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Paul Maglione: high-end 3D, it’s Still a Niche Market

May 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Vivendi
Over at Pocket Gamer, they held an interview with Vivenvi Games
Mobile’s CEO Paul Maglione where they discussed upcoming titles, and
technologies like user generated content.

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O2: Mobile Games are a Niche

May 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Head of Telefonica’s non-Spanish European operations, O2 Europe, Peter
Erskine has been interviewed on several subjects at News.Com during the
Reuters TMT Summit in sunny Paris.

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New Edge to Distribute Cocoasoft Games

May 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Cocoasoft announced to have closed a deal with New Edge to get their titles distributed in a big part of the Russian territory.

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Bouygues Telecom Supports Ad-Funded Mobile Games

May 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Bouyguestelecom
Bouygues Telecom is the second operator to openly embrace the
distribution of ad supported mobile games toward its consumers.
Bouygues Telecom does however limit the service.

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Greystripe Secures $ 8.9 Million Funding, Konami Joins Network

May 23rd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Greystripe has announced to have raised $ 8.9 million in their Series B funding round led by Walt Disney’s Steamboat Ventures. At the same time, Greystripe announced to have closed a deal to make a few Konami mobile games available on ad-supported basis.

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Gameloft Acquires iPod Developer License

May 23rd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | 1 Comment »

Gameloft_2
Gameloft has announced to start releasing several of their games on the
iPod’s mobile gaming shop within iTunes. Gameloft is one of the few to
have acquired the license.

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THQ Wireless Releases Prehistoric Fun Park

May 23rd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Thqwireless
THQ Wireless has announced the release of prehistoric Fun Park, a game
from Russian developer Gear Games which we interviewed on the blog
several months ago.

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Gameloft Licenses 1 vs. 100

May 23rd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Gameloft announced to have licensed yet another title from Endemol
called 1 vs. 100. This time, Gameloft made the deal with Endemol USA
instead of Endemol UK where they licensed Deal or no Deal earlier.

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LivingMobile Releases Rubik’s Numbulution

May 23rd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Livingmobile
After the successful release of the Rubik’s Bloxx Twister mobile game,
Living Mobile now launches Rubik’s Numbulution to satisfy the puzzle
hungry mobile gaming consumer.

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Lunagames Releases Premier League Darts

May 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | 1 Comment »

Dutch developer Lunagames has announced the release of their latest
title called Premier League Darts, right in time with the new
competition schedule of this famous darts league.