Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Mobile Distillery outsourcers porting to Exkee

December 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | 8 Comments »

Mobile game developer Mobile Distillery announced it has signed a long term deal with Exkee to get the Exkee games ported. Mobile Distillery launched their Celsius solution to port mobile games to over 450 handsets in the EU, US and Canada.

Lunagames launches the SuperQ service

November 29th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | 1 Comment »

Lunagames has launched their SuperQ service. Their service allows any company to quickly create mobile quiz applications which are fully customizable. Next to the quick creation of these Quiz applications, they can also provide delivery of the game to allow a quick time to market.

We have asked Richard Hanzenberg from Lunagames the following questions;

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Disney turns to casual

November 29th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

If there is one company that is expected to be very aware of it’s consumers, it’s probably Disney. Today they have released their 3-in-1 puzzle pack. The pack contains three of the most common mobile games we have seen pass by the last few years; Solitaire, Sudoku and Mahjongg. With this title, Disney offers a high value puzzle game as most of these games are normally sold separately.

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Did Wii blow it?

November 22nd, 2006 by Pascal Besteboer Posted in Games | 2 Comments »

If you are a fan of their cute and cuddly games or not, nobody can deny that Nintendo is currently at the front of gameing entertainment inovation. With the Nintendo DS they already showed that there is great interest amongst "non-gamers" of all ages and genders. Now they have released their Wii system and it should have every game-designer clapping his hands and stamping his feet like a little kid.

What this has to do with mobile games? well guess what, we already had all those non-gamers, we already had a device screaming for new creative game concepts and controls, and we blew it!

Luckily it is not to late, so read on

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HandyGames brings another unique game

November 21st, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Today, HandyGames released LiftBoy. LiftBoy follows in the range of original games like Porn Manager and Beershooter. As a liftboy, your task is not only to bring your passengers to the right floor in the least amount of time, but also to do some smooth talking to earn tips. The game is stuffed with unique wacky characters ranging from hot waitresses to half naked managers.

Gameloft broadens in Korea

November 20th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Often people think Gameloft is anywhere

Interview with Shadow Light Games

November 17th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

PocketGamer has put up the spotlight at mobile games start-up Shadow Light Games. With their latest mobile game Freddie Flintoff All-Round Cricket being distributed by Player One, these ex-Elixir Studios guys are a team to watch.

Dadango to distribute Ozura into U.S. and Canada

November 16th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Ozura announced it will use Dadango to reach the North American and Canadian operators.

"We are pleased to offer our games to Dadango’s partners across the U.S. and Canada," said H.E. Mah, Ozura’s Vice President of Marketing. "The U.S. and Canadian wireless markets have played a very dominant role in the industry and we are delighted to be working with a well-known publisher such as Dadango, with its strong distribution channels in both countries."

"We are pleased to partner with Ozura to provide our carriers and partners with their well-liked casual games which certainly will appeal to the US and Canadian market," said Dadango’s Vice President Irwin Chen.

More on Massively Mobile

November 14th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

Gamasutra has held an interview with Demetri Detsaridis, creative director at Massively Mobile about the company’s vision in mobile gaming and how they plan to beat the competition and lift mobile games to a new level. For this, they have declared the developer manifesto for a good game. Though most of it is pretty obvious, there are probably a lot of developers that can benefit from the ideas in this manifesto.

QB’s Mahjongg Roundup

November 11th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games | No Comments »

QB just announced it’s newest roundup. This time the guys wills struggle to find the best Mahjongg game on the market today. Make sure they have your version in there!