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Fox Mobile Goes up for Sale

August 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

News Corp has decided it will part ways with their FOX Mobile unit. FOX Mobile originated from a marriage between Jamster/Jamba and FOX Mobile, both owned by News Corp at that time.

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Financials: Gameloft’s Q2 – Mobile Remains Core Business

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

Gameloft has also reported their second quarter financials. The company shows solid growth on the iOS platforms and reaffirms that mobile remains core business for the downloadable games publisher.

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Financials: Glu’s Q2, $3.9 Million Down Year-on-Year

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

Glu has closed their second quarter with $16 Million in revenues. That is $3.9 million down year-on-year as the company is changing from the traditional J2me business to a smartphone-only model.

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Financials: EA’s Q1 2010 (Q2 2010 for us)

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

EA has reported a total profit of $96 Million over the first quarter of their fiscal year 2011. That is an increase in revenues of $330 million year-on-year.

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Playlogic Goes Bankrupt

August 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following about a week after our first coverage, Dutch publisher and developer Playlogic has now officially filed for bankruptcy. It is to be expected that all talents will be officially fired within the next days.

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Disney Acquires Playdom

July 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Disney has just bought its second gaming studio in just under a month. This time, the entertainment company snaps up Playdom, a studio specialized in social and mobile gaming for a massive $763.2 million.

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Playlogic Heading for Bankruptcy

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

Playlogic is the second biggest Dutch game publisher and developer since Streamline Studios went under earlier this year. The latest news around the developer and publisher is that it is heading toward bankruptcy.

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Appbackr Closes Second Funding Round

July 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Appbackr, a website that cashes in on app development, has successfully closed its second round of funding. The funding round was backed by Cambridge West Ventures and Hall Financial Group.

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Financials: Apple’s Q3 2010

July 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has released their financial reports for their thirds quarter of 2010 (second quarter according to the general calendar). The company registered $15.7 Billion in revenues, an all-time high.

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Financials: Nokia Q2 2010

July 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Nokia’s looking for a new CEO and based on yesterday’s quarterly results, the company will need one for sure as operating profits went down 31 percent in three quarters time.