Superscape was founded nearly twenty years ago, and has been dedicated throughout its history to the development of ground-breaking software technology for the creation and delivery of innovative, high quality interactive 3D applications.
Over the years, Superscape has amassed unparalleled expertise and experience in the development of 3D software capable of working within the constraints of limited memory devices, slow processor speeds and strictly controlled file sizes.

Drawing on this knowledge, Superscape has established a world-leading position in the development of industry-standard 3D technology and applications for mobile devices. The company's Swerve technology has been developed specifically for wireless environments in close collaboration with ARM, and comprises a 3D engine (Swerve Client), authoring tools (Swerve Studio) and a broad portfolio of 3D content, with particular emphasis on 3D games. Swerve is being adopted on a global basis by many of the mobile industry's leading players, together with world-renowned content and brand organisations.

Superscape has corporate headquarters in Hook, Hampshire (UK) and San Clemente, California (USA) with regional offices in Tokyo and Sydney. The company is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: SPS).



Superscape (SPS) has received various tips in the press and by Analysts recently which will certainly give impetous to the share price. Indicators are looking good with the RSI rising off an oversold position and the MACD crossing showing BULLISH signs for the stock.

The mobile gaming market is still in it's infancy but the projected revenue is enormous. Mobile operators are looking at tapping the Gameboy market as they feel that users will not want to carry around a multitude of technology and if they have a mobile phone which can double as a gaming station than people will prefer this option.

People should also look at the recent contracts which SPS have signed for their technology. This is a technology company which could well be a great success in 2004.

Company website

http://www.superscape.com/

Please also check the SPS thread at
www.iii.co.uk

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Great news...this is starting to look very good!

From today's Times:-

Superscape held steady at 26p, despite talk that Thursdays mobile gaming agreement between Vodafone and Electronic Arts could hasten a tie-up with the latter. Superscape already has a tie-up with Vodafone in 3D games, an area where EA has no expertise.

This is undoubtedly going to lead EA placing a much higher premium on SPS. The good news for holders is that there are rumoured to be 10 potential bidders in all. EA will see the biggest synergy through the Vodafone agreement and with demand now starting to fizz in China and developing Asia, they will have to buy in the expertise and capability to make the deal a reality.

I think the next 2 -3 weeks will be very very interesting.

What is SPS worth per share? anyone got any factual info to share?

Games are now being launched on to the networks thick and fast. All good news.


LONDON (AFX) - Superscape Group PLC said both the 2D and 3D versions of its off-road mobile racing game, Ivan Ironman Stewart has launched on the '3' network in the UK.

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Are you lot on special drugs? They're a dog ridden with fleas.

hilary,

so you think their going to die without trace and there is no opportunity here?

skids

Quiet here these days -- what, if anything, is happening with SPS?

i sold up the other day at a 60% loss (quite a big holding too) and sp has gone down even more since. Shares mag calling it a dog at moment, where are all the people gone who wanted too buy the company?? Little news about income from the company. Still keeping my eye on it though because you never know.

mm - update from company on 3rd quarter trading expected this week.

hil - yes, very special ;-)

3rd Quarter was when they expected to see the Asia growth come through so if all has progressed well then this could be very good news for the sp

hils, well said, the graph also says it all.

LOL !

Surprised nobody has posted on the Superscape thread yet following the positive update regarding third quarter trading. "Strong growth", "very encouraging trading" "favourable mobile gaming market" etc.etc.

Admit it is unlikely the share price will achieve 70 again, the graph is uninspiring, but patience could be rewarded.

Just my luck to bring out a slightly postive statement a week after I sold at a 60% loss. shares mag were showing some hope a couple of months ago but recently changed its stance calling it a dog. Sometimes it hard to know which way to turn.

New to this expensive game. Does the trade type AT stand for automatic trades? If so automatic seller appears to have finished and an automatic buyer has taken his place. Hope he doesn't run out of money.

THe Asia growth is what is driving the big tick up in publishing fees. Here is the statement...

LONDON (AFX) - Superscape Group PLC said trading in the third quarter has been very encouraging with continued strong growth in the publishing business.

The publisher of 3D mobile games is maintaining its current year revenue guidance.

In October, the company said it sees full year revenue growing by 35-50 pct for the year ending Jan 31, 2006. Full-year sales for the year to Jan 31, 2005 were 4.1 mln stg.

Superscape said it generated third-quarter publishing revenue of 888,000 stg, significantly up on the 118,000 stg of publishing revenue generated in the same period last year.

Overall, the mobile gaming market continues to be a favourable one, the company added.

kivver - re post 585 - if shares mag knew its arse from its elbow and had done even a little research before the last article on Superscape, it would have known a trading update was due and might have at least delayed until that was out of the way.
As it is, their cursory look at the chart and their conclusion that things haven't gone well in the past (blinding insight !) have probably cost some of their readers a bob or two by getting out early.

Never has DYOR been more apt than when applied to the wisdom cranked out by investment/trading periodicals.

joe - don't pin your hopes on Asia. Nowhere is it mentioned by the company, and for good reason. My guess is that the regional spread is much the same as for Jamdat which is heaveily US biased, with the majority of the rest coming from South America and Europe.

Whilst it is obviously encouraging, today's statement still leaves many unanswered questions. The increase in turnover still leaves them well short of being profitable. Will they ever make a profit?

Todays rise is more, imo, down to them being seen as a potential target in the wake of the EA/Jamdat deal which priced Jamdat at a 19% premium to the market. In that respect, if Shares criticised SPS a few weeks ago, it was justifiable in that they weren't to know of the Jamdat deal.

Jamdat are a completely different outfit to SPS, however, and the two shouldn't be confused. They're a major established player in the US with estimated revenues of $78m - $80 for fiscal 2005 with eps forecast at around $0.40. Not only do they actually make a profit, but they are forecasting phenomonal earnings growth for 2006. They have a much more extensive catalogue of titles that people have actually heard of such as Tetris and the EA deal should realise some decent synergies as existing titles are merged across platforms.

No comparison there with SPS whatsoever.

Hi hilary, fancy meeting you on here ;-) - there are comparisons with Jamdat if you look at where Jamdat were two-three years ago. (Incidentally, amost 12 months ago I had a meeting with Mitch Lasky where he stated that Superscape were right at the head of his list of competitors to watch out for over his shoulder) There is undoubtedly the opportunity there for Superscape, especially as they have a lead in the 3D arena as it starts to take off. The big unanswered question is whether the management team can take advantage of the opportunity.
This is probably the first time in their 11 years of being a public company that they have a genuine opportunity to make an impact with their technological expertise (which is considerable) combined with a real understanding of the dynamics of their target market, which finally is a genuine market, growing, and not a niche as previously. There are a number of pointers that they have changed, not least the decision a couple of years ago to invest more effort in 2D titles than 3D - recognition that the 3D niche could not sustain them. A willingness to develop for a technolgy competitor's platform is another indicator. There are others.

I am willing to back them, but I appreciate I may be in the minority. Time will tell.