Entries for October 2006

Gameloft,a leading developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones, announces that it has signed a distribution agreement with Sony Ericsson for the launching of Vijay Singh Pro Golf 3D embedded on Sony Ericsson's P990 smartphone and M600 messaging device, the first global handsets on the market to include the OpenGL ES technology.

OpenGL ES is the ideal API (application programming Interface) for effective and optimal development of 3D games on operating systems like Symbian, or virtual machines like BREW. The arrival of this API in mobile phones such as Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3-based M600 and P990 will also be a giant step toward the democratization of 3D.

From today, mobile gamers can push their driving skills to the limit as Need for Speed™ Carbon launches exclusively to O2 customers, first. Before even console gamers can buy the eagerly anticipated third in the Need for Speed™ series, O2 customers will ahead of the race on their mobile phones.

Developed by Electronic Arts, Need for Speed™ Carbon challenges players to the ultimate adrenaline-filled test of driving skill both on the street and on treacherous canyon roads, and the mobile version of the game is available exclusive to O2 in the UK.