SEGA Mobile announced the release of Samba de Amigo for mobile phones, a lively, maraca-shaking rhythm music game originally made popular in the arcades. Samba de Amigo for mobile phones features an upbeat soundtrack of popular songs and is a portable fiesta of fun. continued »

Glu Mobile announced the global launch of "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", a mobile game based on the DreamWorks Animation SKG animated film, which opens in U.S. theaters on November 7. The film is the sequel to the studio's 2005 hit "Madagascar," and is the first title Glu has developed and published with DreamWorks Animation, according to the company. continued »

Zeemote announced the forthcoming availability of the Zeemote SDK (software development kit) for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM), which includes the BlackBerry Curve and the BlackBerry Pearl series smartphones. The Zeemote SDK will allow BlackBerry developers to create mobile games that are compatible with Zeemote's JS1 Controller, a wireless, analog joystick for mobile phones that connects via Bluetooth. continued »

GameFly, "the NetFlix" of the gaming world, launched a new version of their site specifically optimized for mobile handsets, making its subscribers easy to choose and order a choice of more than 6,000 titles. continued »

Great, this game came out on time. According to AAS, the  Star Wars: Force Unleashed is now available from the N-Gage application's showroom. continued »

Electronic Arts has signed an agreement with Eidos Interactive (LSE:SEG), which provides licences to EA Mobile for four key titles: Tomb Raider Underworld, Just Cause 2, California Games X and Minesweeper, with a future option on the mobile versions of the majority of Eidos videogame properties for a period of three years. continued »

Playphone and Tapatap have chosen DeviceAnywhere to develop mobile games applications on actual devices. DeviceAnywhere offers online service that provides remote access to over 1500 real handsets, on live worldwide mobile networks, remotely over the Internet. continued »

Zeemote and Nokia today announced a cooperation to bring the Zeemote JS1 Controller to users in Germany. The agreement sees Nokia advertising the Zeemote JS1 Controller in its German on and offline media channels. Additionally, the Zeemote JS1 Controller will be available in special Nokia gaming bundles with selected mobile devices. continued »

Handango announced a deal to distribute games from Electronic Arts. EA Mobile titles including Madden NFL 08, The Sims 2, The Sims Bowling, MONOPOLY Here & Now, TETRIS, Bejeweled, and many more, are now available on smartphone platforms including Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian UIQ through Handango's web properties and Handango's on-device client, InHand. continued »

Zeemote and Sony Ericsson today announced a partnership to launch the Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth Controller in Netherlands. Across the Netherlands, from August 8th 2008 to October 31st 2008, the Zeemote JS1 Controller will be offered free to purchasers of Sony Ericsson's new 3G mobile handset, the W760i Walkman, via a mail-in voucher promotion. The W760i will come with two embedded Zeemote Ready ... continued »