Mobile Moving Up Since E3, there’s been one word bouncing around the industry getting serious buzz: mobile. Once the iOS became the platform with the highest number of recognized gamers, the market for mobile has exploded with Indy developers and industry veterans alike positioning themselves to come out as king in the new arena.

EA: Mobile Merger – “Firemonkeys”

Electronic Arts is merging two studios, making it the largest gaming studio in Australia. This is a gaming studio dedicated to the creation of mobile games.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-25-ea-merges-ironmonkey-and-firemint-mobile-studios

Activision: Making the Move to Mobile

Currently the biggest name in AAA gaming, Activision has partnered with analytics firm, Flurry and opened the new Activision Mobile division.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-25-activision-has-serious-intention-to-get-into-mobile-in-significant-way

Gree: Growing Bigger

Japanese mobile gaming giant, Gree, grows bigger by acquiring Hothead and Soma.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-24-gree-partnering-with-hothead-soma-and-more

Big Fish: Going to the Cloud

Looking to challenge Sony and Onlive, mobile game maker and distributor, Big Fish, partners with Roku to bring cloud streaming to home and mobile devices.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/174674/Big_Fish_looks_to_the_cloud_with_new

The Ouya: New Android Based Console

Ouya is an experimental new console that promises to bring mobile games to your TV screen. Powered by the Android operating system, for only $100.00, it could be a new step for mobile gaming.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/24/the-ouya-will-be-around-the-size-of-a-rubiks-cube

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Zombies Invade NYC

In reaction to Dish Network dropping AMC from its lineup of channels, the station is telling people to drop Dish in this highly inventive viral video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHPMocTmC08&feature=youtu.be

Halo 4: Forward Until Dawn

In a surprise move, Microsoft’s internal dev team (343) partners with Machinima to make an action-packed web series to build buzz for the next Halo title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ca3Y8Ws3plI#!

Nokia’s Cell Ad – “Gulp”
It’s easy to take a big “gulp” after seeing Nokia’s simple use of the N8 smartphone at work creating its own stop-motion video ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieN2vhslTTU&feature=youtu.be

Top Selling Games of June and Early 2012

Brought to us by the NDP Group, these charts represent best retailing games in the US right now. While most are what you’d expect, there are a few surprises in there.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/174517/The_games_of_retail_What_US_shoppers_have_bought_in_2012.php

Zynga’s Stock Plummets

The social gaming giant’s stock price plunges 41%, coming out at barely over three dollars in yet another tale of Zynga’s woes with the stock market.

http://kotaku.com/5929083/zynga-stock-suddenly-drops-41

Gaming Acquisitions Heat Up in 2012

Data provided by Merger and Acquisitions firms, Corum Group and Digi-Capital, show there’s a trend of big game companies buying up little game companies that’s still going strong.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-25-gaming-acquisitions-in-a-frenzy-for-2012

Big news this month as we dot the i’s and cross the final t’s to unveiling our new line-up of original content developed for the web. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been hard at work creating 3 unique web series ideas and polishing up a social networking game concept. If you’d like to hear more and have a need for original content or social networking games, write us an email to let us know.