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In brief: this week's mobile gaming news

God of War, Ratchet & Clank Go Mobile, The Sims Bowling and more

Our sister site, MobileIndustry.biz, covers all the latest news in the growing mobile gaming sector. Here, we present a brief round-up of this week's key announcements.

Telcogames has signed a deal with Sony Pictures to distribute eight titles in Europe. As well as two games based on Spider-Man 3, the arrangement also includes God of War, Ratchet & Clank Go Mobile, Wheel of Fortune, Q* Bert, Snoop Dogg Cruisin' and Monster House.

Sega Mobile has appointment former EA exec Linda Chaplin as vice president. The move comes as Sega refocuses its mobile division on Western markets in line with its current home console business.

Electronic Arts has released a new Sims title for mobile. The Sims Bowling is exclusive to the format and available now, with a North American release due shortly.

PopCap Games continues to push into the mobile market with the release of Chuzzle, it's first internally developed mobile game. The game originally appeared on PC and is now available in the UK and North America.

Vivendi Games has announced it plans to release a number of games based on the Leisure Suit Larry character. First up is Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail, due next month.

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Matt Martin joined GamesIndustry in 2006 and was made editor of the site in 2008. With over ten years experience in journalism, he has written for multiple trade, consumer, contract and business-to-business publications in the games, retail and technology sectors.