PayPal to Target Mobile Payments

October 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Though the company has been very active in mobile payments for some time, PayPal now seems to have gotten serious about it as they expect to process $700 million in sales in 2010 alone. Read the rest of this entry »

Cut The Rope Passes 2 Million Downloads

October 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

EA’s first press release for Chillingo landed in our mailbox today. The company announced that Chillingo’s recently launched Cut The Rope game has passed 2 million downloads on the App Store. Read the rest of this entry »

Angry Birds Halloween Sells a Million Downloads

October 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In just six days after the launch, Rovio announced that Angry Birds Halloween and Angry Birds Halloween HD (iPad) have sold over a million copies on Apple’s App Store. Read the rest of this entry »

Playstation Phone Leaked!?

October 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Breaking news from Engadget. It seems the new Playstation Phone SonyEricsson has been so mysterious about has leaked out onto the internet, or at least a prototype of it. Read the rest of this entry »

10 Million Mobile Devices Support Flash

October 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air | No Comments »

According to Adobe, over 10 million mobile devices are supporting Flash. Android gave Adobe a huge push as the company registered 2 million Android downloads since 10.1 was released in June of this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Android Market Tops 100.000 Apps

October 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

According to the most recent tweet from the Android Development team, the Android Market has surpassed 100.000 apps, this while Apple just announced their app store holds 300.000 apps. Read the rest of this entry »

Zynga Worth more Than EA!?

October 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to data from SharesPost, Zynga is now worth $5.51 Billion, effectively beating EA from the throne as second most valuable gaming company world-wide. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft Sponsors the Dutch Mobile Unconference Bus

October 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

It is nearly time for the Mobile Unconference. On the 15th of November, mobile game & app developers from The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark will travel down to Dusseldorf for the second Mobile Unconference. Read the rest of this entry »

AppCon Adds AppXtra’s to the program

October 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

It seems the AppCon and AppJam events in Dundee are being beefed up even more as the organizers are adding the AppXtra sessions to the already crowded planning. Read the rest of this entry »

Kinetik, a New Content Discovery Network from Denmark

October 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

The Kinetik doesn’t hook up with in-app advertising. Instead, the focus is on the ‘More Games’ section within your mobile game and use it for cross promotions. Read the rest of this entry »