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Glu To Distribute Konami Mobile Games

May 15th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Konami
After a few years of trying to establish themselves in the mobile games
market, it seems Konami has now chosen to take an alternative route via
mobile games publisher Glu.

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Cometa Games, Fresh Funding and a Fresh Name

May 14th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Cometa When we spoke to the Cometa Games guys at the World Telemedia Congress a few weeks back, they already announced to us that some big B2B news would pop-up soon. Today, they sent us a press release about their new name and latest funding.

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Meffy Mobile Gaming Nominations Announced

May 14th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Mef
MEF announced the shortlisted nominees for their annual MEFFY award
show which will be held in always sunny Monte Carlo this year.

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THQ Wireless’ Q1 2007 Financial Results

May 14th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Thqwireless
THQ has released their quarterly earnings report last week which shows
a big increase for the complete company, but also a dip for THQ
Wireless, their mobile gaming division which recently bought Universomo.

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In-Fusio, The Value of a Former Giant

May 14th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Zenops Last Friday’s news about Zenops acquiring both In-Fusio and Filao Mobile came as a surprise to many players in the mobile games industry. Now however, we got tipped on a message from Florent Pitoun about the value.

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In-Fusio and Filao Mobile Acquired by Zenops

May 11th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

Zenops It seems to be an interesting Friday again as Zenops announced the acquisition of both Filao Mobile, In-Fusio and MobileScope (which was owned by In-Fusio).

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24hpoker Blames HQ Bank for Daydream Disaster

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

Just when we thought the soap around the Daydream acquisition form
24hpoker was settled down after officially closing and selling off all
of Daydream’s assets, new bits start popping up in the press.

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Sony Pictures Mobile Announced New Line-Up

May 10th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Announcements | No Comments »

Sonypictures
Sony Pictures Mobile has send out the latest details about the mobile
games we can expect to come from the studio along the next few months.

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I-Play Wins Duke’s Choice Award

May 10th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Iplay
It has been a bit silent on awards being passed out the past few
months, but today we can congratulate I-Play with their latest price,
the Duke’s Choice Award.

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Playphone Secures $ 18.75 Million in Third Round Funding

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

U.S. based mobile games and content portal operator Playphone has
announced to have received $ 18.75 million in their third and latest
financing round.