In a time where many look back at 2006, we like to look forward and we have found 32 industry executives prepared to do it with us. We where surprised though that mainly the small and midsized developers responded to our mailings and not the big ones that often reach the news which of we…
Mobilerated’s Handset Top 10 MobileRated released it’s top ten downloading handsets, showing the cheapest gamers are owners of the blackberry 8100. Blackberry 8100 | RIM K750i | SonyEricsson V3 | Motorola 6620 | Nokia K810i | SonyEricsson Blackberry 8700 | RIM N70 | Nokia K800i | SonyEricsson 6280 | Nokia 6600 | Nokia Of course…
For the year 2007 the management of HandyGames™ forecasts a hard fight for market shares on the European mobile games market. Germany’s largest independent mobile games publisher will enhance its European position with a strong portfolio consisting of own IPs, licenses and publishing titles and by exploring new business models like advert-gaming. With the help…
The business of video games for mobile phones must be one of the most dynamic and fast paced industries in the world today. New phones are hitting the shelves faster and faster. Phones are becoming more and more powerful by the month. Innovative technologies like 3D and multiplayer games are pushed into the hands of…
An advergame needs to be a game at heart. Internet users know when they are getting sold to. They may bite once, but if they feel they are being taken advantage of they will not come back. Nor will they tell their friends about your site, offer, or game. DME: Is there some commonality to…
LOS ANGELES – As a member of the Elite Operations Division in the video game “True Crime: Streets of LA,” the character Nick Kang must find his way to a truck heist at the flagship Puma sportswear store. Lucky for him, he has a Motorola handset with built-in global positioning system technology. In the online…
The range of best selling games has a remarkable low number of licensed mobile games. Rambo On Fire | In-Fusio Miami Vice Mobile | Player X Bimmer Street Racing 3D | Falcon Mobile Sim Babe | Nostromo Manager pro Football 2006 | Ojom Absolute Puzzle Deluxe | Global Fun Beershooter | HandyGames Bubble Gun |…
One innovative form of online advertising that has perhaps not had quite the profile that others have had is a particular form of viral marketing called – a combination of advertising and gaming. One company, Blockdot, which has been called the “forefather” of advergaming, has been particularly successful in this realm. Blockdot is an interactive…
2007 will be the year that will see 3D games on mobile and Connected gaming break through to the mobile mass market. I can see another round of industry consolidation and key partnerships as publishers realise that there are only a handful of really good development studios out there. I predict 2 major mobile publisher…
I recently saw the game about terrorism. It looked like a game and to most users they thought it was. But after closer inspection, the game was really an educational activity. It was engaging enough however, that people felt compelled to take part in the activity. The message was tied into the activity in a…
Annual VASland report for 2006 Buongiorno took the liberty of releasing their annual VASland report for 2006. Looking at the press release, the report devides our consumer base into three types of consumers which is beyond popular terms like early adapters, casual gamers or even male vs. female. They kick off with the “Symbiotics”. This…
Advert-gaming is somewhat of a new leap for mobile-gaming, with no idea yet if it will be a good solution both business wise as well as for the gamers. The Adwrap system made it possible for us to just get some of our games, literally wrap them up, and get them out there to see…
I will post this now as I will not come round to doing it the coming 2 days. On behalf of all editors on The Mobile Games Blog, I wish you all a great 2007. As most of you probably remember our 2007 forecast editorial a few weeks back, we have pasted below the forecasts…
Amobee Media Systems have researched ad funded software versus full price on various operator decks and discovered that for every one full price sale, the ad funded version get’s downloaded fifty times. Even though the consumption is 50 times higher, revenues for the developer seem to be only four times higher. This can mean a…
I have to admit, before doing the interview with Michael Chang, I didn’t spend any time actually using the GameJump platform which meant I only knew the theory about it and what I could see by browsing around. After entering the site, I went directly to the registration area. I spent much time in the…
Arjan asked me to do a little write-up of ClickPayGo from Chillingo seeing as we (OrangePixel) are the first ones to start using it in Java games. So first let me explain you what ClickPayGo actually is. The service is developed and hosted by Chillingo.com the guys behind clickgamer.com, and straight from the ClickPayGo site…
The effort takes the theme of long distance car travel, encouraging players to virtually visit other states and locales. Called “Scion Road Trip,” the promo runs until August 15 and echoes a similar “ScionSpy” campaign the carmaker launched last year to promote the xA and xB vehicles. Several weekly contests over two months allow “drivers”…
2007 will be the year in which mobile gaming communities will pick up with the rise of the mobile gaming trend of increasing favouritism for multiplayer games. Through incentives, interaction and gift redemption systems, the number of gamers participating in mobile communities will continue to grow, directly increasing the ARPU of mobile operators involved. In…
Installing After downloading the 3 MB package from here, the installer showed us the service is available in English, German, French and Spanish. Like any app that wants to have a prominent position, it suggests we should make it available on the desktop, start menu and quickstart. Since I don’t expect to buy a new…
MUMBAI: Paradox Studios Limited announced the release of the mobile game ‘Thums Up Everest Challenge,’ in association with Coca-Cola India. The game, developed by Paradox Studios, is based on Thums Up’s unique action packed brand campaign, the ‘Thums Up Everest Challenge – ‘Hai Dum?,’ which provides Thums Up drinkers an opportunity to test their mettle…