Archive for the ‘Brand Licensing’ Category

Ngmoco Does Star Wars

December 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

For years, one thing was sure when it came to Star Wars branded mobile games; they came from a company called THQ Wireless. That seems to have changed now as Ngmoco released Star Wars Imperial Academy.

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Disney and Coca Cola Present AR Game

November 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last week, Coke introduced the augmented reality game LiveCycle to promote both the Coca Cola Zero and Tron brands. The game is best played in open spaces outside.

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Apple Starts Clearing Unused Names

September 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In the App Store, every app has to have a unique title. As a result, many developers have registered titles that sounds good, but haven’t used them for any app yet. Apple has started to take action to free those titles up.

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Digital Chocolate Sues Zynga over Maffia Wars IP

August 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Digital Chocolate has announced that the company will sue Zynga over the use of the name Maffia Wars. According to DC, Zynga claimed the trademark while DC’s game was already out under the same name.

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Connect2Media Signs Parachute Panic

August 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Following its successful launch in the iPhone and 4 million downloads on it, FDG’s Parachute Panic will now be released on various other platforms through Connect2Media.

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ZED Licenses Monty Python

July 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Zed Worldwide, the Spanish mobile content company that acquired Player X, has announced to have licensed Monty Python from Space Enterprises Limited in the UK.

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Moblyng Partners with Playdom, Secures Funding

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Moblyng had two interesting announcements today. First off, the company has secured $2.65 million in funding. Secondly, the company has set up a partnership with Playdom, which is big on Facebook.

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Hands-On Launches Operah Apps

April 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Hands-On has struck a sweet deal with Harpo to release the official application for Operah Winfrey’s TV shows. Hands-On will be delivering the Operah app on iPhone, BlackBerry, WebOS and Android.

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Kiloo Licenses Various Wham-o Brands

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Kiloo has licensed various toy brands from Wham-o. Kiloo will be releasing the titles on all major smartphone platforms and is open for partners who like to do the J2me counterparts.

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Hands-On Licenses Fieldrunners

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Hands-On has licensed the very successful Fieldrunners brand from Subatomic. Fieldrunners is one of a few very successful iPhone titles that now find their way back into the classic mobile games industry.