New Dutch Event: Games in Marketing

November 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

On November 17th, games site Bashers will be organizing the Games in Marketing event in Amersfoort (NL). During the event (where MGB will be present), several companies will share their advertgaming experience and discuss the opportunities ahead. Read the rest of this entry »

Dutch Game Awards Nominees Announced

November 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The Dutch Game Awards are coming this month and will be awarding both the best Dutch mobile games as well as the best European mobile games. Yesterday, the nominees have been announced. Read the rest of this entry »

Symbian Receives €22 Million Investment

November 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

While we recently reported that cash reserves at Symbian had been drying up, the foundation now announced new funding coming straight from the good old European Commission. Read the rest of this entry »

MeeGo 1.1 Ready for Developers

November 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: MeeGo | No Comments »

Nokia and Intel have set loose MeeGo 1.1 for the development community. Nokia does warn consumers not to install it as MeeGo 1.1 is still a work-in-progress operating system. Read the rest of this entry »

Zeebo Console to Enter China

November 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Brew | No Comments »

Following a successful launch in Brazil and Mexico, Zeebo is planning to bring their console to the Chinese market. One of the strong features of the console is the low piracy rate versus cheap games. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft to Ease Multitasking

November 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft is to allow multitasking on Windows Phone 7 devices. Until now, multitasking was exclusive to Microsoft’s own apps, or apps that received permission from the consumer. Read the rest of this entry »

Angry Birds go Plush for December

November 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

We knew they were coming, but now we know the details thanks to internet toy store ToyWiz. The store has listed all the details on the new Angry Birds Plush toys from Rovio. Read the rest of this entry »

Interview: Andy Mackenzie on AppCon, AppJam and AppXtra

October 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

As most of you know by now, the AppJam, AppCon and AppXtra conferences will be organized in one and a half week from now. We spoke with Andy Mackenzie about the events. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital Chocolate Adds David Fox to its US Team

October 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

David Fox has joined our San Mateo headquarters team of Digital Chocolate and will function as the Vice President of the company and report directly to the CEO. Read the rest of this entry »

SPB Expands its Connected Gaming Network to iOS

October 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

SPB Software has announced the availability of SPB Online Games. SPB probably noticed the value with a lot of social gaming networks receiving investments or getting acquired lately. Read the rest of this entry »