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- GDC Mobile Announces 2009 Focus, iPhone Lectures
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Organizers for March 2009's GDC Mobile summit have revealed a focus on emerging platforms such as Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android, as well as initial speakers from EA and Indiagames, for the mobile-specific game event taking place on the first two days of GDC 2009.
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- Best Of FingerGaming: From Aurora Feint to Dr. Awesome
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Every week, Games on Deck sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent portable games platform -- this time covering the highly anticipated sequel to puzzle/RPG Aurora Feint, two new ngmoco announcements, and Newtonica2 from Skip Ltd. co-founder Kenichi Nishi.
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- THQ Wireless Releases Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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THQ Wireless announced the release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a mobile game based on the Cartoon Network animated series and starring a clone trooper as he leads a squad and fights droids over 15 missions and three different planets.
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- Mpowerplayer Brings Its Games Online With Mplayit Portal
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Mpowerplayer, a mobile game trial solutions provider, launched Mplayit.com, a web portal enabling consumers to try out free mobile game demos. The site also offers widgets that let users embed the demo anywhere else online, like a YouTube video.
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- Namco Networks Releases Brain Exercise
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Namco Networks announced the release of Brain Exercise, a casual mobile game officially tested by Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, the Japanese neuroscientist who helped develop and appears in Nintendo's Brain Age series for the Nintendo DS.
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- Best Of FingerGaming: From Bix to Burning Monkeys
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Every week, Games on Deck sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent portable games platform -- this time covering a preview of Qix-clone Bix, the iPhone possibly threatening Sony and Nintendo's handhelds, and Freeverse's Mac-to-iPhone port Burning Monkey Casino.
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- Less Than One Week Left To Enter IGF Mobile Competition
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Officials for the Independent Games Festival (IGF) Mobile posted a reminder that it will accept submissions for its independent handheld games competition until November 17th. Judges are still looking for more game entries for mobile, PSP, DS, GP2X, Windows Mobile, or any other mobile formats, especially the iPhone.
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- Interview: TiltNTwist's Trev Huxley, Robert Goodale
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With the announcement of four Gesturetek-enabled Windows Mobile titles -- HyperHamster, Snowboarding, DropZone, and DUI: The Long Drive Home -- New York-based publisher TiltnTwist came out of stealth mode and spoke with Games On Deck about the company's motion-based titles, iPhone plans, and developer relationships.
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- Sega Releases Samba de Amigo For Mobiles
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Sega Mobile, a Sega of America division, announced the release of Samba de Amigo a rhythm game featuring popular songs and starring a maraca-shaking monkey named Amigo, for mobile phones. The title was developed by Big Blue Bubble (24: Agent Down).
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