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- GDC Mobile 2008: Embracing Mobile Constraints
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"Most conversations about mobile game development happen in a bar," began Jefersown Valadares, Creative Director at EA Mobile. Not because mobile developers are alcoholics, but because they're the ideal place to lament the low motivation you may have by working in such a frustrating industry: But Valadares discussed ways to work round the constraints.
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- PopCap To Develop For SNAP Mobile
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Nokia and developer and publisher of casual games PopCap Games are to bring connected mobile Java games to the SNAP Mobile platform. Chuzzle is the first game to be re-developed by PopCap under a multi-game agreement.
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- Exit Games Reveals Neutron 5.0
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Service provider for multiplayer games and communities Exit Games has revealed the latest version of its service platform Neutron 5.0. A demo of the service is to be showcased during the GDC Expo at Exit Games' booth in the North hall at the German Pavilion.
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- Worms World Party For N-Gage Games Service
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Nokia and publisher THQ Wireless have announced an agreement to bring Team17's Worms World Party to a range of Nokia devices through the N-Gage games service. Worms World Party is to be "massively updated from its origina N-Gage version" and is is expected to be available in the first half of 2008.
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- IMG Award Winners Announced
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The International Mobile Gaming Awards has announced this year's winners at an awards ceremony at GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. A jury of specialists from Japan, US and Europe selected the winners out of the 25 nominees, with Ideaworks3D's Metal Gear Solid Mobile winning the $15,000(US) Grand Prix.
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- Ojom Releases Romeo & Juliet
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Developer and publisher Ojom has announced the launch of Romeo and Juliet, a platform game based on the famous love story. In Romeo and Juliet, players control Romeo in his quest to save Juliet, who has been imprisoned by her disapproving father in his castle.
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- Analysys: Content Providers To Gain Control Over Pricing
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Mobile network operators still dominate the mobile media and entertainment value chain, but content providers are likely to gain greater control of end-user pricing and the customer relationship as the market develops and consumers demand more innovation, said Analysys at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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- I-play Announces Paparazzi Snapshot! for Mobile
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I-play, the mobile publishing division of multi-platform casual games company Oberon Media has unveiled Paparazzi Snapshot!, "the first - unique to mobile - ‘photo action adventure' game". The new title features ‘seek-and-find' gameplay, "exotic locations and adventures with larger than life characters and situations".
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