CTIA: Funmobile Expands Into the US
March 27th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 7 Comments »
At CTIA 2007, Funmobile announced its plans to expand into the United
States. At the same time Christian Heilesen, CEO of Funmobile announced
their new line-up for this year.
I-Play’s Line-up
March 26th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Announcements | No Comments »
I-Play has announced their lineup of mobile games that will arrive at the decks in the coming weeks. As expected, The Fast and the Furious receives yet another edition, but in our opinion the best news is a new Metal Slug.
Motion Sensing for Mobile Games
March 26th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »
Several companies have released a message to the industry about the possibility for inserting motion sensing into mobile phones. While most examples are for application use, it would greatly benefit mobile game design. Before we know it our mobile gaming experience will be Wii’fied. The full article can be found at Cnet.
Capcom is a Fast Mover
March 26th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Capcom interactive has done an excellent job last year to
enter the mobile games market. GameZone reports that the company has secured
the 9th place in Q4 of 2006 while they where still stuck at the 62nd spot at
Q1.
Did creativity die?
March 26th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
Did creativity die? That question is asked by Richard from the mobile ubiquity blog. He looks at NPD’s research data and the shape of the market as it is today. Why do branded games have a success and why are they branded?
NPD Group: Licensing and Original IP
March 26th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »
The NPD Group launched a bulletin about the effect of licensed mobile
games within the market. They kicked off with some generic data like
20% of our target consumer base played games on their mobile and 3% of
them downloaded a game in the first half of the year while 4% bought
one by the end of 2006.
Carol Vorderman’s Mind Aerobics Coming to Mobile
March 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »
Player X and Sky are bringing a new mobile game based on UK TV personality Carol Vorderman. For the TV personality, Player X has developed a brain training game that will carry the title "Carol Vorderman’s Mind Aerobics".
Disney Expands Further Trough Acquisitions
March 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Disney Mobile is expanding it’s presence in the market of mobile games
even more. Having acquired Living Mobile a bit over a year ago, they
established a stable basis of development and distribution in Europe.
In China however we have now seen the second acquisition.
Namco Brings KDDI Games to North-America
March 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »
Namco has announced a deal to distribute Japanese mobile games on the portal
of operator KDDI to North America. With this deal, Namco opens the doors to the
US for all Japanese developers that have created mobile games for KDDI, one of
Japan’s biggest Telco’s.
Glu Raised $ 84 Million on IPO
March 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
MoCoNews reports mobile games publisher Glu has raised $ 84 million for their IPO, $ 4 million above expectations. Glu offered 7.3 million shares which sold at $ 11.50 each while the forecast was between $ 10 and $ 12. Glu’s market capitalization has reached about $ 327 million. Glu’s common stock will trade on Nasdaq today under the GLUU symbol.
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