The market for games on BlackBerrys, Treos and other smart phones is growing at a “red-hot” pace, reports an article on the Wall Street Journal.
According to the article, publishers such as Electronic Arts, Gameloft, and Glu–who once considered the smart phone market too small to develop or publish for–are now jumping on board with new offerings. Electronic Arts now offers 30% of its catalog to BlackBerry and devices that use the Windows Mobile platform, while Gameloft recently announced 30 new games for the BlackBerry.
Even Apple’s iPhone, which as yet has no support for third-party games, is being targeted by developers like PopCap, who recently announced that their hit Bejeweled is available via the iPhone’s built in web browser.
Phone manufacturers are spotting the trend as well: BlackBerry creator Research In Motion opened up part of their internal software to game makers to ease development, and Microsoft is working with carriers to develop a solution to making getting games for Windows Mobile devices easier.
Games are still sometimes hard to find however, and users continually turn to Magmic’s Bplay, Handango.com, or Thumbplay.com for their fix.
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