Sega Mobile Announces New Titles

Game publisher Sega Mobile announced an agreement with International Sports Management, the exclusive licensee of International Olympic Committee, to develop Sonic at the Olympic Games and Beijing 2008: The Official Mobile Game of the Olympic Games, both of which will be available across major wireless carriers worldwide in conjunction with the upcoming Summer Olympics.

Beijing 2008: The Official Mobile Game of the Olympic Games enables players to compete in four events--the 100m, Hammer Throw, 200m Freestyle and Table Tennis--in both Quick Start and Go for the Gold! modes.

Sonic at the Olympic Games features the popular videogame hedgehog in five events, including the 1500m, 400m Hurdles, Triple Jump Discus and Javelin.

Sega Mobile also announced the remainder of its 2008 portfolio, spotlighting mobile editions of popular titles like Sega Columns Deluxe, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Crazy Taxi.

Sega Mobile is also jumping on th iPhone train, announcing that they will be publishing their first game for Apple's iPhone, Super Monkey Ball.

"We're very excited about the iPhone and what Apple is bringing to the table--it's a big step forward in delivering premium content on the wireless platform," said Sega Mobile marketing director Carrie Cowan in an interview with FierceMobileContent. "For Super Monkey Ball, our developer team spent two weeks with the iPhone SDK, and fundamentally, the platform represents the next evolution of wireless gaming. It enables things even handheld gaming devices can't do, like tilting and twisting the device. It adds a dimension to gaming we haven't seen before."

Top 100 Games of All Time

If you're a fan of video games, you'll enjoy spending some time reading IGN's latest list: Top 100 Games of All Time.

If you're not familiar with IGN, they are a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc., and a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. IGN's properties collectively attract more than 31 million unique monthly users worldwide.

We at the MobilePhoneBlog, go to their wireless section quite often to read reviews about new mobile games, and it's a popular site for mobile game publishers to advertise their games as well.

Over 30 IGN editors located all over the world set aside their ages, allegiances and personal favorites to pick the hundred best video games that the planet has ever seen, and its fun to look back on the titles. The oldest game on the list is #81 - Space Invaders (1978) and the most recent game is #49 Guitar Hero II (2006).

The one that is most memorable for me, is #51 Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) as I spent the most concentrated time playing video games in 1991-1992 on that kick-ass SEGA machine.

As for the game they ranked #1? I'll make you go to IGN to check it out, but I'll give you a hint by clicking here.