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Wayfinder Brings Location Based Gaming to GPS Phones

GPS is all the rage these days for mobile phones, so it’s only natural that we see exciting 3rd party applications evolve over time. One of those technologies is location based gaming and alternative reality platforms from the folks at Wayfinder. Imagine finding the position of yourself in the world that is reflected in the game - this has tremendous opportunity. A world wide game of Risk anyone?

Wayfinder, a leading supplier of innovative location and navigation services in mobile phones, has introduced a forum where game developers can create location oriented games using Wayfinder technology.

Jonas Sellergren, VP Innovations at Wayfinder.

“We see a huge potential for location oriented entertainment and gaming in mobile phones. By giving access to our 3rd party APIs to the game developer community, we believe that we can help these developers save a substantial amount of time when creating Location Based or Alternate Reality Games, especially on the mapping, search and positioning side”

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HandyGames and Sony Ericsson Team Up

HandyGames, a leading independent publisher of mobile phone games will team up with Sony Ericsson Play Now arena and Fun & Download, the two official content aggregators for both platforms.

Christopher Kassulke, CEO of the German publisher:

“We are very pleased about the confidence placed in our company and we are looking forward to a successful cooperation with Sony Ericsson.” “Due to our long lasting strategy “Quality instead of Quantity”, we will succeed in presenting to our customers a high-value portfolio with games for mobile phones and applications.”

The company will handle of the communication with present and future content partners, the sourcing of high quality games and applications for Sony Ericsson Content & Service as well as carrying out the accounting of external suppliers.

This is great news for Sony Ericsson phone owners. Check back soon for details on the upcoming games available on the two platforms.