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Konami Announces PES 2009

August 4th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 1 Comment »

Konami
Konami has announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 will also arrive on
mobile phones. With the release of PES 2009, we have yet another mobile
football game in the pool.

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OrangePixel Starts

August 4th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

In order to attract new mobile gamers to it’s website, OrangePixel has
started a promotion in which a special Dutch version of Twin Legend is
offered for

NGmoco Receives Funding

August 1st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Ngmoco
iPhone gaming start-up NG-moco has managed to get some funding from
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers with participation from Maples
Investments.

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Gamelion Releases Global Baseball

August 1st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Gamelion has released their latest sports game Global Baseball. The
game follows Global Race and Global Cricket which where developed
purely for the Nokia E51.

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Dutch Zeemote Launch a Fact

August 1st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

Zeemote
There has been a lot of speculation for some time, but the launch of the
Zeemote has become reality. We spoke with Jim Adams from Zeemote on next week’s
official launch and the future of mobile gaming gear for the company.

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PopCap Announces Peggle Mobile

July 31st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Announcements | No Comments »

Popcapgames
It took some time, but finally Peggle is going mobile! From all games
in the PopCap Games portfolio, Peggle is without doubt the best for a
mobile conversion.

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EA’s Q2 2008

July 30th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Eamobile
Following Gameloft, we now got hold of EA Mobile’s financial data for
the second quarter of 2008. EA Mobile showed a 33% up year-on-year.

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Developers Complaint about iPhone SDK NDA UPDATED

July 29th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple
Developers from around the world are spilling their guts about the
problems they face due to the NDA they had to sign in order to start up
development for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Vivendi Games Mobile up for Sale!?

July 29th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Vivendigamesmobile
Vivendi Games Mobile was one of the last giants to enter the mobile
games industry, and though the latest merger made it potentially the
biggest, the unit might be sold of

Metismo and Imagination sign up for 3D

July 29th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | No Comments »

Metismo
Metismo is expanding its territory yet again. After several other
successful partnerships, the company now adds 3D to its bedrock
platform with the help from Imagination.