EA
announced today that it will create mobile versions of
financially beleaguered Eidos Interactive's franchises. EA now holds the licenses to "all existing mobile channels and devices" for
Tomb Raider Underworld, Just Cause 2, California Games X and
Minesweeper. EA has the option of doing mobile versions of most Eidos games for the next three years.
The
Tomb Raider and
Just Cause titles will be based off the upcoming sequels, while
California Games X will be a "brand new version" of the '87 Commodore 64 game (hacky sack, y'all!). Of course,
Minesweeper is the game which has been packaged with Windows since 1992.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sora @ Sep 15th 2008 8:08PM
I lol'd at "mobile-ize" instead of "mobilize" in the title.
Sora @ Sep 15th 2008 8:09PM
Also, Eidos...name rings a bell, aren't they those guys who made Kane and Lynch 2?
rTwelve [xbl:chilblane] @ Sep 15th 2008 8:21PM
When you really think about it, Minesweeper is a really good game for iPhone/iPod touch o_O
knight666 @ Sep 16th 2008 4:51AM
You can get it for free for most smartphones. I have a version of Minesweeper on an old Palm IIIx.
VaultICEE @ Sep 15th 2008 9:12PM
...Wait a second...
A new California Games?!?!
:O
Immortal Technique PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Sep 15th 2008 9:36PM
I haven't been impressed by a single iPhone game yet. I have the crash racing game, monkey ball and a few other games. So far the tilt mechanic is just awful for mobile gaming.
Guzzie @ Sep 16th 2008 10:00AM
Enigmo is pretty good.
Haggard (Free Mr.ESC!) @ Sep 16th 2008 2:44AM
Hmm, I'd forgotten about Just Cause 2. I might actually buy (the real thing), since the original wasn't that bad.
ZeroCorpse @ Sep 16th 2008 9:47AM
Ugh. Of all the great Commodore 64 games to bring into the 21st century, they picked California Games?
MAIL ORDER MONSTERS you mooks! It's begging to be remade with online play.
How about Archon I & II on top of that?
Jeez. Old EA games rocked, back when they weren't a power-mad corporation run by lawyers. They have a back catalog that would be very welcome on modern consoles and handhelds.