EA Mobile has signed an agreement with THQ Wireless and Team17 for the worldwide publishing rights to the existing mobile Worms catalogue as well as to the license to develop new mobile Worms games.

The long-standing turn-based strategy series is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with the original game being updated for 2010.

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Microsoft’s latest generation of Windows phones are to incorporate Xbox Live and Zune music functionality.

Unveiled by company CEO Steve Ballmer today at Mobile World Congress 2010, the Windows Phone 7 Series will be available “by holiday 2010”.

“This hub delivers the first and only official Xbox Live experience on a phone, including Xbox Live games, Spotlight feed and the ability to see a gamer’s avatar, Achievements and gamer profile,” the firm said in a statement.

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French mobile publisher Gameloft generated €122 million (£106.9m / $170.6m) in revenues during 2009, up eleven per cent year-on-year.

Europe accounted for 39 per cent of full-year sales, North America for 32 per cent and the rest of the world for 29 per cent.

Fourth quarter sales hit €31.8 million (£27.9m / $44.5m), down six per cent from the previous year, a factor the company attributed to its withdrawal from boxed games in January 2009 and to the drop in the dollar.

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UK consumers spent a total of £170 million on mobile phone games last year, according to a national survey conducted by TNS and Gamesindustry.com.

Almost half – 3.8 million – of the UK’s eight million mobile gamers paid for games in 2009, while one third of paying mobile gamers spent more than £5 pounds a month on average.

14 per cent of UK mobile gamers play daily, although the figure rises to 18 per cent for people who have paid for games. Playing session times tend to last between 15 and 60 minutes.

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Financial news site 24/7 Wall St is reporting that iPhone app piracy is estimated to have cost Apple and developers over $450 million since the App Store’s launch in July 2008.

24/7 Wall St suggests (via Mobile-Ent) that for every bought and downloaded application from the App Store, three pirated downloads take place.

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Niccolo de Masi has been appointed as president and CEO of California-based publisher Glu Mobile.

Most recently, Niccolo served as president and CEO of mobile technology firm Hands-On Mobile. Prior to that he was the CEO of the London-listed mobile entertainment company Monstermob Group.

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Microsoft is planning to expand Xbox Live to Windows-enabled mobile devices, according to a recent series of job postings.

The platform holder has already hired a principal program manager to bring “Xbox Live enabled games to Windows Mobile”, and is also seeking a software test engineer and senior software test engineer.

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Independent mobile games developer Xendex has secured $3.5 million in a second round of funding led by Pontis Capital.

The new investment follows a $3.6 million funding round completed by the Austria-based firm in June 2008.

Founded in 2001, the Space Invaders Evolution, FlatOut and Red Bull X-Fighters developer employs more than 40 people across its offices in Austria, France, Poland, Bulgaria and the UK.

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