Posts Tagged ‘GlobalFun’

Pixalon Signs GlobalFun Games Over to HandyGames and C2M

November 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

In regards to the financial problems and bankruptcy filing of GlobalFun, Pixalon Studios signed new distribution agreements with HandyGames and Connect2Media in regards to GISH, UFO: Afterlight and Crazy Cats.

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GlobalFun Enters Into Liquidation

September 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

GlobalFun has entered into liquidation as of September 13th 2010. GlobalFun was a publisher from the old days that supplied a broad portfolio of branded and non-branded mobile games and apps for various platforms.

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Massimo Caporale Leaves GlobalFun

February 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 7 Comments »

Following the departure of Bertil Krumnack, another key person in GlobalFun will be leaving. Massimo Corporale announced to depart the company by the end of this month.

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Bertil Krumnack Leaves GlobalFun for Twistbox

February 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 3 Comments »

For years, Bertil was one of the faces behind GlobalFun, a company partly owned by Bertil himself. Just over a month ago, Bertil announced to be leaving GlobalFun and now he pops-up at competitor Twistbox.

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GlobalFun Reorganizes

December 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

This summer, GlobalFun has been through organizational restructuring by closing down its Buenos Aires development unit. With continued changes in the market GlobalFun, is adapting itself again.

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GlobalFun Restructures – UPDATED

June 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

GlobalFun has announced their restructuring plans. The company will focus more on the publishing side of mobile games instead of actually developing them themselves.

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HandyGames to Stay SE Aggregator

June 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »

Following the news earlier today, we contacted some people in the industry to see what impact the SonyEricsson / GetJar deal will be to current aggregators GlobalFun and HandyGames.

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JavaOne: SE and GetJar Team up on App Store

June 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

It seems like SonyEricsson is about to unleash more competition on their decks as they announced a cooperation with GetJar for their own (GetJar Managed) App Store.

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GlobalFun Generated 1.1 Million in Revenues

April 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

This afternoon we got tipped on GlobalFun’s financial updated that where updated for the 2008 financial year. The sun seems to be shining for the company as it generated about

GlobalFun Hires Mikael Nerde

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Mobile game developer and publisher GlobalFun has announced that it will be adding Mikael Nerde to its board of directors. Mikael used to be head of applications acquisitions and content planning at SonyEricsson.