Posts Tagged ‘Game’

Gameloft Does a ‘Fishlabs’ with Audi

March 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Following in Fishlab’s example, Gameloft also released a free racing game for the Volkswagen Group. In a new free version of Asphalt, gamers can check out the new Audi RS 3.

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Facebook Credits go Retail

November 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Facebook credits have gone retail in the UK as scratch cards pop-up at Tesco’s and GAME. Consumers can buy £5, £10, £20 and £25 cards from the retailers.

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Archetype Signs up 160.000 Gamers in One Week

July 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Archetype, a first person shooter for the iPhone that can be compared to Eliminate from ngmoco, has signed up a staggering 160.000 new gamers in the first week of its release on the App Store.

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iHobo, Taking the Homeless Onto the iPhone

May 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Announcements | No Comments »

iHobo is a Tamagotchi styled iPhone game that educates consumers about the problems of the homeless. Waste the hobo and the hobo will probably get wasted in return.

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Fishlabs Does Volkswagen ‘Again’

May 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Often, doing a game for a big brand, is something spectacular for a mobile developer. With Fishlabs however, it’s a different thing as they have created about 50% of the Volkswagen apps we see on iTunes.

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Fishlabs Hints Toward Nokia Tablet

April 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

German developer Fishlabs has fuelled rumors about Nokia working on an iPad competitor. The developer mentioned development for the device on their weblog.

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Real World Football Brings a Real World Game

March 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Qneo, a Dutch developer (or at least we
think because of the peanut brand in their video as well as the availability of
Orange shirts in the app) has released a football game with a real-life
multiplayer experience.

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Fishlabs Does Volkswagen Again

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | 3 Comments »

Though Volkswagen’s last iPhone game was in collaboration with FireMint for a special Golf edition of their Real Racing game, the company returned to Fishlabs for their Think Blue. Challenge.

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ngmoco Turns to Freemium, Scraps Rolando 3 as Paid Title

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With the success of their Eliminate Pro game in mind, ngmoco has changed its strategy from pay per download to the freemium model. As a result, the company started to make changes in their internal roadmap.

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Cobra Mobile Launches AppULike

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Yet another app/game discovery portal has been launched this week. This time, UK developer Cobra Mobile has taken a dive into the competitive app discovery market with their AppULite site.