Archive for the ‘Brand Licensing’ Category

HandyGames Does Red Bull – UPDATED

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Red Bull seems to have signed a new deal on one of their crazy sports events. HandyGames converted the 'Seifenkistenrennen' or 'Soapbox Race' event into a mobile game.

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Mobile Amusements Licenses Spiralking

July 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Mobile Amusements has signed up for a licensing deal with Spiralking, the dance lable of Matt Laws who had a trance hit all over Europe with the track Binary Finary.

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Edge vs. Edge Part II

July 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

It seems the fight is back on for indie developer MobiGame as the notorious trademark addict Tim Langdell has started threatening the company again over the use of the word Edge.

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Duke Nukem Coming to iPhone

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Though the future of 'The Duke' on PC and Consoles is still far from certain, Machineworks Northwest has announced that it is porting the original Duke Nukem 3D game to the iPhone.

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EA Mobile Licenses Several Movie Brands

June 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

EA Mobile had a shopping spree at the Hollywood Studios as they picked up a nice number of big movie licenses ranging from the next Harry Potter to the upcoming G.I.-Joe movie.

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Glu Licenses 4 More Activision Titles

June 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Glu has announced that it will be bringing more Activision titles to the decks. Amongst them is the popular Guitar Hero brand that was initially brought to mobile by HandsOn.

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Mobile Amusements Revives Doodlebug

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Mobile Amusements has announced that the company is working on a revival of Doodlebug, a game from the Amiga/Atari ST that was created by them and published by Core Design.

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Capcom Licensed Discovery Brands

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Capcom has signed a deal with Discovery Communications (part of the Discovery Channel) to develop mobile games based on two of their successful shows; Cash Cab and Deadliest Catch.

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Sick IP; 7Seas Releases Swine Flu

May 19th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

For its latest releases, 7seas seems to lay their focus on controversial titles. Following Obama vs. McCain, the developer has now releases a game about the swine flu.

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SEGA Ditches Glu for Gameloft?

May 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 5 Comments »

It seems Glu is getting a new kick toward the it's grave as one of it's biggest partners, SEGA, seems to be switching to it's number 1 competitor Gameloft!