Posts Tagged ‘Germany’

Gameloft Germany Responds to Android Billing Issues

December 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

THE story of today must be the billing issues consumers report when buying their Android games directly from Gameloft. A German site contacted Gameloft and received very interesting comments from the publisher.

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Zynga Acquires Dextrose

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Zynga has made a new acquisition. This time, the company acquired Dextrose, an online gaming company based in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the first acquisition in Europe.

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Apple Announces International iPad Launch

May 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The long expected international launch of the iPad is about to happen as Apple sent out an official press release stating it will be launching in nine more countries on May 28th.

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Today’s Gamers Report DE

January 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Today we have the second report from Todaysgamers. Today’s Gamers is releasing a lot of interesting information about the international (mobile gamer). Today, we cover stats from good old Germany.

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Palm’s Pre Confirmed for EU Launches

September 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PalmOS | No Comments »

Palm's long awaited Pre is set to be introduced in Europe. Both in the UK (16-10) as well as in Germany (13-10), the device will be sold by operator O2, but it will be available in more countries.

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HandyGames About PR, QA, Brands, iPhone and Fishlabs

August 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

When we think about Germany, us Dutch think about the war. Though it's probably not for that reason, HandyGames is the first developer we visited that is located in former army barracks.

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BlackBerry App World Growing Fast

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | 1 Comment »

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has announced that it's App Store called BlackBerry App World has about 2.000 mobile apps and games available in the US, UK and Canada.

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O2 DE Ditches Arvato for FOX Mobile

April 20th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

It seems FOX Mobile is moving deeper into the market. Through Jamba, the company was already providing mobile games and content to several operators. Now, it has won a deal with O2 Germany over Germany based Arvato Mobile.

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Germany to Ban Violent Games?

March 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | 3 Comments »

Following the shooting incident in the German city of Winnenden, Heini Schmitt (Head of the national Pollice) has fired up the discussion to ban violent games from the shelves.