Flurry: Analytics for Mobile Games
October 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
Within the mobile games industry, there have always been a lot of studies to consumer behavior. Flurry’s new Analytics service might bring great insights directly to developers.
GetJar Opens on 3 UK
October 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »
App and games portal GetJar has launched its mobile portal op UK operator 3. The deal allows even more consumers to download its library of mobile games and applications.
Capcom Reorganizations
October 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Capcom has decided to reorganize its company structure in order to improve it’s services and decrease the costs. The reorganization means that North America and Europe will be joined.
Apple Drops NDA (Partly)
October 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »
Finally there is some good news to be
reported on the Apple NDA. The company will drop it for all games
that get published on the App Store. That way, developers can finally
start discussing technologies.
Developers Pay Datatraffic at T-Mobile Store?
October 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 2 Comments »
Following the news that T-Mobile would
open its own version of the App Store, more details are surfacing.
One of the most remarkable is that developers will pay for user
generated data traffic.
Concrete Releases Aces Mahjong
October 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »
Concrete Software has added yet another
mobile game to their ‘Aces’ series. This time, Aces Mahjong will
strengthen their line-up.
Tetris Pop Wins Mobile Choice Game of the Year Award
October 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »
At the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards
last week, EA Mobile’s Tetris Pop hauled in the Mobile Choice
THQ to Distribute Player One Games
October 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »
THQ Wireless has announced a new
distribution deal in which the mobile games publisher will gain the
rights to publish several Player One mobile games for the coming five
years.
Glu Lowers Q3 Expectations
October 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
The problems on the financial market
seem to be hitting the mobile games industry as well. Due to exchange
losses and lower revenues, the company warns that Q3 results might be
below expectations.
Do Small & Medium Sized Mobile Game Publishers Have a Chance?
October 3rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 3 Comments »
A little over a year ago I listened to a panel where a
Studio GM of a large mobile game publisher was asked whether or not small
publishers could survive without being part of a larger organization; the
answer was a resounding “no”, small and medium publishers either
needed to go big, or go away.
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