Q&A With Capcom’s Midori Yuasa
March 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
GamesOnDeck has launched a Q&A with Capcom‘s mobile president Midori Yuasa about the past, present and future of the mobile games developer that is expanding into the US market. Midori explains about the difference in Japanese development and development in the US as well as taking existing or original IP to mobile.
Tetris Goes Multiplayer on Mobile
March 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Announcements | No Comments »
EA Mobile has announced to release a multiplayer version of the widely
popular Tetris mobile game. The multiplayer mobile gaming experience
will happen on EA’s own platform and allow several community functions.
Movaya Opens Storefront Services For Mobile Games
March 21st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »
Our friends over at QB pointed us to Movaya, a service that allows any
website owner to sell mobile games. Movaya’s PlugNplay (as they call
their platform) has already got 50 content providers signed up.
Handango’s 2006 Statistics
March 21st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »
Our friends over at Mobile GD have released details about the
performance of mobile games on the popular Handango portal. The
statistics reach from best selling game, to most used handset. We
posted a quick overview below, for the full details, visit this link!
Cellufun Receives $ 3 Million Funding
March 21st, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »
Ad funded mobile gaming company Cellufun announced to have received $ 3
million in funding from Longworth Venture Partners. The funding will
mainly be used to increase external marketing if the portal and further
increase their development line.
More Animals From Gameloft
March 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 3 Comments »
French developer Gameloft has activated their link with Ubisoft again to expand their animal based mobile simulation games. After Dogz, we will now see Catz and a whole lot of other animals on the mobile phone.
EA Mobile: Marchetti In, Lasky Out
March 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »
After a diss from former EA founder Trip Hawkins at GDC this year and several rumors made public at MoCoNews lately, EA Mobile started replacement of Mitch Lasky by Michael Marchetti according to several sources.
Anyplays, The Company Formally Known as Movilenio
March 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Sometimes when you start a company, you notice a mistake that has effect on the complete future. A good example is finding out you might have chosen the wrong company name.
EA Mobile Branches Out to Wap Portals
March 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »
While companies like Player X chose to go for video to increase their footprint in the market, EA Mobile has chosen to create a sports portal in compliment to their range of mobile games.
The Code Monkeys to Develop For SEGA
March 20th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Deals | No Comments »
The purchase of Rockpool games by Eidos seems to show its effect on future development relations as SEGA went to The Code Monkeys for the development of one of their latest mobile games.
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