Top Mobile Gaming Companies Joining Forces

Astraware and Handmark, two top mobile gaming companies, have announced this week that they’re joining up to command and conquer the mobile gaming arena. The two companies have been working together for a while on different projects. Astraware has picked up some of the work on the Tetris franchise that Handmark owns, and the two have been selling each other’s titles online for a while.

As part of the deal, Astraware is joining the Handmark family, and will be taking the opportunity to expand offerings, including their first Symbian S60 and UIQ games, coming in Q1, supposedly.

Astraware currently licenses the Bejeweled franchise from Popcap Games. That means we’ll FINALLY (hopefully) have Bejeweled on our S60 handsets. I’m a big fan of that.