Disney opens new mobile phone games studio in Prague

Tuesday’s edition of Mlada Fronta Dnes reported that on Monday, American animation firm Walt Disney’s office in Prague expanded into the mobile telephone games market. A new Disney Mobile Games Studio has been opened in Prague, which, according to Mlada Fronta, puts the city on an even keel with Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beijing – all recognised centres of innovation in this field. The studio is expected to come up with around 10 different mobile phone games annually, and is set to employ 60 people by the end of next year. According to research conducted by Goldman Sachs, the worldwide mobile phone games market is expected to grow by 400% in the next 3 years and be worth some 8.4 billion USD by the end of 2010.