Eidos to be Acquired in May

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Square Enix and Eidos have announced that the companies have agreed on the acquisition of Eidos by Square Enix. When the formalities are over, the companies expect the acquisition to be official by the end of May.

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Gaming is the Cheapest Hobby

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to a study in The Netherlands, gaming (excl. mobile) is the cheapest hobby consumers can have in a time of recession. This despite complaints about overpriced console games.

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BlackBerry App World, the RIM App Store

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

A big day for fans of the BlackBerry platform as RIM has informed the public about the new name of it's App Store initiative will be BlackBerry App World. At the same time, RIM also revealed some more details about it.

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Symbian Guru Reveals Ovi Details

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

Last month, Nokia opened up on it's plans to roll out the Ovi store as a direct response to the App Store madness that is hitting our market these days. The team over at Symbian Guru managed to get more information on the subject.

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Glu Shows 2009 Management Bonuses

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 3 Comments »

Glu's management is working hard to get the company back in a healthy position. One of the steps taken was by Greg Ballard himself as he reduced his salary to give the company more room to breathe.

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Fishlabs Does Volkswagen

March 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Though FishLabs is not really known for it's iPhone adventures yet, the company has now released it's first advert game on the platform. It's a mobile 3D game in which the company promotes the new Volkswagen Polo.

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Mobile Streams Distributes Butterfly-Effected

March 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Mobile Streams announced that it has teamed up with mobile game developer butterfly-effected to distribute mobile games and other content to the Asia Pacific market via Mobile Streams' operator relationships in this region.

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Nintendo Still Waiting for Mobile Gaming to Happen

March 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The Times had an interview with Nintendo's David Yarnton (General Manager for the UK) about the DSi and mobile gaming which, according to the gaming giant, is still not happening.

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iPhone’s Ease of Development, a Danger for Quality

March 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 3 Comments »

Nic Watt, the founder of a small game development studio called Nnooo, has voiced his opinion on the ease of developing iPhone titles. The developer thinks that it is lowering the quality Benchmark.

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N-Gage Give-aways

March 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

N-Gage is known for it's promo code based marketing models. It has ran several promo's around the world to promote itself with titles like FIFA and Creatures of the Deep. This time, there is a free mobile game for everyone!