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Tira Wireless Closing Down?

August 22nd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Tirawireless
Another industry mammoth falls to the ground as porting specialist Tira
Wireless seems to be closing down. Yes it’s rumor time again here at
MGB.

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Mobile Games, Flooded by Brands

August 22nd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

When I started in this business, a branded mobile game was something
strange. Kiloo had Hugo, Overloaded had Big Brother and Fear Factor and
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Cellufun User Court to Reduce Abuse

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Cellufun has created something new within their mobile gaming community. The company has initiated a virtual court and jail in order to cut down virtual bullying.

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GC: Nokia ‘Comes With Games’

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Nokia
Following the spectacular Comes with Music offering on various mobile phones, Nokia seems to be targeting their next move toward mobile gamers with their Comes with Games offering.

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GC: PocketGamer Roundup

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

On behalf of PocketGamer, Stuart Dredge has been roaming the GC in Leipzich. The first days, he has been all over the GCDC sessions. Here is a shortlist to all of them.

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Tap Tap Revenge for iPhone Expands

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

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Tap Tap Revenge, a Guitar Hero like mobile game for the iPhone is set to expand its functionalities with a new release on App Store later this week.

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GC: Zeemote Launches Zeekey with Nokia

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

Zeemote
In our interview with jim Adams as well as in our Zeemote review months ago we mentioned the desire for a tool to use the Zeemote on any mobile games. It seems this came true now.

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Exit’s Neutron for iPhone

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

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Exit Games has adapted it’s Neutron mobile multiplayer gaming platform for the iPhone. Players can now enjoy all of Neutron’s community and multiplayer functionality on the device.

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Disney Releases Toy Story Mania

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

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Another themepark adventure from Walt Disney turns onto a mobile game. Though Pirates of the Carrabean was obvious, Toy Story Mania will have to do it without a movie.

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Bejeweled Sold 25m Times

August 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

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Bejeweled has been on the market for a long time. The game even got me through my student years when I had it on my good old Palm m515. Now the game managed to sell 25 million times.