Hutchison 3G today announced partnerships with nine games development companies; iFone, It’s Alive, Supedo , nGame, Codetoys, Simian Industries, Morpheme, Cheeky Wireless and Purple Software. Under these agreements a range of new and classic arcade style games, as well as traditional board and card games, will be available through Hutchison 3G’s multimedia services later this year. These agreements cover the supply of over forty games, to all international markets where Hutchison Whampoa has 3G interests. Many of the interactive games will be written and developed exclusively for Hutchison 3G; others will be improved versions of existing games. Lisa Gernon, strategy and marketing director at Hutchison 3G commented: “3G offers an exciting new gaming platform for everyone’s pocket. Hutchison 3G is focused on offering quality content in this new format and this is why we have carefully selected partners with the expertise and creativity to deliver compelling gaming experiences.”Joe Dever, head of games at Hutchison 3G, will be at E3, Los Angeles, 21-23 May . 

Sendo announced that first wave of applications are being developed by third party developers for the Sendo multimedia Z100 Smartphone. The applications being developed range from well-known games like Versaly. The Untouchables Pin Ball, various titles from Germany based Mobile Scope and Midway smash hit arcade classic Defender, to business applications like Word, PowerPoint and Excel viewers. The Z100 Smartphone large colour screen and the processing power of the device make it an ideal phone for games and multimedia entertainment. Sendo expects to be able to offer at launch games like The Untouchables Pin Ball and a range of games from Mobile Scope. The Swiss company Incagold is porting their award winning Slamtilt, pinball machine. Ideaworks3D will introduce its critically acclaimed Rebound! This is the first in a series of games using Ideaworks3D Segundo mobile gaming middleware, which is being used by leading game publishers to bring a large catalogue of major gaming brands to the Z100 Smartphone. As part of their wireless gaming strategy, mobile entertainment company Terra Mobile-iobox will publish Midway s retro classic Defender for the Z100. It is anticipated that more titles are to follow this year, with increased wireless functionality. US based Hexacto, also developer of Versaly The Untouchables Pin Ball and Terra Mobile-iobox Defender has fully committed to the platform and plans to release 20 Smartphone titles, among them a multiplayer Casino game, Tennis Addict and Ring a Bell a multiplayer trivia game show based on ring tones. Other games Sendo expects include Pixel Technologies Mobile Play, an online multiplayer games pack powered by Pixels JIVE technology. The games pack includes multiplayer Chess, Checkers, Poker, Spades, Backgammon and Reversi, all of which are compatible and playable on multiple platforms via Pixels JIVE servers.

Nokia Game, an interactive adventure provided by Nokia, will be played from 11 to 29 November in nine languages across all 25 countries simultaneously. During the game, players receive a mission that they must complete within the next 20 days. Those players who complete the mission to the fullest (i.e. score the most points) will win. Compared to previous versions of Nokia Game, this year offers both active and casual players the opportunity to play at their own level. Due to a new game concept, players can enjoy the experience 24 hours a day, if they want to, and upload and share their own created content to amaze and impress fellow players.

In addition, players are challenged to create a new game identity and investigate - using their game identity - the borders between fiction and reality. Close cooperation with the world’s largest music publishing companies has resulted in a game theme that will teach participants the ins and outs of today’s music business.Nokia Game uses the Internet, SMS, chat, interactive voice response (IVR) calls and mini-movies distributed over the web to share information and provide clues and instructions to the players. There is no participation fee to participate in Nokia Game. To play, participants need to have access to the Internet, an e-mail address, and a mobile phone with the capacity to receive short messages.

There is no age limit to play the game, but minors need their guardian’s permission to participate.At the end of the game, the top 10-100 players in each country will each win a special new Nokia 3650 phone with integrated camera, video player and camcorder. The winners will be among the first in their region to own and use this new phone.