Posts Tagged ‘Mobile Game’

Palm Announces Second WebOS Device

September 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

With the Palm Pre reaching the end of it's shelf life in the US (It's been there for months already). Palm announced their second WebOS based phone called the Pixi.

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Artificial Life’s Formula 1 Business

August 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | 1 Comment »

Artificial Life has just closed a new two-year exclusive licensing deal with Red Bull Racing (Red Bull's Formula 1 racing team) and is finishing off their BMW Sauber Formula 1 game.

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HandyGames Does Red Bull – UPDATED

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Red Bull seems to have signed a new deal on one of their crazy sports events. HandyGames converted the 'Seifenkistenrennen' or 'Soapbox Race' event into a mobile game.

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Experts on the Future of Mobile Games Distribution

June 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The Multimedia Research Consultancy has released a new report. This time, the survey held amongst a mix of industry executives outlined the future of mobile game distribution and adoption of Social Networks.

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PopCap (Bejeweled Twist) Promotion

May 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | 1 Comment »

Ever since I met the folks of PopCap games over at the CGA event in Amsterdam, their marketing activities have always been surprising me. Yesterday they surprised me again in regards to their new mobile game titled Bejeweled Twist.

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WWF China Starts Mobile Campaign

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

The World Wildlife Fund in China has chosen to use an augmented reality mobile game to inform China’s youngsters about the importance of the environment they live in. The game will mainly target the ones living in the big cities.

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12 Year Old Releases iPhone Game

April 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The iPhone is not only changing the way the mobile games industry works, but also affecting programming hobbyists around the world. As so, a 12 year old kid has just released its first iPhone game.

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Meffys Deadline Extended

April 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Didn’t come round to submitting your mobile game to the Meffys? No problem as the deadline of these commercial awards show has been shifted to the 24th of April.

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Halo Going Mobile?

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Once, Halo was the battleground of a brand licensing deal gone wrong between InFusio and Microsoft. A few years later, Halo might surface again in the world of mobile games.

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Fox Mobile Licenses Lingerie Football League

April 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Fox Mobile seems to be turning to the wild side of mobile gaming as the company has acquired the exclusive license for the official Lingerie Football League.