SK Telecom Plans App Store

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Cnet found out that South Korean operator SK Telecom is planning to launch it’s own App Store. The eta version is planned to be available in June whereas the full commercial launch will be along September.

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Super Rewards Virtual Currency goes Mobile

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

With their virtual currency system, an initiative called Super Rewards is taking the one thing Second Life did right to the mobile gaming industry. Will it be a news source of revenue though?

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MascotCapsule Adds iPhone Support

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | No Comments »

The HI Corporation has announced that it’s 3D rendering engine “Mascot Capsule” (V3 & V4) will be providing full support on Apple’s iPhone OS.

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EU GameDev Conference

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Dutch VVD party politician Jules Maarten is organizing a game development conference for the European Parliament in the hope to stimulate investments in the industry.

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Halo Going Mobile?

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Once, Halo was the battleground of a brand licensing deal gone wrong between InFusio and Microsoft. A few years later, Halo might surface again in the world of mobile games.

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World Cyber Games Announces Mobile Entries

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | 1 Comment »

During this year’s World Cyber Games tournament, mobile games will return once again (though the press release is not totally clear about Samsung’s support for 2009).

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HandyGames Heads for PC with The Great Bible Game

April 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Following it’s successful launch on mobile, German publisher HandyGames and PC game developer BlueFish are taking The Great Bible Game to a new platform; The PC.

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Metaflow Signs Fox Mobile

April 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Fox Mobile is one of the bigger aggregators we know in the world of mobile content and games. They have now signed up with Metaflow in order to shrink the efforts for submitting their mobile games to operators world-wide.

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Fox Mobile Licenses Lingerie Football League

April 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Fox Mobile seems to be turning to the wild side of mobile gaming as the company has acquired the exclusive license for the official Lingerie Football League.

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Starz Media and Artificial Life License Pandorum

April 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 1 Comment »

Starz Media and Artificial Life and movie company Overture Films have announced the licensing of the upcoming horror movie Pandorum. Artificial Life and Starz Media will release a game based on the brand.