Namco: We will put our games on the iPhone

Last week, Namco Networks announced the launch of Ms. Pac-Man for the Apple iPod. Today, we’re bringing you a Gaming Bits interview with Scott Rubin, VP of Namco Networks, that gives us all a little peek at what the company has in store for iPod and mobile gamers. Read on for a few snippets.

On iPhone games. According to Rubin, Namco is “without a question one of the handful of game publishers that Apple has chosen to work with.” He also noted that the company is also a top partner of Cingular, who will be distributing the iPhone.

“We’re one of the few publishers that directly publishes games on almost every wireless platform,” said Rubin. “Not just Java phones, but iPods, Sidekicks, Palm, Windows Mobile. If the opportunity is there, we will put our games on the iPhone. It’s our mission.”

Another big name in the videogames industry that is currently planning to release games for the Apple iPhone is Electronic Arts.

On original IP. “We’re Namco,” said Rubin. “We’ve been doing video games for years and we have a library that we’re fortunate enough to be able to chose from like Dig Dug and Galaga.” That doesn’t mean that arcade ports are the only things that Namco will be bringing to the mobile gaming market, though. Rubin points towards two Namco titles, Scene It? Movies for Mobile and Pool Pro Online II, as examples of their original IP offerings.

Rubin also revealed that Namco will be doing “some original games tied to licenses like Snoopy and The Red Baron and a Dilbert title as well.”

For the full interview, click on the “read” link below.

Last week, Namco Networks announced the launch of Ms. Pac-Man for the Apple iPod. Today, we’re bringing you a Gaming Bits interview with Scott Rubin, VP of Namco Networks, that gives us all a little peek at what the company has in store for iPod and mobile gamers. Read on for a few snippets.

On iPhone games. According to Rubin, Namco is “without a question one of the handful of game publishers that Apple has chosen to work with.” He also noted that the company is also a top partner of Cingular, who will be distributing the iPhone.

“We’re one of the few publishers that directly publishes games on almost every wireless platform,” said Rubin. “Not just Java phones, but iPods, Sidekicks, Palm, Windows Mobile. If the opportunity is there, we will put our games on the iPhone. It’s our mission.”

Another big name in the videogames industry that is currently planning to release games for the Apple iPhone is Electronic Arts.

On original IP. “We’re Namco,” said Rubin. “We’ve been doing video games for years and we have a library that we’re fortunate enough to be able to chose from like Dig Dug and Galaga.” That doesn’t mean that arcade ports are the only things that Namco will be bringing to the mobile gaming market, though. Rubin points towards two Namco titles, Scene It? Movies for Mobile and Pool Pro Online II, as examples of their original IP offerings.

Rubin also revealed that Namco will be doing “some original games tied to licenses like Snoopy and The Red Baron and a Dilbert title as well.”

For the full interview, click on the “read” link below.