BROWSING: Glu Mobile
Nokia’s N-Gage gets Glu support ahead of relaunch
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Glu Mobile said it will publish games for Nokia Corp.'s N-Gage platform, which is set for a public unveiling next week.The handset maker is preparing to dust off the familiar-but tarnished-brand next week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, expanding the N-Gage...
Paid to play: Ad-based gaming gaining ground
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The world of mobile gaming encompasses roughly a half-dozen genres, from first-person shooters to pick-up-and-play casual titles. And now, finally, the wise money management quiz game.Visa USA is targeting teens with "Financial Football," a free wireless game released last week that puts mobile gamers...
Glu eyes $92M IPO
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Wireless publisher Glu Mobile Inc. hopes to raise as much as $92 million with a long-awaited initial public offering, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The firm looks to become the second pure-play mobile game maker to go public, following...
Data mining techniques not an exact science
In these early days of mobile data, the wireless industry is scrambling for timely, accurate data about consumer behavior. But it's finding that such information can be difficult to come by. Mobile content measurement firm Telephia last week clarified a recent study that raised...
Like Ricky Bobby says: Content is for doers, not thinkers
LOS ANGELES--In the heart of the world's entertainment capital, Paul Reddick told content providers it was time to show him the money.The vice president of business development and product innovation at Sprint Nextel Corp. took to the stage at last week's MECCA event prior...
Mobile entertainment is for doers, not thinkers
In the heart of the world’s entertainment capital, Paul Reddick told content providers it was time to show him the money. RCR @ CTIAClick here for complete coverage of the CTIA Wireless I.T. show. Click here for the latest headlines from the show.The vice...
Mobile-gaming space surprised by different health assessments
Mobile game-makers spent their time at the world's largest video-game conference trying to reconcile two very different bills of health. A report issued by M:Metrics in advance of the Electronics Entertainment Expo earlier this month indicates mobile-gaming activity has been consistently flat during the...
Game publishers scream for attention in crowded quarters
LOS ANGELES-Like fans at a rock concert shouting to be heard above the din, game publishers are trying just about anything to rise above overcrowded carrier decks and present their wares-and their names-to consumers. Multi-layered decks have long been a problem for mobile content...
Mobile arises out of E3 gaming conference
SAN FRANCISCO—As gamers and the gaming industry gather this week in Los Angeles for the E3 2006 conference, Telephia offered an upbeat view of the mobile gaming industry’s growth. Wireless users bought more than 8.2 million games for their phones in March, up 53...
Glu acquires wireless gaming company iFone
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Wireless game-maker Glu Mobile announced it acquired iFone, a wireless entertainment publisher based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.The transaction is just the latest in a long string of merger-and-acquisition activity in the wireless gaming market....
Protect your aquarium with Glu’s Insaniquarium Deluxe
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher Glu Mobile said it plans to offer PopCap Games' Insaniquarium Deluxe game to mobile-phone users. The PC version of the popular game has been downloaded more than 18 million times, according to Glu. The company offers two other titles...
Mforma, Glu Mobile update sports content
SEATTLE-Entertainment publishers Mforma Group Inc. and Glu Mobile are using tomorrow's NFL season opener to tout their latest sports-themed wares.Mforma has teamed with CBS SportsLine.com and the NFL on an updated offering that allows fantasy football players to manage their rosters from their handsets....
Industry, gamers wait for breakout mobile title
Ever since Pong ushered video games into U.S. homes three decades ago, the video-game industry has leaned on a handful of blockbuster titles to open new gaming genres and drive sales of new platforms. Gamers got out from behind the console with Nintendo's GameBoy...
Time Warner invests $7.5M in Glu
Time Warner Inc. is the latest media giant to join the stampede to the "third screen" with a $7.5 million investment in wireless game maker Glu Mobile. The stake was part of a $27.5 million haul in Series D financing for Glu (formerly Sorrent...
Now that EA’s playing in wireless, will acquisitions follow?
When Electronic Arts Inc. signaled its long-awaited entry into mobile gaming earlier this year, many onlookers expected the 800-pound gorilla to quickly devour a competitor or two. Instead, the company appears to be making steady progress in wireless on its own. That may be...
Glu launches Smith game based on movie
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Glu Mobile Inc. announced the launch of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, a mobile game based on the Twentieth Century Fox film due out this weekend.The title is the third offering under an exclusive deal between Fox and the mobile entertainment publisher, which...