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HandyGames Releases Romans and Barbarians

November 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | 4 Comments »

If there is one type of game that HandyGames has always been good in producing, it's strategy. With the release of their latest mobile game, Romans and Barbarians, the company delivers yet another real time strategy beauty.

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RumbleX Got Revamped and Supports iPhone and Android

November 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Since 2006, OrangePixel has been fighting to get the Rumblex experience in as many mobile games as possible. Through the SDK they hope to create a true Xbox Live experience to mobile gamers and so, stimulate the mobile games market.

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AT&T Goes Back to SMS Gaming

November 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: SMS | No Comments »

It's been a long time since we heard anything new on SMS based mobile games, but one of America's biggest operators, AT&T, announced that they are using a brand new SMS game to trigger their consumers to start playing.

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Pangea Software Reaches 1 Million Downloads on App Store

November 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Success on big platforms can also be achieved by small developers. A good example is Pangea Software. A small developer that managed to generate over 1 million downloads on Apple's App Store.

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Nokia Releases Series 40 6th Edition SDK

November 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | No Comments »

Nokia has made their latest software development kit available to developers all over the world. With the SDK, developers can get their mobile games ready for the 6th edition of their series 40 platform.

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T-Mobile’s Own Device Support (Sucks)

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Since a few months, I own a MDA Vario IV from T-Mobile NL. It's also known as the wildly popular HTC Touch Pro. Great right? Not if you like mobile games and expect your operator to service you…

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MED Signs 7Seas Technologies

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 4 Comments »

Since Telcogames was transformed into MED, we haven't heard any news for a while. Today however, we found out that MED signed a deal with 7Seas to bring their 3D mobile games to Europe.

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Mobile Amusements Releases Snow Slots on App Store

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Long time mobile game developer Adrian Cummings has released Snow Slots for the iPhone. Equipped with an all new mini game, Snow Slots is ready for slot machine addicts all over the world.

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Xendex Closes ANEM Distribution Deal

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Xendex has signed a distribution deal to bring mobile games from Alawar NewEdge Mobile to it's publishing partners. Through the deal, Xendex boosts the size of it's catalogue.

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Polarbit Releases Wave Blazer on App Store

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Polarbit announced the release of Wave Blazer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Wave Blazer is a rip-roaring speedboat racer featuring 3D graphics, online multiplayer races and accelerometer controls.