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PacificNet Acquires Octavian

December 10th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Pacificnet has acquired 100% of Octavian International Ltd., a gaming technology company based in the United Kingdom.

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Metismo Simplefies J2me Development

December 10th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Metismo Metismo has released Bedrock, a development framework that helps developers to create better mobile games without worrying to much about device specifications. On top of that, it even ports to other platforms.

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Interview With Charles McLeod from Metaflow

December 7th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

Today, we have an interview with Charles McLeod, the managing director of our proud sponsor Metaflow. Unlike many of our previous interviews with developers and publishers, we will now look at the topic of standardizing distribution of mobile games and Metaflow’s commitment to that bit of the biz.

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Vivendi Releases SWAT Elite Troops

December 7th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Vivendi Vivendi Games Mobile announced the release of SWAT Elite Troops, a follow-up to their successful SWAT mobile game released some time ago.

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Astraware Releases Astraware Casino

December 7th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Astraware_2 For al those mobile casino lovers out there, Astraware has now released a big 8-in-1 package that gives mobile gamers access to the most loved mobile gambling games.

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Astraware Releases Astraware Solitaire Winter Edition

December 7th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Astraware is celebrating Christmas this year with their special release of Astraware Solitaire Winter Edition. The mobile game is free to all consumers who bought the original Astraware Solitaire game.

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MobileRated Pushing 1 Million Downloads a Month

December 7th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

MobileRated has announced that the portal provides over a million free mobile game downloads a month varying from demo’s to full featured and ad-funded mobile games.

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Gameloft Attracts 4 Nominations at Spike TV

December 7th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

With two mobile game releases, Gameloft managed to get four nominations at Spike TV’s Video Game Awards 2007. The mobile game Assassins Creed managed to get 3 of the 4 nominations.

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Artificial Life Licenses Braveheart and Shooter

December 6th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Artificial Life has licensed two new titles from Paramount Pictures. The Hong Kong based developer and publisher of mobile games licensed Braveheart and Shooter.