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Sprint Acquires Virgin Mobile USA

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

A big chance in the North American operator landscape as Sprint has acquired Virgin Mobile USA to increase the position of it's Boost Mobile brand in the prepaid market.

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Gameloft Posts Q209 Results

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Gameloft has generated

Gamevil Plans IPO – UPDATED

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

By the end of this month, Gamevil will be a listed company on the Korean stock trading market (KOSDAQ). By taking this step, the company hopes to raise $10.1 million.

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Namco Forms Apple Games Namco Networks

July 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

It seems Namco is in hot pursuit over EA as it is the second company to install a dedicated studio for iPhone games. EA launched a similar studio called 8lb Gorilla earlier this month.

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VSC Launches AppLaunchPR

July 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

VSC has launched a new company aimed at promoting iPhone games. AppLaunchPR is specialized at providing marketing support and media services for App Store developers.

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Nokia’s Vancouver Studio Closes

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Develop Magazine found out that Nokia is closing it's Vancouver games studio. With the closing, 100 employees risk looking for a new job this summer and there is no telling what this means for the much discussed N-Gage.

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ZeniMax Borrowed $105 Million for id

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following the acquisition of id Software by Zenimax, the companies didn't disclose any information about the total sum Zenimax put on the table to finance the deal.

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Eidos is no More…

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Eidos, one of the bigger names in the industry, is no more. Their new owner Square Enix has announced that publisher Eidos transforms into developer Square Enix Europe.

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Bethesda Softworks / ZeniMax Acquires id Software

June 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Developer of the Fallout series, Bethesda Softworks, has announced that the company has acquired id Software. Id Software is known for their Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake series which they are also bringing to the iPhone.

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Warner Bros to Acquire Codemasters?

June 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following a bid of 33 Million for Midway, Warner Bros is eyeballing yet another big games publisher for an acquisition. Is Warner building their own mega games company? Could Glu be next?