Archive for November, 2008
Nakko Provides Telfort (NL) Portal
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »
Telfort (a Dutch operator acquired by KPN last year) has announced that Nakko.com will be empowering their new consumer focused mobile entertainment portal.
G1 Multitouch Proof of Concept
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »
According to US consumers, one of the big lacks of the G1 is support for multitouch on the device. A hacker has now created a video in which he shows that it is possible after all.
Juniper: Mobile Games Market to Reach $10bn by 2013
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
The arrival of the iPhone has generated a universally positive response from mobile games publishers and developers, the volume of paid-for mobile game downloads has nonetheless flatlined across North America and Western Europe, according to Juniper Research.
Xendex Hires Andreas Bischof as CFO
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »
Andreas Bischof has been appointed new CFO (Chief Financial Officer) at XENDEX. Prior to joining XENDEX, Bischof was Head of Corporate & Management Reporting with Hutchison 3G Austria.
Finblade Releases WordSearch, Movie Quiz and Tennis Slam on Android
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »
FinBlade announced the release of three titles for Google's Android platform. WordSearch, Movie Quiz and Tennis Slam initially launched on the App Store this summer and are now available for Android via Handango’s store.
EA Releases FIFA 09 on N-Gage
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | 2 Comments »
EA Mobile announced the release of EA Sports FIFA 09 for the Nokia N-Gage Platform. FIFA 09 supports smoother, simplified gameplay and a host of options for sharing and comparing team performance with other players through Nokia’s N-Gage Arena.
Cave Bear Releases Jumble! Xmas on App Store
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »
With their first iPhoneOS game “Jumble!” live for just over a week, Cave bear has already released a Christmas themed successor to their casual mobile game.
Mobile Audio Blues
November 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
I am noticing a trend among mobile game
developers today. Many of the commercial games out there offer
screenshots as well as a sample video of the gameplay. The problem
is that these videos usually have the sound completely removed!
Sometimes there will be higher resolution music placed in the demo to
promote the game, but it usually is thrown in at the last minute and
has no relevance to the movement on the screen.
MGB Back in a few days
November 21st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in About Us | 3 Comments »
Dear readers,
Though we tried to keep you updated this week, I lack the time a bit as I have to do all kinds of preparations for my birthday tomorrow. As so, MGB will be back around Tuesday, when we will first recap on the most important news bits of the past few days (and hope to have the Interview with Greg Ballard back).
Mpowerplayer Launches the Mplayit Portal
November 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »
Mpowerplayer announced the launch of Mplayit.com, a new Web portal for consumers interested in finding out more about mobile games. Mplayit features free mobile game demos with the ability to learn about games and publishers, read reviews, purchase games and to add and share the Mplayit widget anywhere online.
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