Posts Tagged ‘Glu’

GetJar Hires Patrick Mork, Opens new Office

January 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

We aren't sure if this is big news for Patrick Mork (ex Glu), but it surely is for GetJar. The mobile games veteran has signed up as one of the new executives which will be leading the fast growing portal.

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EA Mobile, Gameloft and Glu, What can Happen?

January 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 7 Comments »

The market seems to be shaking with rumours on the big three. It's not that strange considering Glu is still in financial problems and EA is missing several key employees in their Mobile unit.

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2008 Best (and worst) PR Contact Award

January 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

With everybody handing out awards for the best mobile games, we thought it's time to put somebody else in the spotlights. For the first time ever, we praise the best and worst PR person we met in the mobile games industry in 2008!

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Glu Takes Financial Measures for 2009

January 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

2008 didn't even end, and Glu already announced some financial changes in order to stabilize their position in the market. With their latest measures the company seems to secure their business for 2009, but there is still a lot of work ahead…

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Glu and HandyGames Team up on Townsmen 6

December 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 10 Comments »

Townsmen is without doubt one of the biggest brands of HandyGames. With this sixth edition, the game is even exploring a new business opportunity, as Glu will distribute it along Q2 of 2009.

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Interview with Glu’s CEO Greg Ballard

December 16th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Interviews | 2 Comments »

Some weeks ago, we announced an interview with Greg Ballard, themed around the problems at Glu. For the first time ever we gave you, our community, the chance to send us all your questions.

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She’s One to Watch; Jill Braff

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Digital Media Wire has announced that Glu's Jill Braff, SVP Global Publishing, has managed to get into their top 25 Digital Entertainment Executives to Watch 2008. Jill managed to hit the fourth possition.

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Glu Ranked 8 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50

December 8th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Though the company is in big financial problems at the moment, Glu Mobile did manage to make it all the way to the 8th position in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for Silicon Valley.

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Glu Licenses Watchmen

December 7th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Glu Mobile announced that it will be publishing a mobile game based on the Warner Bros. Pictures super hero film Watchmen. The game will launch with the U.S. premi

Glu Starts Answering our Questions?

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

Remember the community interview we talked about before? According to our contact at Glu, Greg is still busy to fill in all the answers. Yet via Moconews, we found out that he is already answering several of them indirectly.