A quick couple of mobile game stories to start the week off. First of all, Gameloft has signed up to produce a Java game based around the forthcoming Spielberg/Cruise blockbuster, War of the Worlds. No word yet on gameplay, but as Gameloft's output is uniformly excellent (the forthcoming Splinter Cell Chaos Theory conversion is another gem) I'm expecting more than just a speciously relevant shooter.
Also, budget games publisher Play It has announced that it's moving into the mobile sector, with ten titles on the way. First of the bunch will be conversions of hit eighties titles James Pond and, wait for it, International Karate - almost everyone's favourite 8bit beat 'em up.
I'm pretty sure that Play It CEO Mark Cale also holds distribution rights to the absolutely fantastic 2D fighter Guilt Gear X. Could this be coming to mobile too, or I have I got my wires jumbled up? It is monday, so frankly this could go either way.
