Magmic Licenses Boulder Dash -Rocks!
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »
In partnership with 10Tacle and First Star Software, Magmic has announced to have acquired the license for developing and publishing Boulder Dash-Rocks! for mobile.
Movaya Launches Free Trial Service
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »
Movaya has launched a free try ‘n buy like service for mobile gamers. Though the portal is just in Beta, over 30 publishers of mobile games are already taking part.
EA: Command and Conquer Acquisition Doesn’t Work
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Something a bit off to mobile, EA’s CEO John Riccitiello recently said at the D.I.C.E. 08 event that the model of acquiring successful developers doesn’t work.
Mobile Gamers Move Away From Decks
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »
Parks Associates has released a study to mobile game purchase behaviour and is predicting that mobile gamers are moving away from carrier decks to more specialized channels, which results in market growth.
Vivendi Releases Pub Darts 180
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »
Does this title sound familiar? It should, as Pub Darts was one of the better selling mobile darts games years ago. The developers behind the game today are even the same as back at the first release.
Apple, Thrid Biggest Smartphone Vendor
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »
According to research firm Canalys, Apple has generated so many sales with their iPhone, that they acquired the third place of the world’s biggest Smartphone vendors.
Nokia Files New Mobile Gaming Device Patent
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »
Nokia still hasn’t fully recovered from the failed N-Gage hardware. As Gizmondo announced their return, and people keep widely speculating about a PSP phone, Nokia filed a new design patent for a mobile gaming device.
Mobile Games Market Valued $ 6 Bln by 2011
February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
With Juniper’s research posted about a week ago, now Understanding & Solutions reveals their vision on the mobile games market. They expect it to be worth $6 billion by 2011, which is considerably less then the $ 17.6 billion from Juniper.
Casual Connect Europe Day 2
February 8th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »
After a lot of delays on my flight from Suriname to The Netherlands, we went to Casual Connect’s second day where we spoke and listened to Don Ryan (I-Play), Patrick Mork (Glu), Ilkaa Paananen (Digital Chocolate), Sami Lahtinen (Mr. Goodliving) and Matt Spal (Morpheme).
Disney Mobile Releases Turok
February 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | 1 Comment »
Living Mobile and Disney Interactive Studios announce the release of
Turok Mobile. It’s time for dinosaurs to die out on mobile as well now.
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