MTV’s Shockwave Delivers to Games to Nokia, Invests $ 500 Million
August 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »
MTV seems to take the gaming space more serious than before. After turning many music TV stations into TV stations that broadcast teen TV shows to retain their public, MTV is now investing $ 500 million in gaming and has closed a nice little deal with Nokia.
Jump Games Licenses Bipasha Basu
August 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »
Bollywood is gaining more and more traction when it comes to having mobile games released on Bollywood IP. Recently, Jump Games has announced the licensing of Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu.
Airborne Entertainment: What Sucks and How to Fix It
August 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
Andy Nulman, the guy who co-founded the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival, writer of the book I Almost Killed George Burns and now CMO and President of Airborne Entertainment thinks things should change fast.
I-Play to Deliver Casual N-Gage Games
August 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »
I-Play and Nokia announced their plans to deliver a wide range of casual mobile games Nokia’s new N-Gage platform which is launching this fall.
Digital Chocolate Adds 2 New Studio’s
August 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Digital Chocolate has announced to have acquired two new development studios in order to expand their mobile gaming production facilities.
Hasbro Goes for EA (Mobile)
August 16th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »
In Glu‘s latest financial results, we already reported that Glu will loose several licenses from Hasbro as Hasbro showed interest in a partner that was also able to publish on console and PC platforms. At that point, EA was mentioned as possible candidate.
OrangePixel Releases Captain Comet
August 16th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »
OrangePixel has released a new and fresh superhero to save the day in their newest mobile game called Captain Comet
Joybits Releases Amazonia: Hot Beach
August 16th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »
The guys from Joybits have again gave freedom to their perhaps slightly obsessed minds as they release a new and original mobile adult game into the market.
Chris Hanage, From InfoSpace to Player X
August 16th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »
Today, Player X announced several changes. Next to moving their office, the most interesting news was their recent management hire, Chris Hanage.
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A few days ago, EA Casual Entertainment has announced the recent hire of Barry Cottle as new Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA Mobile, reporting directly to EA Casual President Kathy Vrabeck.