Alternate reality games are in vogue, with gamers playing via SMS, voice messages, Web sites, WAP, moblogs, MMS, ringtones… unsurprisingly the games are a boon for mobile operators, with a Chilean game created for Telefonica. Another game was commissioned by Microsoft to create a buzz around the release of Halo 2, the sequel to the biggest selling Xbox game Halo.
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