Digital Chocolate's Position as Top-Rated U.S. Publisher for 2005

Digital Chocolate, a leading publisher of software for mobile phones, is closing out 2005 as the world's top-rated U.S.-based publisher of mobile games, based on reviews and ratings by top gaming media outlets GameSpot and IGN.
Digital Chocolate's 2005 lineup of high-quality games received the highest average review scores among mobile game publishers. Three of Digital Chocolate's most recent releases - WordKing Poker, Tower Bloxx and MLSN Sports Picks - have been awarded one or more Editors' Choice or Best Application Awards from top mobile industry sources. In December, Digital Chocolate's WordKing Poker mobile game was awarded a Forum Nokia PRO Award, recognizing the game and Digital Chocolate for significant contributions to innovation in the mobile industry.

Targeted Ads Coming to Games, Mobile TV

This article starts with MobiTV’s move to change the ads in the TV shows it broadcasts to better fit the person watching and looks at the changing nature of advertising…“Here’s the logic: Consumers willing to pay for TV on a cell phone tend to be more affluent, urban and tech-savvy than the average viewer. So why should they get the same ads as the average viewer?”

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Nokia introduces next generation of mobile gaming development tools

Nokia's next generation mobile games development platform was unveiled for the first time to sixteen of Nokia's first party games developers, during the inaugral next generation mobile gaming workshops in Helsinki, on the 1st - 2nd December, 2005 and Vancouver, on the 7th - 8th December, 2005. Nokia's first-party games development studios were given an exclusive opportunity to learn and experience the development environment of the next generation games platform where rich and immersive N-Gage quality games can be played on a variety of Nokia smartphones. During the two-day Workshop, the developers learned about fundamental functionalities for the new mobile games platform and got the opportunity to interact with Nokia to share their thoughts and consult on game design, middleware, tools, certification, software developer support, hardware and how to bring a connected gaming experience to the global community via the N-Gage Arena.