Recycle for London uses mobile gaming to boost recycling

Recycle for London is today launching a mobile game to encourage Londoners to recycle more. The game from Incentivated teaches players what they can and can’t recycle. It’s  available as a Java app, and iPhone users can download it from the Apple Store.

By texting BIN to 62967 players receive a link to a mobile web [...]

Casino gamer Spin3 to share mobile revenue with content providers

Mobile casino provider Spin3 today announced the launch of the Spin3 Partner Program. The program allows content providers to promote Spin3 clients to their customers, and gain a share of the revenues. Mobile content aggregators will be able to share in the profits generated from mobile casino operators like 32Red, Ladbrokes and All Slots Casino.
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Mobile games are Nickelodeons first-ever iPhone applications

Nickelodeon has announced the launch if its first series of iPhone apps. The apps will be games for young children based on popular Nickelodeon properties like SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and iCarly.

It will also launch iPhone apps for it’s existing on-line game sites Shockwave.com and AddictingGames.com.
From the release:
“The iPhone offers a unique extension for [...]

Fantasy football mobile game introduces advanced multiplayer options

SANCO’s football manager game for mobiles phones launched at the start of the current football season. Mobile Club Manager lets users step into the managers shoes in conjunction with Premiership matches. But users also wanted to play games between Premiership fixtures, so SANCO has added a new “Friendlies” option. This allows players to have matches [...]

Bollywood goes mobile with games developer Indiagames

“Dev D”, one of the latest movies from the Bollywood engine, has being turned into a mobile game by Indiagames! The classic Indian novella “Devda” has been filmed a huge number of times, and now it’s available for mobile gamers to enjoy.

From the release:
Speaking at the launch, Indiagames CEO Vishal Gondal said, “Bollywood based games [...]

iPhone could turn mobile gaming into real competition for handheld consoles

iPhone mobile gaming apps from the Apple Store could make the device a serious competitor for devices like the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS. Apple is expected to create a premium section of the Store dedicated to high quality games from major developers. Rumors are now flying that it intends to seriously upgrade the gaming [...]

More gambling games on the mobile Internet, this time from Ladbrokes

Ladbrokescasino.com has launched four of its popular casino games on the iPhone and G-phone. Roulette, Tomb Raider, Blackjack and Major Millions will be available to play on-portal from Ladbrokes, with no download option.
From the release:
Charlie Goodenough, Head of Marketing at Ladbrokescasino.com said: “We’re thrilled to be able to deliver Ladbrokes Casino on the iPhone. [...]

Mobile gaming gets boost from smartphones, but will it be enough?

There’s plenty of meat on the comScore report from earlier this week. One of the trends show that the number of people downloading mobile games grew 17% from Nov 2007 to Nov 2008. The number of smartphones being used to download games increased as well. 34% of downloaders owned a smartphone, compared with 10% last [...]

SPIN3’S SUPPORT FOR LEADING SMARTPHONES TAKES MOBILE GAMING TO NEW HEIGHTS

Spin3 mobile casino games now available on the industry’s most popular Smartphones including iPhone, Android G1 and BlackBerry ®
LONDON, UK, 27 JANUARY 2009 - Mobile gaming provider Spin3, powered by Microgaming the world’s largest online gaming software provider, has today announced its commitment to provide casino games and support of the market’s leading Smartphone mobile [...]

Spin3 casino mobile games launch on Blackberry

Mobile gaming company Spin3 has today launched its casino games service on BlackBerry. Spin3’s GameWire™ platform is now available on BlackBerry devices, up to and including the new touch screen Blackberry Storm.
The full portfolio of 15 games is supported on BlackBerry handsets with version 4.3 or better, and is available to Spin3 clients from mid-January.
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Offerpal Media extends it’s advertising network to iPhone mobile gaming

We got a heads up from Offerpal Media today. The company specialises in advertising to users of social networks like Facebook and Myspace. It monetizes apps for the millions of users of these sites, but now Offerpal has extended it’s platform to include game apps for iPhone.
Who are Offerpal?
If you’re a Facebook fan, then you’ve [...]

iPhone game rockets to #1 spot in USA and 18 other countries in just 5 days

The Rick Rocketson iPhone game is a free application from Liquid Air Lab. Five days after it was released, the ad-enabled game became the #1 downloaded free application in the Apple iTunes App Store in the USA and 18 other countries. 50 countries have the app in their top 3 rank.
From the release:
“We are [...]

Speed Brain iPhone Application

As many of you know my son was in hospital this week as he had three operations. He is fine and will be out this weekend. I had a great week with him and taught him the time and he can now read a few words like “woof” and “boo”.
But when he slept - I [...]

In-game advertiser Greystripe gets high response for Jeep campaign

Rating: Metrics report from InsightExpress provides in-depth look at mobile campaign

Mobile advertiser Greystripe specialises in-game advertising for mobile games - placing ads in games during actual gameplay.  When it signed up to provide a campaign for Jeep, it got digital marketing researcher InsightExpress to keep a close eye on the effects of the campaign.

What are [...]

iPhone game developer ngmoco releases it’s latest title, Dropship

Rating: New game tries control system different from usual iPhone tilting games

ngmoco is a games producer that makes content exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s most recent offering, Dropship, is a graphics-intensive full 3d space shooter, where the player takes control of spaceship flying around a maze, shooting obstacles and rescuing allies. Unusually [...]

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