EA To Boost Mobile-Phone Games

Now we’re talking: Gaming giant Electronic Arts will boost production of video games for mobile phones over the next nine months, bringing top-selling franchises “Fifa Football” and “The Sims” to handsets… in coming years it expects to sell mobile-phone versions of its top-selling titles in the Java and Brew programming languages.
The company said it would be take at least two years for the sale of mobile games to make a meaningful impact on the company’s bottom line.
Mobile gaming company Digital Bridges will work with EA to develop the network for mobile gameplay and work with operators to sell the games, the companies said.
BBC Online: In the long-term, the company is looking at ways of linking its mobile and consoles games. A gamer could, for example, play The Sims on a mobile and then upload the changes to the game on a PC of console at home.
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