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The iPhone Gamer’s Bill of Rights

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The folks over at Slide 2 Play have written an excellent editorial about 10 things mobile game developers should keep in mind to make sure that their mobile game will not cause frustration toward the consumer.

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Warner Bids for Midway

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

Good news for Midway today as Warner Bros showed interest in the company. It is offering $ 33 million to acquire various brands, studios and other assets.

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Palm Pre Launch Details

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Sprint Nextel has announced to launch the highly anticipated Palm Pre next week on June 6th. Sprint will offer the Pre toward consumers on a two-year contract basis.

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Capcom Licensed Discovery Brands

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Capcom has signed a deal with Discovery Communications (part of the Discovery Channel) to develop mobile games based on two of their successful shows; Cash Cab and Deadliest Catch.

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Sun Planning App Store

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

It seems Sun is also keen on releasing an App Store for all Java compliant devices. Where others aim at millions, Sun says it will aim for at least a billion consumers worldwide.

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Nokia and EA Mobile Start Dutch N-Gage Promotions

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Since last week, Nokia is putting a lot of effort in promoting the N-Gage service to Dutch consumers. The company offers a special trail period with six of their mobile games.

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MGB Re-Design 2009

May 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in About Us | 2 Comments »

It has been a year since we released the brownish layout, so it was time for a new one. Next to a new layout, we have also launched the MGB iPhone service with our launching partner Chillingo.

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Interview with Eberhard Schonburg, Artificial Life

May 20th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

Over the past months, Artificial Life has hit the media a couple of times with their licensing deals and very possitive financial status. Time for a small interview with the CEO Eberhard Schonburg.

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Will Work for Money

May 19th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in About Us | 2 Comments »

As you all noticed last week, I have been offline. Though I am happy to announce that we will soon launch on iPhone (working on the last bits of the code), there is also some sad news for me personally.

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