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Announcement: 2007 Forecast

December 11th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

The end of the year is nearing and this means at the Mobile Games Blog, it’s time to look forward. Over the past weeks, we have asked many industry executives to share us their view on what will happen in 2007 with their company or the industry. On December 15th 2006, we will release this list which holds executives like Christopher Kassulke (HandyGames), John Chasey (InfoSpace), Gunnar Larssen (Real Networks) and many more…

HandsOn reorganizes

December 11th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

According to MocoNews, HandsOn is reorganising. The most notable is the change of position for Keith McCurdy. Though only recently appointed as COO, he has now left this station and will only work as advisor for the company, while Lynne Crawford replaces him. Other details are unknown at this time.

Mobile Distillery outsourcers porting to Exkee

December 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | 8 Comments »

Mobile game developer Mobile Distillery announced it has signed a long term deal with Exkee to get the Exkee games ported. Mobile Distillery launched their Celsius solution to port mobile games to over 450 handsets in the EU, US and Canada.

UTV buys itself into IndiaGames.

December 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Moconews reports UTV has bought 51% of the shares in IndiaGames. They spend a total of $ 29 million on the purchase. Moconews expects the shares to have come from TOM Online who used to be the majority shareholder. IndiaGames reported a $ 5 million annual revenue for it’s last fiscal year and houses 270 employees. TOM Online is also reported as shareholder in Hutchinson. If they really sold off their share in IndiaGames, what will they do with the Hutchinson shares?

Imagination Technologies: Accelerating Sony Ericsson Graphics

December 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | 1 Comment »

Symbian One has put online an editorial in which they discuss with Richard Bloor from Imagination Technologies about the possibilities for 3D gaming on UIQ 3 devices. Read the full article here.

GameFederation acquires Daydream

December 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

We reported it before (31-10-2006), but now it’s official. GameFederation has bought all shares of Daydream from 24h Poker. GameFederation made clear in it’s pressrelease that it expects to strategically expand it’s coverage on operators and make use of the close connection that Daydream has with SonyEricsson and Nokia. The acquisition also gives GameFederation access to Harry Potter, Loony Tunes, Batman, Superman and Mastermind licenses.

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Sony Pictures releases “007 Casino Royale”

December 6th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Sony Pictures has released their newest James Bond game called Casino Royale. The mobile game is accompanied by ringtones, wallapers and other mobile content on a dedicated website. The full press release is pasted below.

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Glu’s Holiday lineup

December 6th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 1 Comment »

Glu keeps popping up in the headlines today as they announced their holiday line-up. During this festive season, Glu will bring us Monopoly Here & Now (Not to be mistaken with the simultaneous release of Monopoly Tycoon 2007 by HandsOn), Deer hunter 2 for mobile, World Series of Poker Player Advisor, Brain Genius, Super K.O. Boxing, Monopoly Classic and the much awarded game Stranded. Read the full press release below.

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Babel’s global outsourcing business

December 6th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Babel has launched its global publishing service to assist mobile game developers in deploying their games on a world wide level. Babel has installed local offices in the UP, Canada and India to assist in the deployment. Babel hopes to fill the gap in the market of ever increasing delivery requirements that companies have to work with to get their games out in time.

Glu & Celador extend relationship

December 6th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Glu‘s work on the “Who wants to be a millionaire” clearly has paid of as both Glu and Celador signed for extending the partnership. Glu delivered the first mobile game under the license back in 2004 and currently has three editions in several languages. Read the full story at Mobile Entertainment Magazine.