Online Games, the New Thing in Gaming by Ted Peterson
Over the couple years, we’ve been bumped with online games ads, emails and links. What happened with everybody, and why are people thrilled with online gaming? Several types of online games are available for public; I will try below to describe a few of them. ... Multiplayer online games are: MMORPG: known as MMORPGs also, comes from massively multiplayer online role-playing games. ... MMMOG: comes from massively multiplayer mobile online games. ... There are of course other types of multiplayer online games that are derived from the above ones.

MobileJava Games: the Growing Trend by Judith Earl
Mobile phones are today being considered as an entertainment device to play music, take pictures and play games, more than anything else. Mobile Java games are becoming a new trend in the world’s fastest growing wireless business. With the coming of 3Gtechnology, graphics have become richer and... Considering what java can do for mobile handsets, Java is clearly a preferred platform for mobile devices in the future, and an ideal platform for mobile games. ... Java improves the ability of mobile phones to support mobile phone games and allows far better control over interface of sms mobile...

Different Types of MMOGs by Jason Hahn
Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) have been growing in popularity in recent years. These are the computer games that allow huge numbers of players to interact with each other through the Internet. Recent popular MMOG titles include Everquest 2 and World of Warcraft. ... Most MMORPGs require players to either buy client software for a one-time payment or pay a monthly subscription fee in order to have access to the game’s virtual worlds. ... MMOFPS This stands for “massively multiplayer online first-person shooter.” These are computer games that allow players to engage in...

Online Games-Fragging On The Net by Scott Soloff
Online games – spoken casually or formally – normally refer to video games that are played on a computer using an Internet connection. There are video games that are played online using devices such as video consoles (Playstation, X-Box) and mobile phones, but online games generally mean PC... These games feature an online multiplayer gameplay model, using which a user can play with or against other Internet players. ... How Online Games Make Money Today, every game is playable online. ... These companies make their money by selling their game CDs/DVDs [Examples: Warcraft 3, Counter Strike].

J2ME Developers and Programmers: The Mobile Game Industry Winners by Chris Palau
If you think that current gaming technology is hot then, as they say, “you ain’t seen nothing yet.” Wireless or mobile gaming is the future and the future is now. 2004 saw an explosion in mobile gaming technology which redefined the mobile phone as a gaming device. ... According to industry analysts Frost & Sullivan, the “global mobile game industry, which generated US$436.4 million in 2002, will balloon to US$9.34 billion by 2008.“ Asia is at the epicenter of the wireless gaming explosion where an estimated 500 million people are wireless Internet subscribers and two out of five are...

Online Flower Deliveries by Ken Marlborough
Online gaming, i.e. games played over the Internet, originally started with PC games and now includes the latest modern consoles. The first console in the arcade game world was the Sega Dreamcast. The console is now essential to modern arcade games, with the advent of Internet connectivity in... Online games require multi-player facility; hence, the most popular game genres include massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG), first person shooter (FPS) games, racing/driving games, strategy games, and sports titles, where more than one person can play the game.

Starwars Battlefront 2 - PS2 Review by Misty Pathster
I have played an awfull lot of Starwars games over the years right back to the early days of the wireframed arcade game. Battlefront 2 has brought back to me some of that early fast paced arcade excitement. As a youngster I also enjoyed the toys so being able to jump into multiple starwars... A training game set during the clone wars, a galaxy conquest game and the instant action games. ... The AT-AT are a unique unit in this game as they act as a mobile base capable of spawning troops. ... There are three distinct game types you can play.

Motorola Cell Phone Gaming One-Ups Pocket PC by Damian Julien
If your Pocket PC RPG game forays need to be buttressed by Motorola cell phone gaming, read on. TechNewsWorld broke the scoop on an exciting union that bodes well for Motorola cell phone gamers . Chinese gaming company Shanda Interactive and Motorola have just signed the ink on a partnership. ... This will have to be in reference to future upcoming Motorola cell phone game releases from Shanda as I'm still yet to encounter a six year old capable of role playing game comprehension. ... Figures from the same article suggest a mobile game scene in China reaching a lofty US$714 million by 2008.

WiFi Hotspots Gaming Battle Intensifies by Damian Julien
The city of Philadelphia in the US has recently announced some plans to implement WiFi access throughout the municipality. This would prove fortuitous indeed for Pocket PC gamers in the vicinity. Quality wireless multiplayer enabled PDA games, however, prove to be elusive save for real-time... Windows Mobile 2003 served up wireless improvements to the Pocket PC operating system, but Microsoft still hasn't managed to make WiFi as simple as a McDeal. ... Such an initiative will quickly overcome relative WiFi indifference by Pocket PC game developers.

So You Want to be a Games Developer? by David Bolton
In the good old days, back when the Internet had about 10 users and the web was a far off vision, PCs were called Home Computers and anyone could learn to write computer games. Three of us set up in business to write and sell our own games for the ZX Spectrum (Aka Timex/Sinclair) and Commodore 64. ... Expect to see MMORPG (Mobile Multiplayer Online Role Play Games) before too long. ... It is quite a tough business – when a game is under development, you’ll live breathe and eat it for 18 months-two years.