Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

MWC: Realnetworks Licenses Doodle Jump

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Lima Sky has signed a brand licensing deal with casual game publisher Real Networks. Real will develop and distribute their Doodle Jump game on alternative platforms.

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Namco Arcade Launches on Facebook

January 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Namdo Bandai Networks and Mplayit have launched a new storefront for Namco’s mobile offering. At the storefront, players can leave reviews and directly purchase any of the titles on the site.

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Glu’s First Facebook Release and Virtual Currency

November 1st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Earlyer on, Glu announced that it would switch from a pure mobile games publisher and developer to one that aims downloadable platforms. Facebook is part of that new target as they released their first game on it.

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Glu Expanding to Social Platforms

September 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Though the search for a new CEO continues, Jill Braff has announced that Glu will be heading toward a more social approach. That strategy is part of the restructuring of Glu Mobile.

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Gameloft Starts @CastleOfMagic Naming Contest

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Following the release of Caslte of Magic, Gameloft has announced a competition in which players can name the character for the next mobile game it will appear in.

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MobileAmusements Goes big on Dweebs

May 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | 2 Comments »

Dweebs was one of their hit PC games and eventually ended up in a small J2me game several years back. Now, the company has chosen to bring the furry critters back in the world of mobile gaming with a brand new iPhone title.

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fbFund Offering up to $100k in Investments

March 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Facebook might be offering small and mid-sized developers the chance of a lifetime. Through their fbFund programme, developers can earn between $25k and $100k in seed funding from the company.

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Mpowerplayer About Content Discovery on Social Networks

February 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Mpowerplayer shared insights collected from the recent launch of its Mplayit Mobile Arcade application on Facebook and MySpace. The application allows consumers to discover and try mobile games directly from their Web browser.

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LivingSocial Promotes iPhone Games

February 1st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

More Facebook news today as we also received an e-mail about LivingSocial's newest Facebook application called “iPhone Apps”. With this applications, consumers can show off their games collection.