Ngmoco Raised $25m, Acquires Freeverse
February 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Shortly after raising $25 Million in funding, Ngmoco announced the acquisition of mobile game developer Freeverse. Freeverse celebrated it’s 5th million App Store download yesterday.
LemonQuest Leaves J2me, Sells Portfolio
February 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »
The latest developer to leave the J2me market is LemonQuest. The developer is now trying to sell off its portfolio. The company will continue with a multi-platform MMORPG aimed at PC and Smartphones.
App Store Allows Sweepstakes
February 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »
Apple made new changes to the developer agreement that will give developers more freedom when they want to promote their apps by introducing the possibility to organize sweepstakes.
Fabrication Games Launches App Discovery App
February 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »
Another publisher joins the group of ‘game discovery’ app owners as Fabrication Games launched The Gametrail. With the app, consumers can check App video’s before they purchase the full game.
Freeverse Passed 5M Sales
February 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »
This weekend, iPhone developer Freeverse has celebrated passing 5 million sales since the company started with mobile games back in 2008. The company has 24 games on the App Store.
Adult Ban Kills 5.000 Apps on App Store
February 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »
Last Friday we wrote about Wobble/iBoobs being removed from the App Store as Apple tightened the rules about adult/erotic apps. According to a call the developer had with Apple, 5.000 apps are banned.
SonyEricsson to Integrate PSN
February 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »
Following the announcement from Microsoft to integrate Xbox Live into their new Windows Phone 7 Series devices, SonyEricsson started a counter offensive and announced PSN for SE phones.
HandyGames Releases App Store Analysis
February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »
HandyGames has released new statistics from the App Store. Did you know Pop Cap Games has 100% of their games in the US Top 100? Pop Cap’s cheapest game is $2.99 and the French don’t rate much?
Niccolo de Masi Responds to Glu Overhaul Story
February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »
Earlyer this week, we reported on an interview between Jon Jordan and Glu CEO Nicollow de Masi in which the publisher seemed to make clear that J2me would no longer have a real future in the company.
ngmoco Turns to Freemium, Scraps Rolando 3 as Paid Title
February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »
With the success of their Eliminate Pro game in mind, ngmoco has changed its strategy from pay per download to the freemium model. As a result, the company started to make changes in their internal roadmap.
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