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BitTorrent Comes to iPhoneOS

June 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following unsupported App Stores like Cydia, Icy and Appulous, another way to download (illegal) apps and games will be available to jailbreaked iPhone owners. Developers have created an App Store based on BitTorrent.

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Palm Doubles WebOS Developer Network – UPDATED

June 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Last Friday, the folks at Palm announced that the company has sent out a fresh batch of invitations to developers world-wide that signed up for their developer network and Mojo SDK.

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Palm Pre Triggers 1 Million Downloads

June 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

During Palms latest earnings call, freshly appointed CEO Jon Rubinstein announced that Palm Pre owners generated 1 million downloads from their App Store, even though the portfolio is not beefed up yet.

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Apple Allows Adult, First Title Pulled off

June 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games | 1 Comment »

Yesterday market the start of a new market for Apple. By introducing parental controls, the company is finally opening up the App Store to mobile adult entertainment.

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EA Mobile Licenses Several Movie Brands

June 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

EA Mobile had a shopping spree at the Hollywood Studios as they picked up a nice number of big movie licenses ranging from the next Harry Potter to the upcoming G.I.-Joe movie.

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AdMob’s May Metrics

June 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

For this months metrics report, AdMob has set it's focus on the distribution and usage of their iPhone portfolio. The company has been digging up many interesting facts.

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Experts on the Future of Mobile Games Distribution

June 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The Multimedia Research Consultancy has released a new report. This time, the survey held amongst a mix of industry executives outlined the future of mobile game distribution and adoption of Social Networks.

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Bethesda Softworks / ZeniMax Acquires id Software

June 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Developer of the Fallout series, Bethesda Softworks, has announced that the company has acquired id Software. Id Software is known for their Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake series which they are also bringing to the iPhone.

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Ansca Brings Flash Competitor to iPhone

June 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Ansca, a company led by ex-Adobe vets, has launched Corona. Corona is a flash alternative that allows developers to develop mobile games and apps with the ease of Actionscript and Javascript.

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Warner Bros to Acquire Codemasters?

June 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following a bid of 33 Million for Midway, Warner Bros is eyeballing yet another big games publisher for an acquisition. Is Warner building their own mega games company? Could Glu be next?