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Jamba’s CEO and CSO Step Down – Updated

October 15th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Jamba A few years after leaving her position as Vodafone’s content executive, Lucy Hood will now leave News Corp’s Jamba to pursuit “more entrepreneurial ventures”.

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IGF Judges Announced

October 15th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Igf The IGF organizers have made available the list of judges for this new industry event that will judge mobile games as well as games for the Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS.

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Gphone, Mobile OS

October 15th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | No Comments »

Google Though speculations about the possibility of a Gphone have been hot for nearly a year now, accusing nearly every handset maker and even Google itself to start selling mobile phones, the latest rumours say that the Gphone will actually be an operating system.

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Disney Appeal Fails over Mobile Game Charges

October 15th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Disneymobile In the U.S., Disney has lost an appeal against the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over advertisements for mobile games in the back of the Disney Store brochure.

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I-Play Releases FMX III Hardcore

October 11th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Iplay_2 The series that once started off as Nate Adams Freestyle Motocross, has now received it’s third makeover. While Nate Adams left the mobile gaming series after the first release, FMX III should promise a lot more freestyle fun.

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THQ Wireless Releases Juiced 2

October 11th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Thqwireless In a world of sequels, it is no surprise that THQ’s successful (mobile) racing game series Juiced receives yet another update. This time, Juiced 2

Gamevil USA Releases GT Drift Untouchable

October 10th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Gamevil Gamevil USA has released GT Drift Untouchable, a mobile racing game which will take on the battle in one of the most competitive mobile gaming genres to date.

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Astraware Releases Astraware Boardgames

October 10th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Astraware goes back to basic as the game developer has released Astraware Boardgames, a collection of 8 of the most played boardgames including Chess and Reversi for the mobile phone.

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Hudson Entertainment Releases Kachinko

October 10th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Hudson Hudson Entertainment announced the release of their PC hit game Kachinko as mobile game for the Brew and J2me platforms.

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Glu, Hasbro and McDonalds Promote Monopoly 2007

October 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | 2 Comments »

Glu Glu has stroke a deal with Hasbro and McDonalds in order to promote mobile gaming by giving away one million free mobile monopoly games to McDonalds U.S. customers.