Archive for January, 2009

Apple Planning Premium Games Channel – UPDATED

January 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

There is a new rumour spreading amongst mobile game developers. According to them, some of the bigger publishers have been invited to open a new channel for premium iPhoneOS games which will be priced at $ 19,99.

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THQ Wireless (not) Shutting Down – FINAL UPDATE!

January 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 3 Comments »

Over the past years, THQ Wireless had a lot of trouble to hold their position in the market. They have seen big competitors like Eidos and Vivendi enter and leave the market. Now it seems it's THQ who is kicking the bucket.

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Gameloft’s Q4 Financial Results

January 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

Gameloft is the first this year to show it's fourth quarter financials. The company managed to increase it's year-on-year revenues with 31%. Not bad during times of recession.

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SillySoft Made $ 140K With Their iPhone Game

January 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Vancouver based developer has opened up the financial books on their iPhone adventures with Lux DLS. Lux DLS is without doubt a great example of a small and original game that hits the big public.

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Dynamo Games Start it’s Own Sports Brand – UPDATED

January 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | Comments Off

Dynamo Games has kicked off their latest series of mobile sports games based on a new, own brand. With the brand, it hopes that consumers recognize the developer and quality of it's sports games.

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Artificial Life Licenses BMW

January 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | Comments Off

Hong Kong based mobile games developer and publisher Artificial Life has again signed a very interesting licence. This time, the company managed to get their hands on the BMW brand.

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Glu Goes D2C (Again)

January 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | Comments Off

In the good old days, there was a very powerful platform on the market called Provision X. It was created by a company called MacroSpace and held a series of options most competitors dreamt about…

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Nokia Starts N-Gage Promotions in Holland

January 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | Comments Off

In big markets like the UK, Nokia's N-Gage platform has been promoted to the press for some time. Now, Nokia's press agency in The Netherlands has also started to create press awareness in the hope to create awareness for the platform in The Netherlands.

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Netsize Received Penalties over Content Subscriptions

January 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | Comments Off

Netsize has received several penalties in The Netherlands last week for collecting money via “dirty” SMS campaigns. The penalties are expected to damage the company's position in the Dutch market.

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IGF Finalists Announced

January 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | Comments Off

This industry has two big awards that everybody seems to want to join in on these days. One is the good old IMGA, the other is, the still fairly new, IGF Awards. That last one announced the list of this year's finalists today.