Former Telcogames Exec Starts Dojo

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 3 Comments »

Jamie Conyngham and David Kainer have started a new mobile games company called Dojo. Sounds familiar? That might be because DoJa was a Java version used for i-mode games. Clever choice for a name, but there's more…

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She’s One to Watch; Jill Braff

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Digital Media Wire has announced that Glu's Jill Braff, SVP Global Publishing, has managed to get into their top 25 Digital Entertainment Executives to Watch 2008. Jill managed to hit the fourth possition.

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Digital Chocolate Goes iPhone as Well

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It took the company some time, but now Digital Chocolate has also started launching mobile games into Apple's App Store. The company kicked off with two mobile games for both iPhone and iPod Touch.

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EA Terminates Need for Speed?

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 1 Comment »

According to several rumours, EA is about to terminate one of the longest lasting brands in racing games because of restructuring plans. Indeed, we talk about the highly acclaimed Need for Speed series.

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App Store on Holiday Slowdown

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With the holidays around the corner, Apple's App Store seems to be hit by a flood of mobile games. The direct result is that both applications and mobile games get stuck in the approval process.

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Nova, Palm’s New OS

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PalmOS | No Comments »

2008 seems the be the year of the OS. We've seen Symbian change hands, Symbian UIQ die, Android launch and hey, in the last second, good old Palm announces a new OS (which probably means they will ditch their old one).

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Hands-On Announces Layoffs

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following the sale of it's non-US based divisions, Hands-On has started to fire all personnel that is no longer needed by the company. The number of employees that will be looking for a new job this Christmas is unknown.

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EA: Tim Leaves, Expectations Down

December 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 3 Comments »

EA's Tim Harrison has decided to leave the company. According to various sources, he will not be leaving the industry. He's expected to pop-up at some competitor of EA Mobile.

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Zeemote Hits Mexico With Telcel

December 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

The guys behind Zeemote seem to be re-doing their Dutch launch earlier this year in Mexico. The team just announced that the Zeemote will be launching on the Telcel network, bundled with the good old SE W760i.

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Hutchinson Goes Flatrate with Synapsy

December 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Hutchinson Austria has launched their 3MoreGames service. The service combines both the traditional subscription based gaming model as well as the one off purchase in a full 3 themed experience.