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Say it ain't so! The Dude, Jeff Bridges' pot-head bowling anti-hero of film The Big Lebowski, has managed to get himself tied up with Kim Jong Il's North Korean regime. More »
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Been almost a year to the day since we first heard BioShock was making the jump to mobile phones. And we haven't heard squat from it since. So let's catch up with some footage. More »
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iPhone appears to be one of the main drivers behind mobile gaming growth, according to the comScore report released on Friday. More »
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Sturgeon's Law states that "Ninety percent of everything is crap". I don't think I am being too controversial by suggesting that if Theodore Sturgeon had ever encountered mobile phone games he would have revised upwards. More »
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I always thought the phenomenon of cell phones had reached monumental proportions in the U.S., but it's nothing compared to what it's like here in Japan. A ride on the train will have you seeing at least ten to fifteen people on each car with phones out presumably texting or playing games on them. The there's the cell phone charms. They are HUGE over here. Practically everyone has one or two or thirty dangling off their phone. Some are so large they are bigger than the phones. For example, one gal I saw had no less than three small plush animals attached making it impossible to put in a pocket or the tiny purse she was carrying. More »
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Eidos recently purchased Morpheme, a flash and mobile game developer in the UK with long ties the the publisher. More »
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Bizarre Online points out that the mobile version of Project Gotham Racing is live over on the Glu Mobile site. The site also includes a free demo of the 2D and 3D versions of the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=239975&view=rss&microfeed=true It seems like Alten8 can't go a single day without announcing, canceling or resurrecting their sure-to-be-crappy mobile phone game, Office Massacre. First the game was announced as an exciting murder spree featuring your office co-workers! Then it was canceled for being an insensitive murder spree featuring your office co-workers! Now Alten8 have decided to release the game anyway, replacing co-workers with zombie co-workers. More »
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Textually has a blurb about the 24 mobile game. The game uses a series of puzzles and time-based requirements to try and keep the intense pace of an episode of 24. However, it does so without the voice talents of the cast, but the mobile game does boast their likenesses and the 24 countdown clock. Textuality links to a BBC article that talks about what does and doesn't work in the mobile games version of 24 in greater detail. More »
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Namco's mobile push is underway and Time Crisis is heading to mobile handsets. This mobile version will boast the same 3D environments as its arcade counter-part - except you won't have to insert fifty cents to play it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=156610&view=rss&microfeed=true Lifehacker points to new software for Symbian or J2ME enabled phones that allows NES emulation. The $10 tech is called vNes. The cellphone I use reminds most people of the "Zack Morris" phone, so I'm totally SOL, here. To those about to rock NES emulation on your phones, I salute you. More »
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One of the biggest stumbling blocks in the creation of mobile games is the different hardware used by the countless phones available for mobile gaming. The solution to this problem is standardization, and Next Generation reports that some big names in mobile games are looking to do just that. Activision, Electronic Arts, Konami, Microsoft and Square Enix are trying to find a common ground so that it becomes easier to port their games to different phones. While not "long overdue," the mobile gaming industry has needed some standardization for awhile, now that big name companies are behind it something should get done. More »
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And kung fu fighting? What the hell? Yeah, it's being done in the form of a mobile game. Brady Bunch Kung Fu coming soon! I really don't know what to think. More »
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Video games are imitating real life, because the Tyson comeback attempts have gone digital. According to a press release at Games Industry, Player One will be making a new cell phone game featuring Mike Tyson. No word on whether Bald Bull and Soda Popinksi will appear beside Iron Mike in the title. More »
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