Games Round-Up: Top Ten Publishers; I-play On N-Gage

By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 20 Aug 2007 11:20 PM PST

--Modojo has published Telephia's top ten mobile game publishers for the second quarter of this year--I'm pretty sure this is for the US, but not 100 percent. Rather than give numerical rankings Telephia has grouped the publishers into tiers:
Tier 1: EA Mobile
Tier 2: Gameloft, Glu Mobile, Namco Networks
Tier 3: Hands-On Mobile, I-Play
Tier 4: Superscape, Vivendi Games Mobile
Tier 5: mDisney, Sony Pictures Mobile, Digital Chocolate
There's a couple of things to note: Namco seems to be increasing marketshare since Gameloft and Glu used to be significantly ahead of everyone else except EA, and it's the introduction of Vivendi Games into the top ten list. Also, Hands-On is having trouble, so its position may be tenuous.

--I-play has committed to support Nokia's N-Gage platform, which isn't really surprising. The first game will be World Rally Championship and Super Mah Jong, although the company will apparently focus on “one-thumb” games--which seems a little strange, considering N-Gage is aimed at fairly experienced gamers. (RCR News)

--Exit Games has added Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 to its mobile multiplayer platform... (Modojo)