Player X – A Top 10 Publisher
November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
Player X has announced to MobileIndustry.biz to be a top 10 ranking player in the mobile games industry. The post doesn’t mention who lost it’s listing in the top 10, but it’s a big claim which means I can’t wait for the full interview to go online.
"You know, when you look at Jamdat, iFone, I-Play, Glu… Then there’s Player X. You’re really talking about companies which are very very established, and yet, we’re here nibbling away at them." said Tony Pearce, CEO of Player X.
Upstart’s acquisition completed by Sun TV Shops
November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
We reported before on the acquisition of Irish based Upstart games by SUN TV Shops. We can now confirm the purchase is completed. SUN has bought the developer for $ 15,25 million paid in cash and shares. The 2005 turnover of Upstart was just above
Interview with Mike McCabe
November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
The Age has put online an excellent interview with Mike McCabe, head of EA Mobile for the Asian-Pacific area. In the interview they handle past, present and future of EA and mobile games with a focus on Australia, combined with history highlights like the N-Gage.
Global mobile gaming habits
November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 2 Comments »
Nokia today released their study to reveal mobile gaming habits World wide. They interviewed in total 1800 persons world-wide for an hour to discover the facts about the potential of try before you buy, connected / multiplayer games and other topics. The interview discloses a lot of interesting views on mobile gaming. A good example is the session time which is a lot longer then the 5 minutes we all expected. Please read the full research below
Gameloft signed up for Reggie Bush
November 24th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 1 Comment »
Gameloft today announced it has inked down a deal to use New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush for their forthcoming American Football game. The game’s full title will now be Reggie Bush Pro Football 2007.
Company Spotlight #6: Gear Games
November 24th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Interviews | 2 Comments »
For today’s company spotlight, we met up with Russia based mobile games developer Gear Games. We spoke with Artyom Shumsky, CEO at Gear Games about how they expect to conquer the market with their RTS games as main weapon.
Rate our stats
November 24th, 2006 by Pascal Besteboer Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 3 Comments »
If you are a bit of a freaky person that has way to much time, you will agree that looking at statistics can be a bundle of joy and fun. You can ofcourse always interprete the results in anyway you see fit, and that is part of the bundle of joy and fun!
Having seen the recent post from MobileRated concerning their top10 of phones, we decided to finally post some of our statistics! These are taken from our free RumbleX.com gaming services and boy oh boy are they a bundle of joy and fun! (it’s Friday, so stay with me)
Is EA buying Gameloft?
November 24th, 2006 by Anonymous Blogger Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »
From the view of a mid-size mobile games developer and publisher the strategy of the giant EA and its mobile division seems clear. After checking out the success of mobile gaming by licensing some IPs to Digital Bridges (now I-play) in 2003, EA made a big first appearance on the mobile market with the acquisition of Jamdat for a sum of $680 million in late 2005. With this move the leadership on the US market is untouchable with a market share of about 30%.
The Stiq of the MGblog
November 24th, 2006 by Anonymous Blogger Posted in Other news | No Comments »
Hi,
I’m a new guest Author at the mobile games and gaming blog. I will be writing here from time to time about the more edgy stuff in the industry. Because of this, I have asked Arjan to keep my name fully confidential. I hope you will have fun reading my editorials and I’m looking forward to your thoughts on the subjects.
MobileRated’s handset top 10
November 24th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »
MobileRated released it’s top ten downloading handsets, showing the cheapest gamers are owners of the blackberry 8100.
01 – Blackberry 8100 | RIM
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