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EA Mobile, Gameloft and Glu, What can Happen?

January 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 7 Comments »

The market seems to be shaking with rumours on the big three. It's not that strange considering Glu is still in financial problems and EA is missing several key employees in their Mobile unit.

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BulkyPix Rises from Vivendi’s Ashes

January 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

This morning we found a brand new mobile games developer. It's name is BulkyPix. The company has been started by several formal members of the late Vivendi Games Mobile.

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More News on the Arvato Acquisition

January 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

It took a bit of time, but we finally got our hands on an official English statement in regards to the acquisition of Arvato Mobile by Dubai based Mondia Ltd. According to Arvato, the first notices and press releases went out on December 24th.

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Jamba not Rebranding due to Economic Climate

January 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Last October, New Corp bought the remaining Jamba shares from Verisign. Following the purchase, the company announced that it would re-organize and re-brand it's mobile offering. Now, the company announced that the change of strategy is delayed to to the economic climate.

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Mondia Ltd Acquires Arvato Mobile

January 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 8 Comments »

As of January first, Arvato Mobile has been acquired by Mondia Ltd.(housed in Dubbai). As Arvato Mobile will be split off from the rest of Arvato (part of the Bertelsmann group) we guess the company will be renamed at sometime.

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Glu Takes Financial Measures for 2009

January 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

2008 didn't even end, and Glu already announced some financial changes in order to stabilize their position in the market. With their latest measures the company seems to secure their business for 2009, but there is still a lot of work ahead…

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EA’s Restructuring Update

December 19th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Most of you probably noticed our reporting on several people in EA Mobile and EA Casual leaving their business behind. Today, we received an official update on EA's restructuring plans.

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Former Telcogames Exec Starts Dojo

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 3 Comments »

Jamie Conyngham and David Kainer have started a new mobile games company called Dojo. Sounds familiar? That might be because DoJa was a Java version used for i-mode games. Clever choice for a name, but there's more…

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Hands-On Announces Layoffs

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following the sale of it's non-US based divisions, Hands-On has started to fire all personnel that is no longer needed by the company. The number of employees that will be looking for a new job this Christmas is unknown.

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EA: Tim Leaves, Expectations Down

December 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 3 Comments »

EA's Tim Harrison has decided to leave the company. According to various sources, he will not be leaving the industry. He's expected to pop-up at some competitor of EA Mobile.