Fishlabs Games for Free on 123Play

November 16th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | 2 Comments »

Germany based 3D game developer Fishlabs has joined the list of developers that make their mobile games freely available via Helsinki's ad-funded mobile games service 123play.com.

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Ballmer Confirms Windows Mobile Store

November 16th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Soon, developers will also be able to sell their mobile games directly to consumers without the problems of dealing with operators. During the Professional Developers Conference in Australia, Steve Ballmer confirmed the rumours around Microsoft's plans to mimic Apple's App Store.

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Nokia Releases Mega Monsters

November 16th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Nokia Games Publishing has launched yet another new mobile game onto their N-Gage platform called Mega Monsters. Cute though dangerous, these creepy creatures fill up this destructive mobile game.

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Community Interview with Greg Ballard

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Interviews | 3 Comments »

During our phone call with Glu's senior director of global public relations Nicole Kennedy last Tuesday, we agreed that an interview with Greg Ballard would be a great way to explain more on what is happening with the company and the market.

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Glu Reacts to the Reviews Story

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Tuesday evening, Glu's senior director, global public relations, Nicole Kennedy, gave me a call on my way back from work to discuss our story on one of Glu's territory managers trying to influence reviews on Glu's mobile games.

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Thumbdoctor Gives Out Free Adspace

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Thumbdoctor is an ad funded free mobile games portal we have never heard of. Yet the guys seem to do great downloads as they are giving away several accounts with $ 1,000 in advertising credit attached.

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Hands-On Releases Crystal Quest on App Store

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | 1 Comment »

Hands-On Mobile announced that one of the 1980's favourite Mac games, Crystal Quest, is now available for iPhone and iPod touch.

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Player X Listed on 2008’s Mediatech 100 List

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Player X has been recognised by the Library House as one of its 2008 Mediatech 100 in association with Kemp Little and New Media Age.

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Thumbplay Launches on Cellular South

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Mobile games and entertainment portal Thumbplay has announced it's launch on Cellular South, the largest privately owned operator in the US. According to Thumbplay it's the first time this happens in the US.

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Oberon Media (I-Play) Cuts Spendings

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

In a mission to be profitable in the second quarter of 2009, Oberon Media has internally announced to cut costs. This means no salary increases, less travelling and no new hires for now.