Paris-based Gameloft (EPA: GFT), a world leader in making games for mobile phones, said revenues totaled $43.7 million (Euro 33 million) in the first quarter of 2010, jumping 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago, and up 3.8 percent compared to fourth quarter. The company, which considers…

If figuring out how to sell mobile games on the iPhone is a first-person shooter, Gameloft (EPA: GFT) has mastered the art of throwing grenades. The Paris-based company said it recorded revenues of 7 million euros ($9.7 million) from games sold on the iPhone during the fourth quarter, which easily…

Choosing the “best” iPhone games of 2009 is a subjective a task—the definition of “fun,” “great graphics” or “cool” functionality varies from one player to another. But there’s no disputing the winners when it comes to sales, and despite the App Store being a huge equalizer in terms of exposure…

Gameloft (EPA: GFT) has seen revenue rise by 14.8 percent to 110.3 million euros (US$150.7 million) for the full year 2008, and current operating income before stock-based compensation of 3.3 million euros (US$4.5 million), up 13.8 percent year-on-year. This is in line with preliminary figures released earlier. The company has…

Gameloft (EPA: GFT) achieved sales of 110.3 million euros (US$143 million) in 2008, an increase of 15 percent over 2007—an increase of 20 percent on a comparable exchange rate basis. The biggest increase came in the fourth quarter, which saw a 31 percent year-on-year increase in sales. The full earnings…

Over the past few years, the mobile games industry has been been hampered by high royalty costs, distribution difficulties and the costs of supporting a wide number of handsets. But now, there’s a renewed sense of optimism. New platforms, such as Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android and Nokia’s N-Gage, are providing…

Paris-based Gameloft (EPA: GFT), which distributes mobile games in 80 countries, reported limited figures for its third-quarter period this year. But the big news announced in its earnings call? The company declared this year as a turning point in the mobile game industry because of strong sales coming from new…

Gameloft (EPA: GFT) has released its sales figures for the second quarter (not its earnings report, which will come out later): It sold 25.0 million euros (US$39.3) worth of games in Q2, an increase of 8 percent year-on-year—16 percent on a comparable exchange rate basis, reflecting the strength of the…

Gameloft (EPA: GFT) said it will develop more than 15 mobile games for Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone this year, a lofty projection given that the SDK was only released Thursday, and no one is quite sure how Apple will manage and enforce its application storefront. In addition, all developers will…

In GDC Mobile’s opening day keynote,  Michel Guillemot, Gameloft’s CEO and President, said he wasn’t there to talk about the fun bells and whistles about the gaming industry, but to address how the industry is in the middle of a huge change, which is limiting growth. Last year, he said:…