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@ GDC: iPhone Is The Best Platform For Games, Kind Of - 3 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 20 Feb 2008 11:29 AM PST

Yesterday at GDC Mobile, Tom Hubina said he was so fed up with the mobile game industry that he was going to leave it, that is, until he heard the…

@ GDC: Glu Mobile Says Carriers Aren’t To Blame For Game Industry Problems - 3 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 20 Feb 2008 09:38 AM PST

After listening to several panels and presentations—spanning over two days at GDC Mobile—discuss how difficult it is for game publishers to survive in a carrier-dominated world, Jill Braff, the SVP…

@ GDC: How Mobile Game Developers Avoid The Carrier’s Deck In Japan - 2 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 19 Feb 2008 05:05 PM PST

David Collier, who runs a mobile content provider in Tokyo called Pikkle, told developers today at GDC Mobile how Japanese game developers are avoiding two of the industry’s biggest headaches—sharing…

@ GDC: Event Is Good Venue To Woo Developers, But There’s No Sign of Apple, Google Or Others - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 19 Feb 2008 12:30 PM PST

In many ways, Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) keynote this morning was an hour-long advertisement, explaining to developers why they should pick the Ovi platform the next time they build a game.…

@ GDC: Nokia Continues GDC Mobile’s Carrier-Bashing Theme - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 19 Feb 2008 11:52 AM PST

This morning, Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki took the stage, appealing to the hundreds of developers in the crowd by telling them that their value and creativity have been limited by the…

@ GDC: The End Of Carrier Control In Mobile Gaming May Be Near - 4 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 18 Feb 2008 08:34 PM PST

In back-to back sessions at GDC Mobile today, industry executives challenged the notion that carriers will continue to control the distribution of mobile games in the next few years. Panelists…

@ GDC: Gameloft CEO Says Christmas Didn’t Come To Mobile Games Market In 2007 - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 18 Feb 2008 12:50 PM PST

In GDC Mobile’s opening day keynote, Michel Guillemot, Gameloft’s CEO and President, said he wasn’t there to talk about the fun bells and whistles about the gaming industry, but to…