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Deadline IMGA Nearing

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The sixth annual International Mobile Game Awards are just over a month away which means the deadline for entering the competition is nearing now. Developers have just 5 days left to register their entry.

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GetJar Launches Renewed Developer Portal

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

The guys at Getjar have been working hard over the past months as they just revealed a totally new developer portal. One of the main features of the new portal is a new analytics engine.

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HeroCraft Launches Android Portal

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Herocraft has launched a new portal on which consumers can directly purchase mobile games for Android phones. With this move, the company bypasses the Android Market.

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CES: Samsung Expands Samsung Apps to Cameras

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Samsung has already been very pro-active with expanding their app store. Previously they already announced that internet connected TV’s would be able to connect and download apps from it.

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EA lowers Their 2010 Financial Outlook

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

EA has announced that expectations for their 2010 financial year will be below previous expectations. December revenues were disappointing for the games publisher.

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Flurry Raises $7 Million

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

In their latest funding round, Flurry has secured an investment of $ 7 Million. This news follows closely after Flurry announced their merger with Pinch Media on December 23rd of last year.

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Oberon Media Hires new CFO

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Oberon Media has appointed Pat Barry as their new CFO. Pat Barry is bringing in 15 years of CFO experience coming from companies like Warner Music Enterprises, Audible Inc. and Bluefly Inc.

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AppVent Calendar Returns First of April

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We ran a lot of stories on the AppVent Calendar website last month. On the website, consumers could pick up free games on a daily basis during the advent period.

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Qualcomm’s Brew Free for All

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Brew | No Comments »

The past year, many smartphone platforms have gone open source, meaning that smartphones have become a lot cheaper to manufacture. To avoid losing marketshare to smartphone platforms, Qualcomm has decided to open up Brew and make it a free platform for dumbphones.

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OpenFeint Releases Community App, Provides a Free App Every Day!

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The battle of the social gaming platforms continues as OpenFeint has released a dedicated app that allows consumers to track their progress over OpenFeint supported titles as well as making direct use of social features.