Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 February 2006
Major players unite behind gaming
architecture
Leading companies in the wireless and mobile gaming value chain have joined forces to define and support an open gaming architecture for premium-quality native games for mobile phones.
Leading companies in the wireless and mobile gaming value chain have joined forces to define and support an open gaming architecture for premium-quality native games for mobile phones The combined efforts between Activision, Digital Chocolate, Electronic Arts (EA), Ideaworks3D, Konami, Microsoft Corp, MontaVista Software, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, SK Telecom, Square Enix, Symbian, Tao Group and Texas Instruments will aim to streamline the process of developing and delivering games for a range of mobile environments, resulting in reduced platform fragmentation, lowered development costs, and a richer gaming experience for the consumer
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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