DICE: iPad Important to Disney

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Even though the MWC is a huge success, it seems there is some mobile left at the DICE event in Las Vegas. At the event, Disney Interactive’s president Stephen Wadsworth announced the company will launch products on it.

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Apple Increases OTA Download Limits

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

This news didn’t really come via an announcement from Apple itself, but it seems like Apple has started to change the download limits for items that are being downloaded over a regular 3G connection.

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EA Mobile Licenses Worms

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

An interesting twist to the Worms license today as EA announced to have acquired the license from Team 17 and THQ Wireless, a deal that was first rumored back in April 2009.

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OpenFeint X to Introduce new Revenue Streams

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

OpenFeint is one of the more popular social gaming platforms on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Now, the company behind it is launching a new iteration aimed at Free-To-Play or Freemium developers.

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First Screens Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

From screenshots we just received over the e-mail, it seems that Microsoft has been working hard on the visual layout of their Windows Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Series devices.

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MWC: ZuneHD in Europe? Not Likely!

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

When Microsoft introduced the ZuneHD, many analysts were disappointed that the Zune HD was limited to the US market. Though Apple is very successful with the iPod Touch, it seems Microsoft will not move.

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MWC: Windows Mobile to coexist with Windows Phone

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

It seems the introduction of Windows Phone 7 Series will not be the end of Windows Mobile 6.5. According to a Microsoft spokesman, both platforms will continue to sell in 2011.

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MWC: Gameloft Talks Ubisoft Rivalry and Future Outlook

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Stuart Dredge took some time to sit down with Gameloft’s Gonzague de Vallois to talk about the future of the company and its rivalry with former sister company Ubisoft.

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Nintendo Ships new DS Devkits!?

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: DSiWare | No Comments »

We have received several rumours saying Nintendo has started to ship devkits for a new generation of the Nintendo DS or at least a new portable gaming device which will hold several new features.

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Unity Celebrates 100.000 Signups

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Unity Technologies seems to be very successful with their new 3D engine. The company just announced to have 100.000 developers signed up for their product.