Posts Tagged ‘Mobile Games’

Sidebar Brings App Discovery Tool to Android

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

App Discovery on Android has already been a pain for mobile game developers. With a new product called Sidebar, the Sidebar company hopes to change the way consumers browse the Android Market.

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Connect2Media Licenses Lumines

November 20th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

When it comes to stacking blocks, Tetris is by far the most popular casual game available today. Though a real second best has never been defined, Lumines might qualify for those honors and C2M will take that game mobile.

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Microsoft Increases Windows Marketplace Reach

November 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

As promised, Microsoft has opened up Windows Marketplace to older devices. As of today, consumers with Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 are allowed to start shopping to games and apps.

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N-Gage Fails Again…

November 1st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Many where sceptical when Nokia launched N-Gage for the second time around, but after months and months of rumours, Nokia finally admitted defeat last Friday.

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Zed Licenses Planet 51

October 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Zed's sister company Ilion is coming with a new animated movie and so, Zed will bring us a load of content. Apart from numerous ringtones and wallpapers, the company will also be releasing three mobile games.

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Is iPhone Piracy a Real Problem?

October 28th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Lately, there have been a lot of stories where developers complaint over iPhone piracy. Some of them are long time mobile game developers and that made me wonder… is Piracy a problem? Is it even that new?

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BMW Joins App Store Business?

October 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

One of BMW’s latest features is a digital dashboard in their cars that provide all the entertainment as well as navigation. Following in Apple’s footsteps (at least we thing), the company has now demonstrated an application store.

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Synapsy Powers H3G DK & SE

October 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Platform provider Synapsy has signed a deal to power the game decks for 3 in Denmak as well as for Sweden. The package includes mobile game aggregation by Synapsy.

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Zattikka Receives Skype Funding

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

Zattikka recently got into the news as it had acquired Gimme5Games/Morpheme. Now the company has attracted some fresh funding to boost their performance.

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Metaflow Implements Mplayit Support

October 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Metaflow has announced a new deal which introduces support for the Mplayit environment. This allows Metaflow users to access Mplayit's channels as well as demo environments.