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Gameloft to make “The O.C.” game(s)

September 26th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Fox TV’s "The O.C." didn’t only return for its third season, but it also is making its debut as a mobile video game following a deal with Gameloft. The publisher is set to announce its multiyear license today, with the first game scheduled to launch next year. Read on …

Moonscoop And Overloaded Launch Funky Cops(TM) Wireless Games

September 20th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Leading kids and animation company Moonscoop and Overloaded, a leading developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones, have signed a deal for the development and exploitation of wireless games based on the hit animated television series Funky CopsTM. The agreement was negotiated through specialist media mobile agency TV For Mobile. Read on …

Digital Chocolate unveils series of social games for mobile phones

September 20th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Multiplayer Gaming | No Comments »

First Game, MLSN Sports Picks, Fosters Community Play and Social Computing Concept; Redefines How Members Interact with World’s Most Ubiquitous Computer

Digital Chocolate, Inc., a leading publisher of software for mobile phones, today unveiled a new class of networked mobile games which allow consumers to play and connect with friends and members of the Digital Chocolate community, redefining how consumers interact with their mobile phones, the most prevalent computing platform in the world. Read on … Read on …(2)

VIDEO: Tokyo Game Show 2005: Massive 3G Mobile Display

September 19th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Trends | No Comments »

Packed with international game and console makers out to show the press and public just what they can do, the Tokyo Game Show opened yesterday for a three-day run at Chiba’s Makuhari Messe Convention Center. Eager to showcase their mobile gaming platforms, DoCoMo set up a giant booth splashed in black paint over yellow for a "street style" look. Multiple mobile play stations circling the entire area had event goers lined up ten deep to try out mobile games like Monster Hunter, Sonic, Gundam, and many more. Everyone who plays a game receives different free collectible badges that fit into a DoCoMo badge folder — also free — guaranteeing big crowds here. Last year DoCoMo enjoyed great success with a similar system that handed out collectible cards for each game. Read on …

International Mobile Gaming Awards Receives Widespread Support from Handheld Industry

September 13th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

NVIDIA has formally launched http://www.imgawards.com, the worldwide portal where developers have until the end of October to submit their titles for consideration in the competition. The site features guidelines, rules and regulations, a FAQ section, special features, white papers, and technical documents, and conditions of entry. Read on …

LimeLife Targets Cell Phone Games For Women

September 13th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Kristin Asleson McDonnell reminded me in our phone call that we used to talk when she was vice president of marketing at Mpath Interactive, one of the first serious online gaming service providers, back in the mid-1990s. That’s going way back for the games business.

Now she’s CEO of LimeLife, a start-up company in Menlo Park that is making cell phone games for women. LimeLife raised $5 million in venture capital in July. Its backers include I-Hatch Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and US Venture Partners. The latter is of interest because Paul Matteucci, former CEO of Mpath, is a partner at USVP. Read on …

Nokia Game 20Lives kicks off on September 19

August 26th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | 1 Comment »

Nokia introduces a captivating new interactive adventure, Nokia 20Lives, following the highly popular Nokia Game. Nokia 20Lives presents a next generation online and mobile experience, combining elements from games, movies, fashion and music business. Starting on September 19, participants of the new game will have a unique opportunity of stepping into somebody else’s shoes – not only once, or twice, but 20 times. Nokia 20Lives presents 20 fictional characters and gives the players a chance of living an exciting day in these characters’ lives. Provided by Nokia, the web-based Nokia 20Lives will be played in 21 countries across Europe in 11 languages. Read on …

Flash Mobile for Games

August 25th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Trends | 1 Comment »

Is the future of mobile games in Flash? Who will tell…
At IndiaGames they seem to have things well under control 😉 Read on …

MFORMA Takes You Back With New Mobile Game — California Games

August 25th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

MFORMA Group, Inc., the leading global publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment, has released "California Games," a retro collection of fun, summer beach games to play on your mobile phone, based on the EPYX smash hit console game of the ’80s.

The original California Games introduced the "extreme games" genre and was named one of the 50 greatest video games of all time. MFORMA’s mobile version of California Games captures and rekindles the original excitement and takes you back to the days when nothing was more important than getting air on the half-pipe or shredding waves in the California surf. Read on …

Telephia Reports 30 Percent of Mobile Game Titles Drive 80 Percent of Revenue from the Mobile Games Category

August 25th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Telephia, the leading provider of performance measurement information to the mobile industry, today reports that nearly 30 percent of mobile game titles account for 80 percent of mobile game revenue. According to the latest data from Telephia’s monthly Mobile Game Report, consumers paid an average of $3.86 per game purchased for their mobile devices. Read on …