Polarbit Releases Wave Blazer on App Store

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Polarbit announced the release of Wave Blazer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Wave Blazer is a rip-roaring speedboat racer featuring 3D graphics, online multiplayer races and accelerometer controls.

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FMOD Ex Audio Middleware Hits iPhone

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Audio middleware company Firelight Technologies released its FMOD Ex Music and Sound Effects System for iPhoneOS. With the library it should become more easy for developers to introduce impressive audio effects into their mobile games.

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And so Ends Vivendi Games Mobile

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Today, we received a copy of an e-mail from Vivendi Games Mobile which went to it's European operators and other sales channels. In the e-mail, the company announces to stop the cooperation.

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6th Annual Mobile Games Forum Coming Up

November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

We are nearing the end of 2008 which means that the guys over at the Mobile Games Forum are preparing for their 6th annual Mobile Games Forum event in London.

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Symbian Explains UIQ, MOAPS & S60 Future

November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

After the news that UIQ was abandoned by SonyEricsson and Motorola, a lot of developers feared that a beautiful platform was going to waste. Well, no need to worry just yet…

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T-Mobile Launches Their App Store: Web2Go

November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

It seems like T-Mobile is finally departing from their good old and comfortable T-ZOnes strategy as T-Mobile US has opened up Web2Go, their answer to Apple's App Store.

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Nakko Provides Telfort (NL) Portal

November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »

Telfort (a Dutch operator acquired by KPN last year) has announced that Nakko.com will be empowering their new consumer focused mobile entertainment portal.

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G1 Multitouch Proof of Concept

November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

According to US consumers, one of the big lacks of the G1 is support for multitouch on the device. A hacker has now created a video in which he shows that it is possible after all.

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Juniper: Mobile Games Market to Reach $10bn by 2013

November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The arrival of the iPhone has generated a universally positive response from mobile games publishers and developers, the volume of paid-for mobile game downloads has nonetheless flatlined across North America and Western Europe, according to Juniper Research.

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Xendex Hires Andreas Bischof as CFO

November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Andreas Bischof has been appointed new CFO (Chief Financial Officer) at XENDEX. Prior to joining XENDEX, Bischof was Head of Corporate & Management Reporting with Hutchison 3G Austria.