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Mobile Amusements Revives Doodlebug

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Mobile Amusements has announced that the company is working on a revival of Doodlebug, a game from the Amiga/Atari ST that was created by them and published by Core Design.

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Apple Blocks C64 Emulator

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Another week, another story about Apple's review policies. This time it is a C64 emulator from Manomio that was being slammed before it could reach the App Store audience.

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Palm Looking to Expand Developer Access

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

One of the biggest complaints from both developers and consumers about the new WebOS, before and after the Pre launch, is the fact that there are hardly any apps and mobile games available.

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IGT Acquires Million-2-1, Restructures

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following a strategic relationship of about two years between both companies, IGT has announced that it acquired Million-2-1. As a result, IGT announced restructuring plans as well.

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Edge vs. Edge – UPDATED

June 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Some weeks ago, we had a small conversation with David Papazian as we read that his iPhone game was removed from the UK and US markets due to legal reasons.

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App Store Saturating?

June 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

On PocketGamer, a few interesting stories where launched about the App Store roadmaps of Digital Chocolate and Gameloft. Both think different on how to feed the app store, but might there be a bigger problem ahead?

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N-Gage Launched on Ovi

June 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Nokia's N-Gage has launched it's portfolio on Nokia's Ovi portal. As of now, consumers will be offered trial versions of all the N-Gage games, which can be unlocked through in-game payments.

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Intentium Forms Subsidiary for Mobile and Console Gaming

June 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Intentium has announced that the company will invest more in mobile and console games. It has created a new subsidiary company called Intentium Console GmbH to fulfil this task.

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AT&T Investing Millions in Gaming

June 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

AT&T is big and we all know that. Now, the company has started to invest many millions of dollars in gaming. Their aim is pc/console, IPTV and the good old mobile phone.

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Glu’s Stock Climbing Fast, but Why?

June 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

Over the past few days, Glu's (GLUU) value has started to climb up again. Since June 12th, the company's shares even passed the $1 line. What is triggering this sudden climb from $0.89 five days ago to $1.5999 at the time of writing?