RealNetworks has entered the mobile gaming market by agreeing to buy Finland-based mobile gaming company Mr.Goodliving for $15 million in cash. Mr. Goodliving has a number of popular mobile game titles, including Trivial Pursuit and MetalSmash Pinball, and claims partnerships with a number of European carriers. RealNetworks expects to generate roughly $3 million in additional revenue this year through the deal. RealNetworks entered the online gaming market in 2001 with its RealArcade brand. The company currently offers 320 online titles which generated $12.2 million in revenue in the first quarter this year. RealNetworks plans to leverage its RealArcade brand and titles for its new mobile gaming service.
For more on RealNetworks' acquisition of Mr. Goodliving:
- see this story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer