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Tag Games Expands

October 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Taggames Dundee based mobile games developer Tag Games has moved into new office earlier this year which now allows the developer to expand and double the headcount.

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Vivendi Announces Urban Attack

October 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Announcements | 1 Comment »

Vivendi Vivendi Games Mobile has announced the release of this years prestige project of the French publisher and developer called Urban Attack.

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Burger King Enters the Mobile Games Biz

October 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | 1 Comment »

Mobliss Mobliss has announced a major deal with Burger King to create and sell mobile games based on Burger King’s format, and at the Burger King restaurants. Who will sign the big M?

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I-Play Releases Slingo Quest

October 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Iplay With Slingo Quest, I-Play releases yet another widely known and played casual game from the internet on the mobile phone.

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Eidos New Media Releases Championship Manager 2008

October 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Eidos Eidos New Media has announced the release of their newest edition in the Championship Manager series of mobile games called Championship Manager 2008.

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Hands-On Indie Developer Programme

October 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Deals | No Comments »

Handson Hands-On Mobile has announced a new programme to support independent developers in entering the global mobile gaming market. This way Hands-On expects to find and aggregate creative new mobile gaming content.

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Too Many Clicks for Mobile Games

October 4th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Mportico_2 mPortico has done some research about the ease of finding and purchasing mobile games at carrier decks and directly at mobile game developers. Their conclusion? Mobile Games play hard to get.

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Phantom EFX Starts Mobile Game Development

October 4th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gambling | No Comments »

Phantomefx Phantom EFX, a player in the world of on-line gambling for PC and MAC platforms, today announced to be moving into mobile game development in order to extend their reach in the gambling industry.

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THQ Wireless and 3 UK Into Juiced 2 Marketing

October 4th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Thqwireless Mobile games developer THQ Wireless and operator 3 UK have singed a cross platform marketing agreement where 3 UK will not only distribute the mobile game, but also gain visibility toward gamers.

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EA and Channel 4 Mobile Games Hunt

October 4th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Eamobile EA Mobile and Channel 4 have teamed up to start a competition for the best new mobile game. Game designers can send in their ideas and win not only the development of the game, but also a GBP 2.500 cash prize.