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Tag Games Signs Distribution
November 28th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »
Tag Games & IndiaGames teamed up to release Tag’s games into India. The full press release is below.
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Nokia – Connecting people
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Twistbox signs up new board members
November 28th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games | 2 Comments »
Twistbox, the mobile games and content firm has installed new board members. It opened up a new office in London in which ex-Warner Bros Justin Richardson will head up EU sales and marketing. Also, Twistbox hired ex-GM Entertainment Henrik Salzman to handle Scandinavia from the Stockholm office.
Twistbox Entertainment CEO Ian Aaron said: “Building our local presence in Europe that now includes offices in London, Paris, D
Glu signed Project Gotham Racing (PGR)
November 28th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »
It seems Microsoft made a small switch as it’s latest franchise, Project Gotham Racing (PGR) is not handled by In-Fusio like many other Microsoft licenses, but by Glu. The mobile game will feature 9 real life models with the same characteristics as in the X-Box game.
Mobile Adult content $ 3.3 billion by 2011
November 28th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games | No Comments »
Juniper announced sales of mobile adult services, under which games, will be worth $ 3.3 billion by 2011. This year, the market was valued at $ 1.4 billion. The primary market will the EU, closely followed by the Asian-Pacific.
Carnival of the Mobilists #55
November 28th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
While questioning myself why the carnival site doesn’t receive updates anymore, I’m happy to tell you the latest edition is available at Fierce!
Player X – A Top 10 Publisher
November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
Player X has announced to MobileIndustry.biz to be a top 10 ranking player in the mobile games industry. The post doesn’t mention who lost it’s listing in the top 10, but it’s a big claim which means I can’t wait for the full interview to go online.
"You know, when you look at Jamdat, iFone, I-Play, Glu… Then there’s Player X. You’re really talking about companies which are very very established, and yet, we’re here nibbling away at them." said Tony Pearce, CEO of Player X.
Upstart’s acquisition completed by Sun TV Shops
November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
We reported before on the acquisition of Irish based Upstart games by SUN TV Shops. We can now confirm the purchase is completed. SUN has bought the developer for $ 15,25 million paid in cash and shares. The 2005 turnover of Upstart was just above
Interview with Mike McCabe
November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
The Age has put online an excellent interview with Mike McCabe, head of EA Mobile for the Asian-Pacific area. In the interview they handle past, present and future of EA and mobile games with a focus on Australia, combined with history highlights like the N-Gage.
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