technologies, including the market-proven Compact Media Extensions(TM) (CMX(TM)) multimedia software. "

Reaxion Debuts Gamarama Multiplayer Mobile System
"Seattle-headquartered mobile game developer and publisher Reaxion Corp. has announced the release of Gamarama, a hosted multiplayer system available for licensing from Reaxion that allows game developers to add multiplayer, matchmaking and ranking functionality to their existing single-player mobile games, and build communities around their games."

Konami partners with Takara for mobile games
"TOKYO--Japanese game publishers Konami and Takara announced today that they have joined forces to release Konami's mobile phone games in Asian countries outside of Japan. The first game to come out of the deal will be a dog-breeding simulation game based on Takara's popular dog-barking translation device, called Bow-lingual. "

EB Games and WideRay Deliver First-Ever Wireless Game Retail Distribution Platform
"Electronics Boutique (Nasdaq:ELBO), the leading global specialty retailer of video games and related products, and WideRay, provider of the leading platform for proximity services -- on-location distribution of digital goods and services to mobile devices via short-range wireless technologies -- today announced that the companies have partnered to deliver mobile games to consumers inside select EB Games retail stores beginning in December 2004. "

Kayak Interactive Unveils New Community-Based Games: PubPool Online & Pinball Panic! with Multiplayer & Challenge Capabilities
"Mobile entertainment publisher Kayak Interactive today introduced Pinball Panic! and PubPool Online as the latest titles in their rapidly expanding catalogue of community games for mobile phone handsets. During the CTIA show, Kayak challenges attendees to visit the Kayak booth and play the games against others to see just how much fun community games can be. "

Warner Bros. Online to Publish BREW® Applications
"BURBANK, CA ? Oct. 25, 2004 ? Warner Bros. Online today announced it has signed an agreement to publish wireless games and entertainment applications developed for QUALCOMM?s BREW solution. Among the brands slated to appear later this year are Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter and DC Comics, with additional branded titles being introduced throughout 2005."

JAMDAT Mobile Launches Tony Hawk's Underground 2 for Wireless
"LOS ANGELES--Oct. 26, 2004--Global wireless entertainment publisher JAMDAT Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:JMDT) announced today the launch of Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ATVI) Tony Hawk's Underground 2 for wireless. "

Orange’s Partner Programme and Argogroup Launch Mobile Developer Testing Tools
"Surrey, UK, 25 October 2004 ? Orange and Argogroup, the leader in User Experience Optimisation for mobile data services, have launched the world?s first real-time online testing programme for mobile application developers. Available to its worldwide developer network immediately, Orange is using Monitor Master, Argogroup?s award-winning testing technology, to radically speed up software certification times and halt mounting costs to developers. These new services will cover the testing and verification of new J2ME, WAP, MMS, ring tones and wallpaper applications ensuring faster time to market of cutting edge mobile applications for Orange?s 52 million subscribers world-wide."

Nokia's Preminet aims to chill Qualcomm's BREW
"SAN FRANCISCO--Cell phone maker Nokia on Sunday unveiled Preminet, a 'one-stop shop' for wireless operators that want to sell ring tones, games, picture messaging and other cell phone paraphernalia and services, a move that opens a new battle front with competitor Qualcomm. "

Digital Bridges releases Robocop and Platoon
"New York, 25th October 2004: The dbigames publishing unit of Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, today announced the imminent launch of Robocop?, an all-action shoot-em-up mobile game based on the Paul Verhoeven?s 1987 sci-fi hit movie; and Platoon?, an atmospheric jungle combat game based on Oliver Stone?s Academy Award? winner for Best Picture in 1986. "

WALT DISNEY INTERNET GROUP EXPANDS WIRELESS BUSINESS INTO THIRD-PARTY LICENSING WITH LAUNCH OF STARWAVE MOBILE
"San Francisco ? CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Show -- October 25, 2004 -- The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) today announced a strategic expansion of its wireless business with the launch of Starwave Mobile, a licensing and publishing business that will focus on content licenses from third-party companies and non-Disney brands from within The Walt Disney Company. Starwave Mobile will leverage WDIG?s established content and operations teams and global industry distribution relationships to a wide range of content beyond Disney-branded properties."

Eidos to publish titles for BREW handsets
"Eidos today announced that it will publish games for BREW-enabled mobile phones. The publisher will bring its key brands to the platform, including Tomb Raider and Thief among others. The BREW solution is a system that supports all sorts of applications and services for wireless handset devices, from games to ringtones to productivity to GPS software. "

Eidos to publish titles for BREW handsets
"Eidos today announced that it will publish games for BREW-enabled mobile phones. The publisher will bring its key brands to the platform, including Tomb Raider and Thief among others. The BREW solution is a system that supports all sorts of applications and services for wireless handset devices, from games to ringtones to productivity to GPS software. "

Mobenta Industry News - Mobile Entertainment Analyst
"San Francisco ? CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Show -- October 25, 2004 -- The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) today announced a strategic expansion of its wireless business with the launch of Starwave Mobile, a licensing and publishing business that will focus on content licenses from third-party companies and non-Disney brands from within The Walt Disney Company. Starwave Mobile will leverage WDIG?s established content and operations teams and global industry distribution relationships to a wide range of content beyond Disney-branded properties."

Digital Bridges Launches 1st Mobile 3D Pool Game in North America

"New York, 25th October 2004: ? The dbigames publishing division of Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, today announced the launch of dbi 3D Pool, the most realistic, 3-D pool simulation available on mobile. This ground-breaking new mobile game, developed by Distinctive Developments, will be available across a wide range of Java and BREW-enabled handsets in the United States and Canada, and distributed by all major wireless network carriers."

Games poor relation to ring tones
"MOBILE GAMES ARE in danger of becoming the poor relation in a fast growing mobile entertainment market. British research firm, Ovum, says they represent only 5 to 20 per cent of the current market for handset 'personalisation."

E-Plus launches Cartoon Network Games
"Cartoon Network today announces the launch of its mobile services featuring Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The Powerpuff Girls and a whole host of its other world famous characters in a new deal with E-Plus in Germany."

Four new mobile game releases by IECOM
"IECOM announces 'NinjaKid II - The Tower of Wuang Chong', 'A.I.M.S.', 'PinkBubble in Trouble' and 'Treasures'."

Mobile Scope and Chromatrix to bring 'Perry Rodan' to Mobile Gaming Space
"Wireless entertainment publisher Mobile Scope today announced, it has signed a deal with Germany based development studio Chromatrix GmbH to jointly publish 'Perry Rhodan', a Real Time Strategy game for mobile devices."

Blue Lava Wireless Adds 12 Titles to Top-Selling Catalogue of Classic Games, Puzzle Challenges and Arcade Thrills
"HONOLULU, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Lava Wireless, a leading developer and publisher of mobile games, today introduced 12 new games at CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2004 in San Francisco, Calif. The variety of engaging, easy-to-play titles include Tetris Battle, Tetris Puzzle, Yucatan, AltEarth, TicTacTics, QuadLinks, Mobile Rally, Right Brain Paradise, Texas Hold'em, Soccer Mania and President. Company executives are demonstrating the new titles at Blue Lava Wireless' booth (#620-C) at CTIA through Oct. 27, 2004."

Sprint's Got Game: Three Games Earn Gold and Platinum Status
"OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Three mobile games are winners with Sprint customers, reaching 'gold' and 'platinum' status based on number of downloads."

The Mobile Media Company Signs Global Agreement with Ericsson for Internet Payment Platform
"SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2004--The Mobile Media Company (Mobile Media at www.mobilemedia.com) today announced a global agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY), the leading telecom supplier, to incorporate Ericsson's Internet Payment eXchange (IPX) platform into its mobile content and interactive services. Ericsson IPX is a hosted payment solution that makes it easy for content providers and operators to process payments for services and content, simplifying the digital content purchase process for consumers. The agreement also allows Ericsson to offer Mobile Media content as a part of its hosted IPX solution. "

Reaxion Launches Gamarama -- A Multiplayer Platform Enabling Developers to Create Gaming Communities and Add Multiplayer Functionality to Their Mobile Applications
"Today, Reaxion Corp., a leading developer and publisher of mobile games, entertainment and communication applications, releases Gamarama(TM) and Gamarama.com. Gamarama is a hosted multiplayer system available for licensing from Reaxion that allows game developers to add multiplayer, matchmaking and ranking functionality to their existing single-player mobile games and build communities around their games. According to Mobile Games Analyst, adding multiplayer functionality opens up the opportunity to build a long-term revenue stream from a single game title while creating a loyal community of customers. "

CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2004 Exhibitor Profiles
"SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2004--CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2004 takes place Oct. 25-27, 2004, at Moscone West in San Francisco. For in-depth information about the event visit http://www.wirelessit.com/. "

Reaxion Launches Gamarama -- A Multiplayer Platform Enabling Developers to Create Gaming Communities and Add Multiplayer Functionality to Their Mobile Applications
"Today, Reaxion Corp., a leading developer and publisher of mobile games, entertainment and communication applications, releases Gamarama(TM) and Gamarama.com. Gamarama is a hosted multiplayer system available for licensing from Reaxion that allows game developers to add multiplayer, matchmaking and ranking functionality to their existing single-player mobile games and build communities around their games. According to Mobile Games Analyst, adding multiplayer functionality opens up the opportunity to build a long-term revenue stream from a single game title while creating a loyal community of customers. "

Fans Personalize Mobile Phones With New NASCAR.COM Content Available on BREW(R)-Enabled Phones
"SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25 -- Digital Orchid Inc., an innovator in the development, management and distribution of branded wireless applications, and eMbience Inc., a leading developer and publisher of wireless software, today announced that NASCAR.COM TO GO wallpaper and ringtones were recently made available for QUALCOMM's BREW solution. NASCAR.COM TO GO wallpaper and ringtones enable fans to personalize their cell phones to reflect their passion for NASCAR, and connect them to their favorite sport. "

Superscape’s 3D BREW® Games Showcased by Qualcomm at CTIA Wireless
"Monday 25th October 2004, Hook, Hampshire, UK ?Superscape Group plc (LSE: SPS), announces that two of the company?s new 3D mobile games will be showcased in QUALCOMM?s exhibition booth at this year?s CTIA Wireless I.T. event being held in San Francisco October 25 ? 27."

Nokia launches end-to-end mobile content solution
"A new Nokia initiative called Preminet aims to provide an end-to-end solution for mobile content distribution - simplifying the process for developers, operators and consumers alike."

elkware to bring 'Miami Vice' to Mobile Phones
"elkware Inc., a leading developer of mobile entertainment, today announced that it has secured a license from Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to create mobile games based on the television series that defined the 1980's, 'Miami Vice.' All the exploits of Crockett and Tubbs in sun-drenched 1980's Miami will be available on handsets through several carriers this holiday season."

Major N-Gage Title Created using mophun
"Synergenix Interactive today announced the cooperation with THQ Wireless and Two Tribes in the development of Worms World Party for the Nokia N-Gage. The game will be distributed on a memory card and mophun was used as middleware in the development to accelerate the game and facilitate the development."

Flash Lite for i-mode wireless
"ASIA : Macromedia and NTT DoCoMo announced that members of the DoCoMo-led global alliance of i-mode? licensing companies will be offered Macromedia Flash Lite to provide their mobile Internet users with rich interactive experiences."

First Digital TV on a Single Chip for Mobile Phones
"US : Addicted to reality TV programming? It won't be long before you can watch your favorite real-life TV broadcasts on the go, thanks to a chip Texas Instruments Incorporated is developing for cell phones."

China Mobile 9-Mo Net Rises 10% On Year To CNY28.90 Billion
"HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. (CHL) Wednesday reported a 10% on-year rise in net profit for the first nine months, driven mainly by the addition of 10 provincial cellular networks it acquired from its parent in April. "

Mobile Phones In India Overtaking Fixed-Line Phones
"NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- India is likely to have more mobile telephones than fixed-line phones in use by the end of October, underscoring the rapid growth in wireless phones in the world's second most populous country. "

Zone4Play Game Applications Launce on Sony-Ericsson, and Orange IL Mobile Services
"WILMINGTON, Delaware, October 20 - Current Play-for-Fun Casino Applications to be Followed by Play-for-Real Services Zone4Play, Inc. (OTCBB: ZFPI), a leading developer and provider of multi-platform interactive game applications and solutions, announced today the launch of play-for-fun casino applications on mobile services offered by Sony-Ericsson, O2 and Orange IL. They will be available on over 40 cutting-edge mobile devices produced by Nokia, Motorola, Siemens, Sony-Ericsson and Sharp."

MACROSPACE LAUNCHES GLOBAL MOBILE TO MOBILE, WEB TO MOBILE MULTIPLAYER GAMES
"London, UK ? 21 October, 2004 ? Macrospace, the global provider of mobile games and mobile gaming services, today announced the launch of a suite of innovative multiplayer mobile games. These new games allow players to compete in real-time using their mobile phones with not only other mobile users, but also PC users via their web browser, creating a whole new multiplayer dynamic."

The Mobile Media Company acquires Telenor Interactive; North America's pioneering mobile messaging and services company forms global network with The Mobile Media Company
"OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2004--Telenor Interactive, (www.telenor-interactive.com), a leading provider of mobile applications and messaging services in North America, today announced it has been acquired by The Mobile Media Company AS (www.mobilemedia.com). Both companies have Telenor Venture as a major investor, and the new consolidated company will be operating under the Mobile Media brand. The company is now one of the leading, independent, global providers of wireless games, interactive entertainment services, and marketing applications. "

Simple DirectMedia Layer library available on Symbian OS 7.0
"Superwaba announces the port of SDL (Simple Direct Media Layer, not to be confused with the Symbian Development Library!) to Symbian 7 UIQ."

Mikoishi Launches World's First Real-Time Nation Versus Nation Multi-Player Mobile Action Game for Java Enabled Phones
"MIKOISHI LAUNCHES WORLD?S FIRST REAL-TIME NATION VERSUS NATION MULTI-PLAYER MOBILE ACTION GAME FOR JAVA ENABLED PHONESBreaking new ground in the mobile multiplayer gaming experience Singapore, 27 September 2004 ? Mikoishi (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd, Asia?s leading developer of multiplayer mobile games, proudly announces the immediate availability of Crossfire, the first real-time multiplayer action game that allows mobile phone gamers across Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines to team up in combat and fight for their nation. "

Skyzone Entertainment announces Acqusition of JSmart Technologies
"SkyZone Entertainment, a wireless media leader that delivers fun and exciting ?Made for Mobile?TM entertainment, today announced an agreement to acquire JSmart Technologies."

'Sex And The City' goes mobile
"The latest in a series of branding efforts by various mobile carriers, Sprint will now be offering content themed on the HBO TV series 'Sex And The City'. Content is available now on select Java-enabled Sprint 'PCS Vision' phones, includes a 'Sex And The City' branded portal, downloadable ringtones including actual clips from the show's theme song ($2.50 USD per ringer) and animated screen savers of the cast ($1.50-$2 USD), including the main female leads Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha, plus a selection of their male cohorts; Mr. Big, Smith, Aidan, Steve and Harry."

PowerVR Shows MBX Chipset For Mobile Gaming
"Imagination Technologies has announced a further demonstration of graphics support, via this week's ARM Developer Conference in Santa Clara, CA, for ARM chip-based mobile gaming using its PowerVR MBX graphics core. This graphics chipset enables the migration of complex 3D/2D graphics and video content to mobile platforms. "

EIDOS AND MACROSPACE TEAM UP FOR CRASH 'N' BURN TURBO
"LONDON, October 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Eidos, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, and Macrospace, the global provider of mobile games and mobile gaming services, announce a deal to bring Crash 'n' Burn Turbo(TM) to mobile phones."

NEW HELLO KITTY MOBILE GAMES TITLES FROM THQ WIRELESS
"Wednesday 20th October 2004, Woking, Surrey, UK: THQ WirelessTM IncTM ('THQ Wireless'), a leading publisher of mobile games, announces that its portfolio of Hello Kitty Java mobile games has now been expanded with the addition of two new titles. This month, Hello Kitty celebrates its 30th anniversary as one of the world's most recognizable brands."

CDMA2000 Industry Celebrates Successes and Sets Roadmap for Technology Evolution at 2004 CDMA Americas Congress
"COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- More than 1,100 wireless leaders from over 37 countries attended the ninth annual CDMA Americas Congress in Miami, organized by the CDMA Development Group (CDG). Operators, equipment vendors, content providers, application developers and analysts shared CDMA2000(r) success stories and discussed market opportunities, business strategies and evolution to next-generation networks and services. The prevailing theme of the conference was emerging opportunities for data services. With the introduction of CDMA2000 1X and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, data is the fastest-growing business for many carriers, and some forecast that it will contribute 50 percent of revenues in five years. "

For-side.com's South Korean Subsidiary Offers 3D Mobile Games to Samsung Electronics
"Tokyo (JCNN) - Mcres, a subsidiary of For-side.com of Japan, announced October 15 that the it has signed an agreement to provide Samsung Electronics with 3D mobile game content, which will be featured in Samsung's mobile phones designed for the Chinese market."

Mobile Game Developer - Topping ELSPA August Java Chart
"Mobile Game Developer investigates with the top selling companies what do they think of the chart and what really got them in there. "

Synergenix partners with IMImobile to deliver mophun? games in India and Sri Lanka
"Synergenix Interactive, providers of the mophun gaming accelerator and mobile games publisher, announced today that they have joined forces with IMImobile, a leading mobile VAS and Wireless technology provider in India."

High School Senior from Crown Point Indiana Wins $2500 at Ultimate Nokia N-Gage Challenge
"Over the past four months, Nokia?s Anyone Anywhere N-Gage Truck has been touring cities across America to spotlight the N-Gage QD, the latest mobile phone/gamedeck from Nokia. During the tour, gamers have competed head-to-head against other gamers in a quest to win the Ultimate N-Gage Challenge."

Sorrent and Atari Celebrate the Legendary SIMON Game with Mobile Version
"SAN MATEO, Calif. ? October 19, 2004 ? Sorrent, Inc., a leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment, and Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced an agreement to create the SIMON? game for mobile, a cell phone adaptation of the legendary electronic memory game. The SIMON game for mobile recreates the magic of the original game with familiar red, yellow, green and blue flashing lights while delivering new, innovative features only possible on the mobile platform. The SIMON game, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary, was the first electronic memory game developed under license from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS)."

Hybrid Graphics' OpenGL ES and M3G developer forums opened
"Forums for technical discussion on Hybrid's OpenGL ES and M3G implementations as well as other Hybrid's products have been opened at http://forum.hybrid.fi. Apart from technical support, the forums are meant for general discussion on current mobile graphics APIs. The forums are the primary source of support for the free-of-charge non-commercial versions of Hybrid's mobile graphics API implementations."

A myriad of glorious gaming with K500i
"Sony Ericsson launches full-fledged mobile gaming phone "

Digital Bridges Targets Japan
"London UK, 18th October, 2004: Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, today signalled its ambitions in the Japanese market for mobile games with the appointment of Shigeru Ota as its Vice President, Business Development. Shigeru, who brings over 20 years of blue-chip experience from the videogames industry, will be responsible for extending the company's sales reach into the large and dynamic Japanese market for mobile entertainment."

Electronic Arts And Digital Bridges Announce Availability Of EA Sports™ FIFA Football 2005 Mobile
"London, UK ? 18th October 2004: Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS), the world?s leading interactive entertainment software company, together with Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, today announced the availability of EA SPORTS? FIFA Football 2005 Mobile International Edition across Digital Bridges? European distribution network."

UBA Technology Makes Betting From Cell Phones Possible
"VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Oct. 18, 2004--UBA Technology Inc. (Pink Sheets:UBTA.PK), a leading software development company, has released its Wireless Event-Trading platform, which will be packaged with its proprietary Betting Exchange software. UBA's Wireless Event-Trading platform, allows betters to use Java-enabled cell phones and PDA devices to place bets directly at the company's betting exchange site, located at www.ubetanything.com. "

Betting big on a new breed of gaming
Take one look at Magmic's new horse-racing video game for cellphones and BlackBerries, and you realize this one isn't about the ponies.

Tiger Telematics in Co-Operation With Well-Respected Game Industry Veterans Warthog
LONDON, England, October 13 -- Tiger Telematics (OTC:TGTL; OTC:TGTL.PK) parent company of Gizmondo Europe Ltd, and Warthog today announced a new partnership. Warthog will support the eagerly anticipated, new, handheld multi-entertainer with game content.

Mobile Halloween Party - Download Free Halloween Cell Phone Images
SmartServ Online, Inc. is throwing a Halloween party at its Uphonia.com mobile content superstore by giving away free Halloween-themed screensaver images for cell phones. Uphonia.com has more than 5,000 ringtones, images and mobile games. For Halloween, Uphonia.com has added a special features page with free images that you can send right to your phone to turn it into a spooky Halloween accessory.

VU Games’ Best-Selling Original Franchise, Spyro: The Dragon™ goes mobile
New York, 14th October 2004: Digital Bridges, a world leader in mobile entertainment solutions, and Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced an agreement to bring VU Games’ original character franchise, Spyro The Dragon™, to dbigames’ portfolio of premium branded mobile games.

Misha Lyalin, CEO and Founder of Reaxion
Reaxion is a publisher and developer of mobile games. Founded in February 2001, the company has expanded rapidly, having released over 30 games and it was not so long ago that it announced its partnership with Nickelodeon. We speak to Misha Lyalin, CEO and founder of Reaxion about what the future has in store for the game company.

Argonaut warns of financial difficulties
Shares in British developer Argonaut Games have been suspended from trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning after the company issued a short notice to the markets indicating that it may be facing serious financial difficulties.

SecurePlay 2.0 For Mobile Games - New Java, J2ME Versions Released
United States, October 15, 2004 -- "Our goal is to provide a complete game security solution for game developers", said Cheryl Campbell, President, IT GlobalSecure, "SecurePlay on Java helps meet that objective by providing a single implementation for platforms ranging from wireless handhelds, to interactive TVs, consoles, and PCs."

Macrospace Games go 3G with '3'
Macrospace, the global provider of mobile games and mobile gaming services, today announced the availability of its critically-acclaimed mobile games from the UK’s fastest growing mobile operator 3. 3, the UK’s first video mobile network, has added several of the most popular Macrospace games to its range of products and services available for mobile subscribers to download.

Nokia Launches N-Gage Mobile Fan Packs
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Nokia Corp (NOK) Tuesday said N-gage users can now customize their game deck with personalized ring tones, message alert tones and multimedia message animations.

Press Release: Games Set to Lead $4.8bn Mobile Java Market by 2009
Hampshire, UK (12.10.04) --- New findings from Juniper Research show that Java downloads will generate over $4.8bn in mobile revenues by 2009, with Mobile Games accounting for the vast majority of revenues.

Superscape Features Innovative 3D Entertainment for Java and BREW Mobile Phones at 3G World
Superscape Group plc, leaders in revolutionary entertainment for mobile phones, will be exhibiting the latest titles in its portfolio of 3D games at this year's 3G World Congress. These include Evel-ution (based on Evel Knievel's stuntman exploits), AMF Xtreme Bowling and Street Hoops.

iHollywood Forum Announces Mobile Entertainment Summit 5 On Oct. 24 at CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2004
iHollywood Forum, Inc. today announced the lineup for its fifth Mobile Entertainment Summit(TM) (www.mobiletechforum.com), focusing on the wireless technologies and content transforming the U.S., European and Asian mobile entertainment marketplace. Produced in association with CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2004 (www.wirelessit.com), the Mobile Entertainment Summit takes place on Sunday, October 24 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. 9am-7pm.

New publishing and distribution agreements
SCi Entertainment Group Plc ("SCi"), one of Europe's leading publishers of computer and video games, today announces three new publishing and distribution agreements.

Kuju Wireless signs new title by talented Caveman
Publishing Ltd, the dynamic, wholly owned subsidiary of Kuju Entertainment PLC (AIM: KUJ) today announced the signing of a new game, Climber X, from ambitious mobile developer Caveman Arts.

Siemens Mobile Acceleration Sells Its Stake in Chinese Game Developer And Magus-Soft to Mforma
Siemens Mobile Acceleration (SMAC), a leading international investor in the wireless sector, today announces the sale of its stake in the Chinese portfolio company Magus-Soft. Acquirer is the US-based mobile entertainment group Mforma. Magus-Soft is the number one developer and publisher of mobile gaming in China and has been a portfolio company of SMAC since July 2002.

MOBILE GAMES 2004
C5's 5th Annual Mobile Games Conference offers a unique opportunity to derive competitive advantage in the fast and ever-changing world of mobile games.

SmartServ Launches Mobile Halloween Party - Download Free Halloween Cell Phone Images at the Uphonia.com Online Mobile Content Superstore
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SmartServ Online,Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SSRV), is throwing a Halloween party at itsUphonia.com mobile content superstore by giving away free Halloween-themedscreensaver images for cell phones. Uphonia.com has more than 5,000ringtones, images and mobile games. For Halloween, Uphonia.com has added aspecial features page with free images that you can send right to your phoneto turn it into a spooky Halloween accessory.

THQ WIRELESS BRINGS RED FACTION THIRD-PERSON SHOOTER ACTION TO MOBILES
Wireless IncTM. ("THQ Wireless"), a leading publisher of mobile games, announced today that the company will develop a mobile version of Red FactionTM, the critically acclaimed action game PCs, consoles and the Nokia N-Gage, from THQ Inc®. Red Faction for mobiles will be available on major networks worldwide on both Java and BREW phones.

Symbian And Orange Collaborate to Support Developer Community
Symbian Expo, London, UK – Today at Symbian Expo - the smartphone show - Symbian and Orange announced that Orange has further committed to the Symbian Signed program by becoming a self-certifier. Symbian Signed is an industry-wide initiative led by Symbian that meets the market need for a flexible generic certification program for Symbian OS mobile applications. The program uses a range of test criteria defined in co-operation with key industry stakeholders to set a standard for application development on Symbian OS and is gaining widespread market adoption amongst phone makers, mobile operators, developers and application portals.

The Road to Wireless Gaming Success
"Becoming a success in the mobile gaming market used to be simple. As long as you had a good application and the attention of a wireless carrier or two, you had a chance of succeeding."

Tira Wireless Sells Publishing Division to Airborne Entertainment
"Tira Wireless, a provider of enabling technology for the mobile content marketplace, today announced that Airborne Entertainment has purchased the rights to all games, applications, brands and distribution contracts formerly held by the publishing division of Tira Wireless. Tira continues to focus on its core business - providing the mobile content market with the technology and services needed to overcome the challenges of device and market fragmentation."

$78 Billion in Revenues by 2007 for Mobile Content
"US : The Wireless Content spotlight report explores the burgeoning world of content now being delivered to mobile devices not only how adoption will affect wireless operators, but also how it will influence third-party providers of information, music, streaming video and games. "

'Big Brother' - mobile game announced
"Overloaded, the leading mobile games developer and distributor, announced along with partner Endemol (the developers of the Big Brother TV series) the release of the Big Brother mobile game."

Sony Ericsson Application Shop proven channel for developers
"London, UK, Oct. 5, 2004 ? Symbian Expo 2004 ? On average, hundreds of thousands of consumers visit the Sony Ericsson Application Shop every month. This shop has proven a valuable go-to-market channel for third party application developers that create software and games for Sony Ericsson phones. Statistics from Handango, Sony Ericsson's software distribution partner, show that the average UIQ customer spends 36% more on software per purchase (in USD) than the average PDA and phone customer."

Fox & EliteR, announce Alien vs Predator (AvP) for mobiles
"Staffordshire, England - 4th October, 2004 - veteran entertainment software publisher EliteR and Twentieth Century Fox today announced a global agreement granting Elite rights to develop and distribute a game for mobile devices based on the AvP franchise. EliteR will launch the game in conjunction with the impending theatrical release of 'Alien vs. Predator'. The AvP franchise was first launched through comic books and then
established on the video game console platform, proving to be widely successful with fans of both the 'Aliens' and 'The Predator' properties."

Playboy Announces Expansion of Wireless Offering to Spain and Portugal
"NEW YORK, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA - News) and 1633SA, today announced an agreement to expand content distribution via wireless in Spain and Portugal. 1633SA will offer Playboy's content to mobile devices through wireless networks. Wireless customers will not only have the option to download wallpaper images, MMS content and wireless games using Playboy's unique content but also will have access to still photos and video clips from Playboy's vast archives."

Digital Bridges announces holiday roster
"New York, 4th October, 2004: Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, today announced the launch of Crash Nitro Kart?, the latest action-packed mobile title version of Vivendi Universal Games? world-renowned original character franchise, Crash Bandicoot?. Digital Bridges has exclusive North American mobile game rights to the Crash Bandicoot brand, which has a global reach and a franchise value in excess of $700 million."

MACROSPACE AND CARTOON NETWORK PUT GAMERS UNDER STARTERS ORDERS FOR A SPECIAL POCKET-SIZED WACKY RACE
"London, UK 3 October 2004 Cartoon Network, the world's most widely distributed kids' animation channel, and Macrospace, the global provider of mobile games and mobile gaming services, today announces the global launch of 'Wacky Races', a fantastic new 3D-style racing game for mobile phones."

THQ Wireless Celebrates SpongeBob SquarePants Mania; Company Expands Popular SpongeBob SquarePants License to Wireless Gaming in the U.S.
"CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2004--THQ Wireless(TM) Inc., a subsidiary of THQ(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI), today announced two new SpongeBob SquarePants games for mobile devices in the U.S. -- SpongeBob SquarePants Bowling and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Game. "

Symbian Licensees To Launch 40 Phones Within 18 Months
"LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Mobile phone operating system developer Symbian PLC (SYN.YY) Tuesday said that ten of its licensees are developing 40 types of phones for launch over the next 12 to 18 months. "

Nokia, Intel, Symbian Join On Series 60 Platform
"Finnish telecommunication equipment company Nokia Corp. (NOK) Tuesday said it will collaborate with Intel Corp. (INTC) and Symbian PLC (SYN.YY) to bring smartphones based on the Nokia Series 60 Platform to market using Intel technology. "

Beep Science introduces OMA v2 DRM product for next generation console alike Mobile games
"London, October 5th, 2004, at Symbian Expo: Beep Science showcases and announces commercial availability of its new Digital Rights Management product for Native Mobile Games and Console Games. The product is based on version 2 of the DRM industry standard from Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), with extended functionality and security tools especially tailored for cost effective and secure distribution of Native Mobile Games."

New Round Shape 3D Gaming Phone
"ASIA : Pantech & Curitel Introduces a round-shape 3D game phone (Model : PH-S3500). It is Korea?s first game phone with hardware-based 3D graphic chip and a dual speaker. Two 64-poly 3D sound speakers, along with the 3D graphic chip, are to uphold the fun of 3D game ? speed and graphics. "

The search for music technologists
"INFORMATION technology (IT) graduates have been complaining for some time of difficulties in finding suitable work to match their qualifications. It may seem like it's an employer's market, with lots of IT job applicants vying for a few jobs. However, not all IT companies have had the luxury of hundreds of graduates applying for one position. "

Survey Finds Low Consumer Interest in Watching TV and Videos on Cell Phones
"US : Television-enabled cell phones are on the horizon, but is there strong consumer interest in this new technology? Not yet, according to a study conducted by Lyra Research's DTV View group. Conflicting Signals: A Cell Phone Television Interest Survey polled more than 1,300 U.S. cell phone users, finding that the majority were not interested in watching TV on a cell phone or other portable device. "

Industry’s First Mobile Phone Application Processor with Parallel Processing

"ASIA : NEC introduced the MP211, the industry?s first application processor for mobile phones with three internal CPU cores. The new product leverages NEC Electronics? parallel processing and low power consumption technologies, enabling high performance multimedia processing such as terrestrial digital broadcast reception, videophone, and music playback while maintaining low power consumption."

SOFTWARE DEAL
"Software developer Superscape, based in Hook, Hampshire, has acquired Chicago-based 3D Wireless Games and assets of its Moscow-based business OOO Dakor in a cash-plus shares deal worth ?310,000."

MACROSPACE’S ‘FATAL FORCE’ WINS GAME OF THE YEAR AT THE MOBILE CHOICE CONSUMER AWARDS 2004
"Macrospace, the global provider of mobile games and mobile gaming services, last night won the coveted 'best mobile game' crown at the 4th annual Mobile Choice Consumer Awards in London for it's flagship title 'Fatal Force: Earth Assault'."

Top online games are minimizing for mobiles
"Popular online games have a new locale ?? the telephone.
Lineage 2, one of the most popular online games in the Korean market, can now be played over cellular phones.
The mobile version, Lineage 2 Genesis, was released yesterday by its developer, NC Soft. It is available through mobile service provider SK Telecom and will be available for KTF and LG Telecom subscribers later this year.
The game differs from the original PC version, which is a massive, multi-player online role-playing game in which thousands of players compete simultaneously in a vast cyber world. "