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Astraware Releases Westward for Smartphones

June 26th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Astraware has announced the release of Sandlot’s Westward for smartphones from Symbian (S60, UIQ), PalmOS and Windows Mobile.

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Glu and Activision Extend Call of Duty Deal

June 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Glu Mobile announced an agreement with Activision, Inc. that will
extend the companies’ exclusive, worldwide partnership to include Call
of Duty: World at War for mobile phones.

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Golden Joystick Nominees 2008

June 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Goldenjoystick
After one month of unprecedented and furious voting from UK gamers and
a record-breaking 100,000 votes being registered, the shortlists for
the 26th annual Golden Joystick Awards have been unveiled.

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Tag Games offers Money Back Guarantee

June 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Deals | No Comments »

Taggames
Tag Games does something new (or at least they are the first to shout
it out). The developer is offering a money back guarantee on any mobile
game.

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Xendex Raises 2.3 Million Funding

June 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Xendex
Mobile game developer Xendex has raised

Recent Changes at Symbian and Mobile Games

June 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

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Today, we have posted two articles in relation to Nokia’s move to
acquire a majority share in Symbian. Till now, Symbian owned a minority
share and used Symbian for their S60 Devices.

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Ubersoft Provides Free Games via Facebook

June 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 1 Comment »

Ubersoft, a Philippine based start-up, started providing a catalogue of
about 800 free (though adfunded) mobile games through its new Facebook
application.

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PopCap Goes Asia, Opens Office

June 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Popcapgames
PopCap Games has chosen to extend it’s position in the Asia/Pacific
(mobile) casual gaming market by opening up a brand new office in
Shanghai, lead by James Gwertzman.

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Selatra up 50%

June 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Selatra
Selatra, one of the bigger mobile game aggregators, is celebrating it’s
sixt birthday. At the same time, the company announced that it’s
year-on-year revenue is up 50%.