If you're tired of playing all the standard shooter games on the mobile platform, then Gala Mobile Inc. has an innovative way of introducing the genre for you. Boot Camp features a top-down orientation with a robust online multiplayer aspect with up to 16 player ready to shoot it out against one another on various maps. For more details regarding the game, you can read our full article about it after the jump.

VH1 is coming back into the mobile gaming arena with the game rendition of The Flavor of Love. True to the show's ways, there will be quirky challenges galore. Winning an eligible bachelor's heart is the goal, but you'll have to do all sorts of wacky stuff to pull it off. Details in the full article.

It's about time: the Guitar Hero madness just spread itself onto the BlackBerry handhelds (and other mobile sets), and we're sure that fans won't mind. Hands-on Mobile and Magmic Games is about to release one of the hottest franchises for the Research in Motion's handset series this month. More details in the full article.

With their strong library of annual franchises, Electronic Arts has gone out on a limb to say that games have longer lifespans today. To prove their point, EA talked about MMOs, DLCs, and their ten-year plan for the upcoming game, Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS,  Mac, Mobile). More details after the jump.

With the influx of games being released for mobile phones, it's no wonder that it would be earning big bucks in the coming years. According to a report done by Juniper Research, revenues for mobile games in North America will reach a sum of US$ 3 billion by the year 2012. They were able to find out the factors involved in this forecasted business boom. More information in the full article.

PopCap Games has announced that it just had launched Bookworm for mobile phones. For those who are unfamiliar with this game, it is a port of the popular PC title which received numerous awards including Puzzle Game of the Year from Games for Windows magazine.

The game is deceptively simple, yet very addicting. Players have to create words using tiles on a grid. Want to find out more about the game, head on over to the full article.

NVIDIA, US based manufacturer of cutting edge graphic processing units (GPU), has recently came out with the GeForce 8800M GTX GPU. The 8800M is a revolutionary GPU that is geared for gaming grade notebooks and should set the standard for HD mobile gaming.

More details at the full article.

We have just received word via press wire that computer manufacturer Acer has joined North America's HD-DVD Promotional Group. While this news sounds routine in the ongoing format wars, what makes it intriguing is that Acer just announced last week that it joined the ranks of the Blu-Ray Disc Association as well. Acer's Mobile Computing Business Unit Vice President Campbell Kan had this to say regarding this latest partnership:

Acer is pleased to join the North American HD DVD Promotional Group to help bring the freshest technology to more consumers worldwide. We are confident that our comprehensive HD DVD notebook offers will meet consumers' demand and expectation for true high definition experience. I look forward to further promoting the merit of HD DVD, in close collaboration with the Group.

Now, in case you're wondering, Kan was also there when Acer made their earlier announcement to join the BDA. Here's his quote from that particular press wire (dated August 30):

With increasing demand and expectation for richer media content, Acer is adding Blu-ray Disc technology into our notebooks and enabling users to experience high-definition content, playback and storage. Acer is pleased to be joining the Blu-ray Disc Association and to continue empowering our users to benefit from the freshest technologies available.

We're not sure what this means for us, but we do hope we'll be looking at plenty of choices for both disc formats in Acer's upcoming line of PCs and laptops. Drop by in case we hear more regarding the company.

And in the mobile world today, Steve Job's hobby - the iPhone - has just hit North America's east coast today, at a very prompt 6 p.m. launch as announced by the Cupertino-based company. People have lined up on Apple's retail outlets in New Jersey, Florida, New York, and Philadelphia, among some.
 
And while the west coast nears its launch window, Apple stores in California and Connecticut have already been prepping up for their share of the iPhone purchase craze. There are claims of people whisking past potential iPhone customers lined up, teasing folk with their iPhone.

The first iPhone owners have walked out of the official Apple stores with iPhone in-hand, although not one person has been named as the first official iPhone owner post-launch as of press time. Photo courtesy of Engadget.

 

An official announcement made available recently called out news that the game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has shipped across North America and should also be available in Europe by June 28. The game developed under the watchful eyes of Electronic Arts is now available on almost every current platform imaginable.

Boasting a non-linear gameplay feature, the title will allow players to explore the innards of Hogwarts Academy and uses an intuitive spell-casting gesture system that should please gamers on the Nintendo Wii. The game will boast the authenticity of the movie, from locales to characters, so we won't spill the story details until everyone's comfortable with the motion picture release.

Otherwise, the EA UK-developed game is rated E 10+ for Everyone (10+) and should be available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for a suggested retail price of US$ 59.99, the Nintendo Wii for US$ 49.99, the PlayStation 2 and PSP for US$ 39.99, and the Nintendo DS, GBA, PC and Mac for US$ 29.99. Another ported version for your game-capable mobile phone is also slated for release, although no price has been named as of press time.