For the zombie fans out there, you'll be glad to hear about Capcom's latest entry into the Resident Evil franchise on the mobile platform. Already out in Japan is Biohazard: Operations. It's actually a sequel of the previous installment Biohazard: The Missions, where gameplay mechanics remain somewhat the same, but of course, with graphical spruce ups.

Your goal is to take Chris or Jill through a series of rooms (numbering more than a hundred) without having to spend over a minute in each. Of course, going from room to room won't be that easy. You can't have a Resident Evil game without the zombies. Your performance in each "operation" will be ranked, and the higher your score is, the better your chances of winning some high-powered weapons.

Now, considering that Resident Evil: The Missions was released in North America a few months after Japan's version, we can expect RE: Operations to roll out soon enough. Here are more screens for the mobile game:

   

Ozura Mobile has launched a couple of new puzzle games for mobile phones: Zombie Zapster and The Lake Monster.

Zombie Zapster is an interactive puzzle-based game where players have to undo a spell that has turned the people of Waka-Waka into zombies. The screen is divided into 3x3 sections where players kill zombies by driving a nail through their necks. Scores will be counted as the number of zombies killed in the game.

The game requires quick and accurate reactions. Each player has three lives, and every time the player hits a villager, one life will be deducted. At each round there will be a target set for players to fulfill in order to proceed to the next level.

The Lake Monster, on the other hand, is about preventing Wan, a sleepwalking boy, from falling into the jaws of the Lake Monster. Players must keep Wan from slipping into the river while helping him get across. This is done by moving any one of Wan's two animal friends to the spot where Wan might cross. Each player will only have three retries per level. Once all retries have expired, so will the game.

After launching a real-life Jewel Quest challenge a few days ago, I-play comes up with it's latest lineup of titles due to come this year. Check out them coming-up games right here:

1. The Fast and the Furious: Fugitive - This will have you play as an ex-cop running from the law and blazing through the streets of LA to Miami to prove your innocence. The Fast and the Furious franchise is actually the most successful racing franchise on mobile. This fact alone could be reason enough for you to watch out for this mobile game.

2. Pillowfight - We bet this mobile game will bring much energy to a lot of male groins. Slug it out as a French Maid, a cheerleader and several other racy characters. You can even plump up your pillows and unlock downloadable wallpaper rewards as you progress through the game.

3. Metal Slug Mobile 3 - Everybody loves a zombie run and gun. Play as Sergeant Allen in this third iteration of the hugely popular arcade classic franchise. The future of your troops lies in your hands.

Apart from believing that mobiles will eventually surpass consoles, I-play is noted to be one of the world's longest established brand in mobile development. David Gosen, CEO of I-play says that the company also believes that "Great brands, simple and intuitive entertainment experiences all lead to outstanding fun for existing and new mobile users of every age."

While the Wii has its own Wiimote revolution, there are other forms of interactivity that explore other dimensions of gameplay, both figuratively and literally. Here's one of them: MobZombies. It's a mobile game that blurs the line between the real world and that of what's inside the handheld. The gameplay concept is simple, but beyond that, it becomes quite a conversation piece.

All you have to do in the game is to avoid the zombies you see on screen. The catch is, you don't move with a D-pad. You are the D-pad. Yep, the zombie mobile game comes with a special motion sensing gadget that translates your real-world steps into directions for your in-game avatar move in. Also, you get to set down some bombs and bibles to explode those undead corpses away. It's kinda hard to describe with words, you'll have to see it for yourself:

Now, let's suppose you're playing the game and hordes of zombies start coming at you until... you come face to face with a solid brick wall. How do you compensate? Well, desperate times call for desperate measures. This is probably the closest thing we can get to a true-to-life zombie scenario.

Maybe playing too much of this game - blurring the line between the real and the virtual world that much more every time you play it - could be unhealthy. Figuratively, literally, and... Mentally? I definitely wouldn't want to be seeing zombies everywhere I go. *shivers*

You can check out the official MobZombies site by clicking the "Read" link below.

Mobile games publisher Ojom is working on resurrecting the terror of the classic zombie scare-fare Land of the Dead right in the comfort of your cell phone.

The setup is simple: You are one of the few remaining humans in a city crawling with the undead. Your mission is to kick as much zombie butt as you can while digging up scraps of food and ammo in the devastated city. In the end, it will all save the human race for some reason.

Be careful, though- the creepies are just as intent on finding a new home for your viscera in their smelly bellies. This game will be a handy steam-blower when you're stuck in traffic or really bored as it provides hours of thrills. The game is now available from all major mobile providers across London and Berlin.

Though at first it seemed that China (including Hong Kong) would topple the US from the top of the spam charts, America has defended its title as king of all spam-relaying nations. China's 20% contribution to the global spam total ended up as being second only to the US's 23.2% output. South Korea got third place with 7.5%.

The figures -- covering the months of April to June 2006 -- from IT security firm Sophos reveal that this is the first time in over two years that the US has failed to cut down on all of its spam. The US accounted for half of all spam sent in the world two years ago. China and South Korea, on the other hand, have managed to reduce their spam output since the first quarter of the year.

In the continental category, Asia was the king of the hill with 40.2%, but Europe seems to be trying to usurp the throne in the near future. Europe collectively accounted for 25% of the world's spam in the first quarter of 2006, a figure that has now increased to 27.1%, overtaking North America in the spam spreading league.

There's no sign of Russia in the spam league's top twelve, but Sophos believes that Russian spammers may be lurking just around the corner, controlling "vast networks" of 'zombie' PCs -- computers hijacked by Trojan horses, worms, and viruses controlled by devilish hackers. These zombie PCs are the source of the vast majority of spam tracked by Sophos.