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Nokia’s Vancouver Studio Closes

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Nokia Develop Magazine found out that Nokia is closing it's Vancouver games studio. With the closing, 100 employees risk looking for a new job this summer and there is no telling what this means for the much discussed N-Gage.

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Belgium to Regulate Mobile Content Market

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Belgium The Belgian government has introduced a new set of regulations to keep hold of the mobile content and services market. The government feels that self-regulation within the industry has failed.

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EU: Cheap Internet and Standards for Mobile Payments

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Europe EU commissioner Viviane Reding has announced plans that should reduce data costs for mobile internet in Europe and introduce a central system for processing mobile payments.

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App Store’s 99ct Games, the Details

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Pocket-gamer Our friends over at Pocket Gamer have dug into what some refer as the 99 cents drama of the App Store. Their research shows some interesting findings like the fact that the second most popular price point is $ 4.99.

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Fishlabs Feels Used by Greystripe

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Fishlabs The guys over at GoMoNews sat down with Michael Schade from Fishlabs to talk about his games and the mobile advertising space. During the interview, Michael expressed his negative feelings toward Greystripe.

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Glu CEO Greg Ballard Stepping Down

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 3 Comments »

Glu Glu (GLUU) has announced that the company's CEO and President Greg Ballard has indicated his intention to end his career as the CEO of the well known publisher.

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ZeniMax Borrowed $105 Million for id

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Id-soft Following the acquisition of id Software by Zenimax, the companies didn't disclose any information about the total sum Zenimax put on the table to finance the deal.

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Gameloft Starts @CastleOfMagic Naming Contest

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Gameloft Following the release of Caslte of Magic, Gameloft has announced a competition in which players can name the character for the next mobile game it will appear in.

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Duke Nukem Coming to iPhone

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Machineworks-northwest Though the future of 'The Duke' on PC and Consoles is still far from certain, Machineworks Northwest has announced that it is porting the original Duke Nukem 3D game to the iPhone.

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#redrocketgames starts Twitter Promotion

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Redrocket-games Developer and publisher Red Rocket Games has announced a new competition aimed at achieving more brand awareness for their studio's productions amongst Twittering iPhone owners.

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