Archive for the ‘Companies & M&A’ Category

IGT Acquires Million-2-1

June 10th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Igt IGT UK has acquired mobile game developer Million-2-1. With the acquisition, IGT pulls the development of mobile gambling games in-house in order to secure the future.

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Nokia Acquisition of Trolltech Approved

June 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

The European commission has given Nokia the green light to acquire mobile Linux specialist Trolltech. With the Trolltech acquisition, Nokia seems to prepare itself to start the development of Linux based devices.

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Arvato Reorganisations

June 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Arvato Arvato has reorganized. The Bertelsmann group owned company always handled every type of content in a separate division. With the new Arvato Mobile, that will all be history.

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Telcogames-MED Update

June 4th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 4 Comments »

It was clear many of you wanted answers after our last update on the (by now famous) Telcogames letter in regards to the acquisition by Mobile Entertainment Distribution Limited (MED).

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LBS Gaming Company Orbster Founded

June 3rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Orbster Though the company has already been founded in January, only now they showed up above the radar as they have been nominated for the Navteq Global LBS Challenge Award.

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Rectification Toward the Telcogames Letter Post

May 30th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 18 Comments »

We just had a call with Lewis MacDonald in regards to the Telcogames letter we recently posted on the blog. There was a small error in our reporting which we would like to correct. At the same time, there where some additional questions from both sides.

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Ojom Bites The Dust

May 30th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 6 Comments »

Ojom Yet another mobile developer leaves the market as Jamba (or Jamster) has closed down Ojom, their German mobile games development unit.

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Letter to Telcogames Customers

May 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 10 Comments »

~~We received a letter from Lewis MacDonald~~ which went to all Telcogames customers as far as we can see. It explains the takeover of Telcogames by Mobile Entertainment Distribution Limited.

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EA Paid $29 Million for Hands-On Korea

May 27th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Eamobile Not even a week after the acquisition of Hands-On Korea by EA Mobile, we found financial documents about the transaction for which EA laid down $ 29 million.

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EA Acquires Hands-On Korea

May 22nd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Eamobile EA Mobile has announced to be acquiring the assets of Hands-On Korea. Through the acquisition, EA Mobile hopes to strengthen their position in the Asian mobile games market.