ThumbThug

December 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Sometimes companies go just a bit too far to get attention to their website. Thumbthug is one of them. As from today, we will no longer cover any news from these spammers.

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Mobile SVP’s from Universal and Paramount Leave

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Earlier this year, Paramount announced to start creating mobile games themselves and also Universal has set steps to monetize their brands in a better way. Now, both SVP's responsible are leaving their companies.

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N-Gage Takes the Bus in Indonesia

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

In order to support their launch in Indonesia, Nokia has invested in a special promotional bus that will roam the streets in order to spread the word on the N-Gage mobile gaming services.

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OneJuicer, the iPhone Snitch

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

OneJuicer is a new service that assists both mobile gamers and developers of mobile games in their searches through Apple's App Store. It's simple and quick interface might make it a real hit.

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mGBL Goes Open Source

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

The mGBL platform is targeted at creating mobile games with a high educational value. Though the platform has 11 partners from all over the globe and EU funding, it has turned Open Source in the hope to evolve into the lives of consumers world-wide.

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GameloftLive Updated

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Gameloft has started a new promotional offence with the upgrade of their GameloftLive.com portal. On the portal, consumers can try mobile games in their browsers before they go ahead and purchase the actual game.

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Kingston to Promote Mobile Games

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Kingston, the memory manufacturer, has started to promote mobile games toward their consumers. The free downloads are provided through Movaya's content platform under the Busted Thumbs brand.

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Gizmondo Delayed Again… Will it be Vaporware?

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Carl Freer said in interview that the Gizmondo would be ready before Christmas 2008. In the latest interview, he admits that it will not be there in time. It's the financial crisis which killed the timely release of what could be the best mobile gaming device.

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EA’s Restructuring Update

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Most of you probably noticed our reporting on several people in EA Mobile and EA Casual leaving their business behind. Today, we received an official update on EA's restructuring plans.

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HandyGames Teams with Gamevil USA for Townsmen 4

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Though we Europeans can already enjoy Townsmen 6 on our phones, the US is a bit behind. The company has signed a distribution agreement with Gamevil to take the fourth instalment to AT&T.