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Read More »EA prepares for the rise of Android
Publisher thinks Google's mobile app market will drive growth
Read More »Miniclip opens mobile gaming division
Miniclip has opened a new business unit focused on mobile, initially with iOS and Android, with more smartphone platforms to follow. Mobile offers a new revenue stream for sites like Miniclip, which hope their big online audiences – it has 57 million – will follow them to mobile. In addition, …
Read More »Forget the PSP Phone wheres the GameBoy phone?
As the (still completely unfounded) speculation about a possible PSP Phone continues to travel in circles around the internet, it has been alleged that Nintendo was at one point considering its own foray into the mobile phone sector. Pocket Gamer carries word from a development source” that in the early …
Read More »MGS turns to mobile games
Microsoft will use its own internal development teams to populate the upcoming Windows Mobile games platform. The company said it is establishing a new studio, known as MGS Mobile Gaming, which will support first party development and evangelise mobile gaming across MGS”. Windows Mobile 7 is the PC giant’s newest …
Read More »Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone underway?
Sony Ericsson is planning to launch an Android-powered gaming smartphone which may carry PlayStation branding, according to a report on tech blog Engadget. Citing a ‘trusted source’, the report claims that the device could be revealed as early as this October, running the as-yet unreleased Android 3.0 operating system. The …
Read More »Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone incoming?
Sony Ericsson rumoured to be at work on touchscreen gaming smartphone
Read More »Miniclip confirms continuing recruitment drive
Games portal continues to welcome new staff as it eyes increased mobile sector presence
Read More »Zattikka raises $5.5m in funding
Online and mobile games firm Zattikka has raised $5.5 million in funding through its parent company Expedite 5. Led by Notion Capital and a group of private individuals including Harald Ludwig, co-chair of Lionsgate Entertainment, the investment will be used to bolster Zattikka’s efforts with regard to recruitment, R&D and …
Read More »Zattikka raises $5.5m through funding drive
Studio ready to bolster recruitment, R&D and marketing effort
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