Mobile Games – Rent Them, Hire Them, Buy Them or Refund!

March 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 6 Comments »

On Mobile Games Forum almost 2 months ago, there were big talks on things like mobile game rental, pay per play, paying for games normally – what is the best method, and what will stay on the market as the leader? Will it hurt the revenues? What about refunding policies of so called AppStores, where Google announced in their Android Market a 24 hour return policy for games? Where is this all leading?

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Updates on MGB Start

March 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in About Us | No Comments »

With thousands of views each month, start.mobilegamesblog.com is one of our most popular side-services. Today we have given the site a small update, but we know it could be better…

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New App Store Concepts Aim Jailbreaked iPhones

March 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PalmOS | No Comments »

Apple seems to finally get competition according to an article on The Wallstreet Journal. Several developers are starting to sell their disallowed mobile games and applications via channels that aim consumers that jailbreaked their iPhones.

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Former IOMO Staff Launches TinRaven

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

IOMO has a broad history within the mobile games industry. Being bought and sold by InfoSpace some years ago, most of the company's staff landed at FinBlade. This week however, TinRaven was launched as well.

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Acer Considers Own App Store

March 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Though Acer has only just recommitted to developing mobile phones, the company has already announced that it is interested in launching it's own App Store for it's series of mobile devices.

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First BlackBerry App World Suppliers Confirmed

March 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

BlackBerry has only just launched it's App World, and already some big names in the mobile game developers and publishers from the industry have signed up to supply the shop.

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Mo’Minis’ Games Distributed by RayFusion

March 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

The Mo’Minis community-generated catalogue of Mobile Games & Entertainment Apps will be further monetized through the RayFusion (part of Connect2Media) global distribution network.

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Experts Expect Seismic Shifts in the Mobile Games Industry

March 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Results from the Multimedia Research Consultancy’s (TMRC) first online survey show insights into the medium and long term prospects for both mobile gaming platforms and operating systems.

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Telefonica Signs 100% Mobile from Player X

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Spanish operator Telef

Mobile Gaming Revenues Reached $ 5.4bn in ’08

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Juniper Research has announced that mobile gaming revenues have reached $ 5.4 billion over 2008. Though Europe and North America face an economical slowdown, Asia, India and Africa are still growing fast.