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Glu Releases Deer Hunter 3

December 2nd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Glu Mobile Inc. announced the launch of Deer Hunter 3 Mobile, the third in a series of mobile hunting games. Based on Atari's Deer Hunter brand, Deer Hunter 3 Mobile will include a lot of new features including hunting for big game, fowl and other types of prey.

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Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2008

December 2nd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Coming Wednesday night is an important night for many mobile game developers that operate their business in Germany. That night, the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2008 will be given to the best mobile game developer.

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Experience Nokia World 2008 for Free

December 1st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

After speaking to Nokia this afternoon, we where granted permission to publicize the press url of the Nokia World 2008, which provides virtual access to Nokia's key 2008 event in Barcalona.

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Glu Goes Ad-Funded

December 1st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | 1 Comment »

Space Monkey, one of Glu's mobile games for iPhoneOS, is available for free to mobile gamers world wide. With this step, Glu has started to explore the world of ad-funded games for the iPhone.

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O2’s App Store Nearing Completion

December 1st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

While T-Mobile has been making a lot of noise around their plans for a non-Apple app store, O2 has been silent on the topic. Meanwhile, there is a site called O2Litmus.co.uk which, if you take a look at it's RSS feed, offers a sneak peak into the new platform.

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MED Limited’s Late Payments (the Soap Continues)

November 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Not long after Mobile Entertainment Distribution Limited (MED Ltd.) bought the assets of Telcogames off Menzies, we already noticed that the company was behind in paying their debts. Now, months later it's happening all over again.

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Google Admits Breaking Apple’s Rules

November 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Ok, since we talk about software from Google for the iPhone, we are clearly not talking about a mobile game. Still, this case might be interesting for all developers of mobile games for the App Store.

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Polarbit Releases Armageddon Squadron on App Store

November 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Polarbit announced the release of their latest 3D shooter Armageddon Squadron. Through Apple's App Store, the game is instantly available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Clearsky to Distribute Cellufun’s Platform

November 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Cellufun and ClearSky Mobile Media announced the availability of Cellufun's games community to ClearSky's operator partners. This relationship delivers its mobile games to a large network of more than two million customers in North America.

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Disney Releases Disney Board Games

November 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | 1 Comment »

Boardgames always sell well. With their latest mobile game, Disney combines three of them in one nice little package. Through the download, gamers will be able to play Reversi, Checkers and Four-in-a-Row.