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Hot on the heels of its successful venture with Kim Kardashian, Glu Mobile is eying a second celebrity endorsed title. Reuters reports that the company has teamed up with Katy Perry for a game featuring her likeness and voice. Such is the success of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood that Glu posted …
Read More »Glu Mobile acquires PlayFirst
Free-to-play mobile game developer and publisher Glu Mobile has acquired Diner Dash studio PlayFirst. As part of the deal Glu will take on Playfirst’s debts of $3.55m. The acquisition is expected to be officially completed by the end of May. The casual game studio’s Dash series of titles, which includes …
Read More »New RoboCop film gets free-to-play smartphone tie-in
Glu Mobile has released a RoboCop game on iOS that ties in to next month’s movie return for the Detroit law enforcer. An android version is due for release on January 15th. The game is free-to-play and takes the form of a cover shooter in which the resurrected Alex Murphy …
Read More »GameSpy blames devs in server shutdown row
Some publisher partners had continued to use service free of charge 'for up to four years'
Read More »Glu director quits for OpenFeint
Sarah Thomson has quit mobile games publisher Glu to join OpenFeint. Thomson will take up the role of director of developer relations and will head up the expansion of the social gaming platform provider’s developer base, the company said. OpenFeint is going through an exciting phase of growth right now …
Read More »Rush of devs back PlayStation Phone
Twenty firms already backing the device; 50 launch games inbound
Read More »Glu Mobile inks Nvidia deal ‘for Android tablets’
Mobile Call Of Duty developer working with Tegra tech
Read More »Ballard named Warners digital chief
Warner Interactive has announced the appointment of former Glu Mobile CEO and Greg Ballard. The exec announced his departure form the mobile games firm in July 2009 and has in the interim worked for mobile network firm Transpera. Prior to that he enjoyed a stint as COO and CEO of …
Read More »Glu impresses Deloitte
Having seemingly got its business back on track after a tough spell spent adapting to the modern market conditions of the now iPhone-dominated mobile sector, Glu has won acclaim in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 listings. The firm ranked 129th in the report, which outlines the 500 fastest growing technology and …
Read More »Glu loses Euro MD
Glu’s EMEA managing director Frank Keeling has left the company, MCV’s sister site ME has learned. The former Vodafone and RealNetworks exec joined the mobile games publisher in December 2007 to head its European activities, but his role has now been split between EMEA marketing director James Scalpello and EMEA …
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