Gameloft, the leading developer of games for mobile phones, plans to bring 15 titles to market for the iPhone before the close of 2008. It already develops games for Apple's iPod. the mostly widely used portable music player in the world.

The copmany follows competitors THQ, EA and Sega in chiming it with a commitment to developing titles for the iPhone.

According to Gameloft, its developers have already started working with the software development kit (SDK) Apple released last week to create its iPhone game lineup. And it expects to start delivering these games when Apple's App Store for the iPhone opens for business this June.

The iPhone's large 3.5-inch wide touch screen, 3D processor, and accelerometer, which allows you navigate by moving the iPhone - up, down, left and right - instead of using a more standard type of controller (buttons or joystick, for instance), are features Gameloft cites as making Apple's smartphone a compelling platform for gaming.

"The iPhone gaming environment opens a new era in mobile gaming and is exactly what we've been waiting for," said Gameloft president Michel Guillemot in a statement. It "has changed the way consumers perceive and interact with their mobile phones..."


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Gamelft sells about 200,000 mobile phone games per day throughout 80 countries. It currently supports over 200 titles, 40 of which are million sellers.