Game makers call for mobile shopping revolution
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The mobile game unit at Electronic   Arts Inc. ERTS.O prepared 2,000 different versions of the   game "2006 FIFA World Cup" when it launched, but dealing with   the particular quirks of individual handsets is not its biggest   problem.
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Games giant Electronic Arts is  joining forces with a Scottish mobile entertainment firm to make more mobile games.
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Employees at game software makers are speaking out about demanding hours, challenging companies to change their ways. Photo: Family time for former EA worker
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The growing functionality of mobile phones-- which in the future could be used to unlock doors and make credit-card purchases-- is driving demand for new and stronger security products, companies exhibiting at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona said.
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Yet another attempt to standardise mobile gaming The Mobile Gaming Initiative has gained backing from the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and formed a Game Services Working Group within the OMA to look at standards in mobile gaming.â¦
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Australian mobile telephone users may be able to buy and woo virtual dates this year after the release of a Virtual Girlfriend game for 3G mobile telephones.
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Investor's Business Daily - Several new gadgets make it possible for users to control them just by using hand gestures. Similar to the popular bowling video game for Nintendo's Wii console, two new cell phones sold in Japan offer a bowling game that responds to users swinging their phones by detecting the movement through a camera and springs. One new PC tracks different finger signs, so a user can thumb left to scroll left. One prototype TV lets users gesture, plus snap or clap, to change the channel or adjust the volume.
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Virtual worlds, mobile coupons and  bar-code readers on cell phones are the next technology wave  that U.S. chain stores must ride if they hope to stay  competitive in the fast-changing world of global retail.
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With a covetous eye on the success of portable music players, mobile phone makers are going after would-be iPod buyers by building high-quality players into their handsets.
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A video game maker created a wish list of its ideal job candidates and set up a campaign to woo each one. A personalized iPod helped grab their attention.
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Video game makers from around the world will gather in San Francisco beginning on Monday to collaborate about the future of play.
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Industry 'coming of age' Mobile games revenues are expected to grow from $3bn in 2006 to $10bn by 2009, according to new research.â¦
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Game maker held its own in a crowded Christmas-season marketplace.
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Gaming giant Electronic Arts will boost production of video games for mobile phones over the next nine months, bringing top-selling franchises &quot;Fifa Football&quot; and &quot;The Sims&quot; to handsets, the company says.
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Video game makers are intent on winning the hearts and cash of those that prefer trivia, puzzles, mysteries, music or virtual zaniness to animated warfare.
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Video game pioneer Trip Hawkins is going mobile. His latest act, a Silicon Valley company called Digital Chocolate, is developing games and "lifestyle" applications for portable phones. He hopes the new venture will turn out like the first he founded, Electronic Arts, the leading video game maker. His most recent gaming company, 3D0, went out of business after a decade. Hawkins spoke with USA TODAY's Edward C. Baigat last week's DemoMobile conference in La Jolla, Calif.
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As console makers gear up to ship their next-generation boxes, game designers look for new routes to success.