iControlPad to Support iPhone (3G) and iPod Touch

January 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

The guys over at iControlPad have put some new footage online in regards to their highly anticipated iControlPad. The new footage shows an actual working model and announced support for all current iPhone models and the iPod Touch.

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Gameloft Shares Rise Thanks to WestLB

January 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Gameloft had a good day at the market as analyst WestLB recommended buying the company's shares. WestLB expects that Gameloft will be a winner when the economy recovers.

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Connect2Media Licenses String ’em In

January 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Connect2Media has licensed (what's according to them) the biggest word game television show. The company will turn Two Way Media's String 'em In into a mobile game.

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Hudson Licenses Xpress Suite

January 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Deals | No Comments »

Hudson Entertainment (the North American branch of Hudson) has chosen to license Javaground's latest version of the Xpress Suite. Hudson Entertainment will utilize the suite of tools to improve their J2me porting.

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The MMO of Game Publishing

January 20th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox | 5 Comments »

Player EA logged in.
Player Midway logged in.
Player Activision logged in.
Player Take_2 logged in.
Player THQ logged in.
Player Microsoft logged in.
Player Sony logged in…

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Ernie Cornier, the new CEO of ZeeMote

January 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Following several successful distribution deals, the ZeeMote company has now successfully hired a new CEO in the person of Ernie Cornier, a former Virgin Media Chief Commercial Officer.

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Herocraft Goes iPhone

January 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Russian developer Herocraft has announced that it's joining hundreds of developers by launching mobile games on the iPhone. The company kicks off it's portfolio with three titles.

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Conversations With a Cracker

January 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It doesn't happen often, but sometimes we spot something on the web that's nearly unbelievable. This time it's a conversation between an iPhone cracker and they guy who created the hacked mobile game.

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PSP Phone Won’t Come (from SE)

January 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The much rumoured PSP phone will not come. Even though Sony has made it's Bravia, Cybershot and Walkman brands available to SonyEricsson. The company expressed it's intention to reserve the PSP for Sony only products.

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SCI to be Acquired, Again?

January 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Last year we covered a lot of rumours on the possible sale of SCI. Ever since the company started restructuring, we didn't hear much until we opened our mailboxes today.