Entries for November 2007

Despite glorious predictions, the Mobile Games market is clearly still failing to compete with the success of the console and PC games industry. In fact, many people are concerned that the Mobile Games market is close to saturation point.

For these reasons, the industry is once again meeting at The Mobile Games Forum 2008 on 23^rd and 24^th January at Sofitel St James, London to assess the current state of the market and its stability for the future. Now in its 5th year, The Mobile Games Forum is the industry’s most established and respected event.

Electronic Arts' mobile games will soon offer a 3D performance equivalent to traditional portable gaming consoles.

Broadcom and Electronic Arts recently signed an agreement to enable popular EA Mobile game titles on mobile phones powered by Broadcom solutions. The game titles will be optimized for the latest generation VideoCore III mobile multimedia processor from Broadcom, which supports HD content and graphics performance equivalent to today's dedicated handheld game consoles.

"Low power 3D hardware graphics acceleration will allow developers to create games for convergent mobile devices that can compete with or surpass games for dedicated handheld gaming devices. True high-resolution 3D graphics will entice consumers to download and play more mobile games," says gaming analyst Billy Pidgeon at IDC.