Gaming For Culture
May 1st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to The Guardian GamesBlog, an academic called Nipan Maniar at
Portsmouth University has developed a mobile game to aid foreign
students to fit in with the locals. We think watching Little Britain might do the trick as well.
I-Play Releases 4 Wheel Extreme
May 1st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Just before the weekend (which was a bit long here in Holland due to
Queensday celebrations), I-Play released their new mobile racing game 4
Wheel Extreme created by Xendex.
Digital Chocolate Adds Gameloft Exec Xavier Mas Kaupp
May 1st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Digital Chocolate keeps expanding their team of industry professionals
as they now hired Xavier Paupp, a former exec at Gameloft. He will
fulfill the position of VP of Sales and Marketing for Europe.
GlobalFun Licenses [adult swim] Content
May 1st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

GlobalFun has announced to have closed a licensing agreement with
[adult swim] (part of Turner Broadcasting) for their The Brak Show.
Global Fun will bring the sim based game to mobiles soon.
Gameloft Shows Another Quarterly Sales Growth
May 1st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Gameloft has announced another big rise in mobile games sales as the
sales increased 54% in the first quarter of 2007 to
Jump Games Exclusive Distributor TMNT for India
April 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »
Jump Games has acquired the rights to distribute the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trough India. Jump will directly start the distribution of the two games which have been produced by Overloaded.
Artificial Life Licenses Happy Feet
April 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Far too late to catch the cinema or even the DVD release (except for
Japan), happy feet will finally get a mobile game as well as Artificial
Life licensed the brand from Warner Bros.
I-Play Licenses 3-Time World Series Poker Champion Daniel Negreanu
April 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

I-Play has announced to have licensed Daniel Negreanu, 3-time World
Series Poker Champion for their newest mobile poker game and a series
of video tutorials about how poker should be played like a pro.
Namco Releases Katamari Damacy Mobile With Tilt!
April 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Following the Playstation 3 release, Namco has chosen mobile as the
second platform where Katamari Damacy will feature tilt support (what
about the Wii?). according to GJ.net.
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