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A Lancaster University spin-out company has signed a deal to distribute 20 mobile phone games developed on campus to a worldwide market of millions.

The games are being marketed by North West firm GlobiGames in a deal which will see revenues ploughed back in the University.

The games were initially devised by Dr Reuben Edwards and Dr Paul Coulton of the Department of Communication Systems before being developed by their students along with recent graduates from the Graduate Academy at InfoLab21.

Both academics aim to provide students with commercial experience through the University spin-out company m-ventions Ltd, which was created to market mobile applications developed by students.

Dr Edwards said: “The significant thing is that this gives students the chance to get something direct to the market so it helps their confidence and they can put it on their CV. It’s a great way of directly transferring the knowledge here at Lancaster out into business.”