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Xbox boss Shane Kim has been speaking at this weeks Microsoft Gamers Day and voiced his opinions on a Microsoft Handheld console. 
When asked whether the company wish they’d entered in to the handheld gamer market, currently dominated by Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, Kim is surprisingly pleased they didn’t try. 
“I’m very happy we didn’t get [...]

Glu top man, Greg Ballard has stated that the company is excited by the prospects of new mobile gaming platforms in the coming year, including iPhone, Android, N-Gage, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. 
He is quoted as saying, “We expect that these phones will generate more revenue per phone than current and past devices have.  
“Second, we [...]

Los Angeles-based Games Company XSEED Games and Japan-based Publisher Marvelous Entertainment Inc have joined in a strategic co-publishing partnership.
The deal will help to establish a US publishing presence for Marvelous Entertainment and will provide XSEED Games an opportunity to access and bring to market titles from Marvelous’ portfolio of high quality, popular games.
Under the [...]

Failed handheld Gizmondo is set for a comeback by Christmas 2008. 
If you thought the N-Gage was a bit of a let down, the Gizmondo was an example of how not to launch a console; terrible games, pitiful sales and serious mismanagement of company finances. 
 Well just like ants at a picnic, the Gizmondo will not go [...]

Being one of the world’s best loved franchises, Lord of the Rings has been made in to quite a few different games on various formats, each with varying degree’s of success.  Will we ever get bored of the massive world J.R.R. Tolkein created? EA Games don’t seem to think so and to be honest, I [...]

It’s small, lightweight and could very well revolutionize mobile gaming. I am of course talking about the rather cool Zeemote JS1 Controller.
Is this going to be the next big thing to shake up mobile gaming over the next few months? At 95×35×20mm and only 47g (including batteries), the JS1 Is ergonomically designed for comfort and [...]

Mobile phone giant Nokia have launched the second version of its SNAP Mobile SDK and they reckon it’ll be easier for developers to create connected Java games. 
The program is available for free and has a big focus on accessibility for developer’s all thanks to it’s object-orientated API and improved UI framework.  
The SNAP Mobile SDK [...]

Coolest Girl in School is getting an international release on the back of the very public Australian release last year.  The game’s website boasts “Lie, bitch, flirt your way to the top of the high school ladder. Become the Coolest Girl In School NOW” and has been condemned by a group called the Family Association [...]

While there has been much chat about the best mobile games and whether the sector will ever be able to compete with the games console sector, many people seem to have forgotten about the hi-tec mobile phones on the market today. So is the Nokia N81 your dream gaming mobile?
Those who follow the industry [...]

While the 2007 version of Tennis Open by Gameloft is still one of the best selling mobile phone sports games of all time, it seems as though Wimbledon 2008 could actually better the earlier version. As we approach the run up to Wimbledon what better time to start putting the rumours around? What better [...]