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National Geographic Starts iPhone Development

November 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

We have seen a lot of new studios that started developing mobile games for the App Store. The most recent studio to join the ever growing group is good old National Geographic.

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And Then… There’s Pimps ‘n Ho’s

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | 1 Comment »

Did we get your attention? Well, the name of this post isn't the strangest about it. Today, we are actually writing about a board game called Pimps 'n Ho's from Weaver Games. If there is a HandyGames in the world of family games, these guys are it for sure!

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Alawar Releases McAliens

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

You know the feeling… It's Saturday night, Your drunk, you ordered a Hamburger and when opening the box, there is funny green stuff on it. I'm drifting away here. What I meant to say is that Alawar NewEdge Mobile released McAliens.

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Corelane Releases Clonyk on App Store

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Casual mobile game developer Corelane has released it's latest mobile game Clonyk on Apple's App Store. The game is a creative mix of both Space Invaders and an upside-down Dr. Mario.

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Buongiorno Does 3 UK & IR

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Another victory for content aggregator Buongiorno, as the company managed to haul in an exclusive deal with Three UK & IR to deliver their white label mobile games store.

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Nokia N-Gages with 2 Additional Handsets

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Nokia's N-Gage blog has announced that the company has readied the N-Gage client for the Nokia N78 and 6210 Navigator mobile phones. The 6210 Navigator is yet another example that N-Gage in not at all limited to the N Series.

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Polarbit Updates Raging Thunder on App Store

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Polarbit announced the latest update to the award-winning mobile racing game Raging Thunder for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The primary addition is the inclusion of online, real-time competitive multiplayer

Namco Releases Brain Exercise

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Namco Networks announced the availability of Brain Exercise across US national carriers. According to Namco, this game is scientifically proven to stimulate the brain like all others.

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The Mighty Troglodytes Insolvent?

November 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Since Vivendi Games Mobile has decided to stop publishing directly in the mobile games market, their outsourcing stopped as well. One of their primary outsourcing studios was The Mighty Troglodytes.

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Fishlabs Games for Free on 123Play

November 16th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | 2 Comments »

Germany based 3D game developer Fishlabs has joined the list of developers that make their mobile games freely available via Helsinki's ad-funded mobile games service 123play.com.