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Handmark Releases Astraware Sudoku on App Store

October 22nd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

In the first days of the App Store, we saw numerous sudoku games hit the brand new sales channel. Handmark clearly chose to wait for the storm to calm with their Astraware Sudoku release.

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Do Small & Medium Sized Mobile Game Publishers Have a Chance?

October 3rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 3 Comments »

A little over a year ago I listened to a panel where a
Studio GM of a large mobile game publisher was asked whether or not small
publishers could survive without being part of a larger organization; the
answer was a resounding “no”, small and medium publishers either
needed to go big, or go away.

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Jump Games opens London Office

September 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Jump Games, part of Reliance Big Entertainment, announced their growth plans in the European market and setting up a business office in London to fuel their plans.

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Konami Announces PES 2009

August 4th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 1 Comment »

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Konami has announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 will also arrive on
mobile phones. With the release of PES 2009, we have yet another mobile
football game in the pool.

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Greystripe Enters Russia with Telefoner.ru

July 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

It seems Greystripe is making a run for the other side of the oceans
surrounding the USA. Right now, the company closed a deal with Russias
mobile social network site Telefoner.ru.

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Ubersoft Provides Free Games via Facebook

June 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 1 Comment »

Ubersoft, a Philippine based start-up, started providing a catalogue of
about 800 free (though adfunded) mobile games through its new Facebook
application.

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THQ Announces UFC 2009 Undisputed

June 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

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THQ Wireless announced their Ultimate Fighting Championship 2009
Undisputed mobile game, also known as UFG 2009 Undisputed which will be
ready by spring 09.

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I-Play Takes Mobile Games to TV

May 18th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Iplay I-Play and Aniboom have teamed up in order to translate original casual (mobile) games like Turbo Subs into animated TV series for both traditional, on-line and mobile TV channels.

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Zune Open to Mobile Gaming

May 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Microsoftzune With the release of Microsoft’s XNA Studio 3.0, another device is added to the mobile gaming family. Now, developers can start bringing their mobile games to Microsoft’s Zune device.