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Comscore Highlights Top Apps

April 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Comscore released some interesting news today about the penetration rate of the most popular mobile games for the App Store. Did you know TapTapRevenge is downloaded by 1 out of 3 mobile gamers?

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Car Jack Streets Diaries

April 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

TAG Games has always been doing a lot of innovating marketing when it comes to raising attention for their mobile games. In their latest PR outburst, the company has created a set of video's called the Car Jack Streets Developer Diaries.

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Artificial Life Signs Licenses VfB Stuttgart

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 4 Comments »

Artificial Life has announced a licensing deal with German soccer club VfB Stuttgart. The club will collaborate with Artificial Life to produce a mobile soccer game called “VfB – The Official Mobile Game”.

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Twistbox / Waat Licensed Private

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 1 Comment »

Private, most of us that where at the first 3GSM in Barcalona will probably still remember their party (it was the only one where you needed to pay for your drinks). Back then, the company was very interested in managing their own mobile content. Now, they licensed it all to Twistbox’s Waat adult brand.

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Blizzard Launches first App

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

The past two years there has been a lot of speculation about why Blizzard was hiring mobile game developers. When Vivendi was acquired, all mobile gaming activities seemed to have been abandoned, but now there suddenly is an app on iTunes

Probability Licenses The X Factor, The Price Is Right, Play Your Cards Right, Blankety Blank, Sale Of The Century, and Hole In The Wall

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Probability PLC has entered into a multi-year agreement with FremantleMedia Enterprises, which will allow the mobile gambling company to licence a number of entertainment show brands as the basis for creating mobile slot games.

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Web 2.0: Early Access Program For Palm’s Pre SDK

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Over at the Web 2.0 Expo, Palm has announced that their developer program for the Palm Pre SDK is now open. As of today, developers can now start developing mobile games for the WebOS platform.

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Zed Launches First iPhone Games

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Zed announced it’s focus on iPhone development by the release of Bubble Boom and Carnival Hammer. The developer/publisher/distributor expects to release a lot more iPhone games along 2009.

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CTIA: adMob’s iPhone Download Exchange Launched

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

adMob has released it’s much discussed iPhone Download Exchange platform yesterday. The platform allows developers to share adspace with others in the hope to increase download volumes.

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Nintendo Starts Chasing 1UP for Game&Watch

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

1Up has been known for releasing perfect clones of Nintendo’s Game & Watch collection. After months of generating sales, Nintendo has finally sent the company a cease and desist order to stop selling the titles.