Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’

MU: Publishing in the Smartphone Era

November 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to research from Mintel, only 12% of the consumers in the UK own a smartphone. One of the reasons is that 30% of British consumers are only interested in the cheapest deal and it shows the smartphone market is still a minor one.

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Unity Steps Into Mobile Publishing

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

With a new business unit called Union, Unity Technologies will be entering the publishing arena for digital downloads to mobile phones, TV’s and other connected devices.

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Secret Exit Moves Away from Chillingo

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

This morning, Secret Exit informed players of the original Zen Bound game that the company has moved Zen Bound away from iPhone publisher Chillingo and started self-publishing the title and the successor.

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Metaflow Expands to Android and the Indie Community

July 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Metaflow has announced that the company has added support for Indie developers as well as premium content for the Android platform.

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Chillingo Heads to DSi and Wii

March 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: DSiWare | No Comments »

Having released their first PSP Minis game only months ago, the company has now announced to roll out their Dracula game on both Nintendo’s DSiWare and WiiWare platforms.

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Gameloft Snaps up Capcom Brands

November 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Following their licensing deal with SEGA, Gameloft has announced yet another distribution deal with a big Japanese giant. This time, the publisher will bring titles from Capcom to the European market.

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Ngmoco’s Yu on Piracy, Transactions and More

October 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Gamasutra visited the GDC in China and reported on a keynote from ngmoco VP Alan Yu. He talked about topics like piracy, transactions and their social function.

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PSP Minis Might Head to UMD

September 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

In an interview with Develop, Sony announced the possibility of the PSP Minis ending up on a UMD. Release on UMD is very interesting for the older PSP models that will remain popular in markets where Wi-Fi is less developed like South America.

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Nickelodeon in iPhone Publishing

July 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Nickelodeon has made two important announcements over the past few days. It announced that it will port it's popular flash games from AddictingGames.com to iPhone and that it will be open for publishing deals.