Commodore Gaming has today announced a new €18 million joint venture between Commodore International Corp. and Amsterdam-based The Content Factory.
“Commodore Gaming is building on the strength and heritage of the Commodore brand to become a major worldwide player in the mobile games and entertainment market,” states the press announcement outlining the deal.
Commodore Gaming has developed a retail download platform called the Gaming Tower, which allows the downloading of digital entertainment and applications directly on to mobile phones via Bluetooth.
The Tower is to be trialled with a major Dutch game and toy retail chain with a view to a full commercial launch later in 2006.
A Commodore Gaming website has also been launched to “compliment and support the roll out of the Gaming Towers creating a fully integrated online and retail service.”
Anyone who played games in the 80s and early 90s will of course remember the Commodore brand and logo, made famous by the 8-bit Commodore 64 home computer brick and the sublime 16-bit Amiga. The company tanked in 1994 following startling mismanagement and marginalised market due to the rampant PC market. Having bounced around several owners, the Commodore name landed with Yeahronimo Media Ventures in 2005, having acquired it from Tulip Computers. Later that year Yeahronimo renamed to itself to Commodore International Corporation.
Commodore Gaming will now “actively identify and pursue relevant merger and acquisition targets, as part of the company’s goal to become a major worldwide player in the mobile games and entertainment market.”
The company has already announced plans to produce standalone TV devices, plus a new line of hardware was also unveiled at CES earlier this year, including an an upgradeable handheld device with GPS functions that also plays games, music and video files.
Whatever they are up to, it’s always good to see an old face back in the game.
“Commodore Gaming is building on the strength and heritage of the Commodore brand to become a major worldwide player in the mobile games and entertainment market,” states the press announcement outlining the deal.
Commodore Gaming has developed a retail download platform called the Gaming Tower, which allows the downloading of digital entertainment and applications directly on to mobile phones via Bluetooth.
The Tower is to be trialled with a major Dutch game and toy retail chain with a view to a full commercial launch later in 2006.
A Commodore Gaming website has also been launched to “compliment and support the roll out of the Gaming Towers creating a fully integrated online and retail service.”
Anyone who played games in the 80s and early 90s will of course remember the Commodore brand and logo, made famous by the 8-bit Commodore 64 home computer brick and the sublime 16-bit Amiga. The company tanked in 1994 following startling mismanagement and marginalised market due to the rampant PC market. Having bounced around several owners, the Commodore name landed with Yeahronimo Media Ventures in 2005, having acquired it from Tulip Computers. Later that year Yeahronimo renamed to itself to Commodore International Corporation.
Commodore Gaming will now “actively identify and pursue relevant merger and acquisition targets, as part of the company’s goal to become a major worldwide player in the mobile games and entertainment market.”
The company has already announced plans to produce standalone TV devices, plus a new line of hardware was also unveiled at CES earlier this year, including an an upgradeable handheld device with GPS functions that also plays games, music and video files.
Whatever they are up to, it’s always good to see an old face back in the game.
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Dreadknux 13 Jun 2006 13:12
1/4
Mobile gaming? Nuuuuu! I want my Public Domain!
Well, if it works out for them, maybe it will lead onto more ambitious projects. Nobody could deny the awesomeness of the Amiga. I still have my 500+ somewhere upstairs. Ah, what I wouldn't give to play Fury of the Furries again.
Well, if it works out for them, maybe it will lead onto more ambitious projects. Nobody could deny the awesomeness of the Amiga. I still have my 500+ somewhere upstairs. Ah, what I wouldn't give to play Fury of the Furries again.
config 13 Jun 2006 13:40
2/4
WinUAE + kickstart ROM image (legal, of course) + ADF image of Fury of the Furries (legal, again) = retro joy (or disappointment, as I often find)
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DoctorDee 13 Jun 2006 13:43
3/4
SPOnG quoting somone illiterate wrote:
“compliment and support the roll out of the Gaming Towers creating a fully integrated online and retail service.”
Oooh! You are such LOVELY Gaming Towers, so big and glistening and strong.
Rob27 16 Jun 2006 08:46
4/4
Bugger, I was looking forward to a new type of Amiga :)