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One of the newer companies that’s making a splash in the mobile gaming scene is Cellufun. Founded in 2005 by three men, Arthur Goikhman, Stave Dacek and Cary Torkelson, Cellufun has managed to up their download from 300 a day to 20,000. So, with their current funding and a world of possibilities, where are they going now? I sat down with Arthur Goikhman to talk about their current operations and current plans. More

After their meeting this afternoon, the Take-Two shareholders who were threatening to oust CEO Paul Eibeler did just that and they’ve appointed a new Chief Executive. According to Reuters, Strauss Zelnick, former chief executive of BMG, has taken the spot as the chairman of the board and Benjamin Feder was named CEO. Zelnick has noted that there will be changes to the company but there will be no immediate downsizing. What can we expect to see from the company going forward?

“In three to six months we’re going to outline a plan,” said Zelnick. “We need to create more hits. I sense a lot of the creative talent is in place.” If Take-Two can avoid any more mishaps or shenanigans, maybe some of those other properties can break out. Of course, the only thing people are thinking about today is the release of the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV, the companies cash cow. Several executives were replaced today, which, along with the other changes, led to some serious after hours trading that left the stock up more than 6%.

According to MCV, Eidos, the company behind the Tomb Raider and Hitman franchises, announced that their revenues were up considerably from the same time last year. In the 6 months leading up to December 31st, 2006, Eidos revenues hit £74.5 million, which is is £24.4 million more than that raised at the same time last year. On the other side of the coin, losses were down a reported £2 million as well. What could be the cause of all these good tidings? Smart business. More

Giga Gamez tries to keep you guys up to date on what’s happening in the market, and, as always, we’re happy to hear suggestions on new stocks to include.

Notes for the day: Take-Two’s big shareholder meeting is tomorrow, and that has led to some interesting trading and a note by Forbes that Take-Two could be a stock that makes some money over the next 5 trading days. Sony lost over a point today in light of the weak Japanese electronics market. Earlier today, Electronic Arts announced that they’ve renewed their license for the Lord of the Rings content.

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Earlier today, Electronic Arts announced that they’ve renewed their license to release games based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels. EA, having reached an agreement with New Line Cinema and Tolkien Enterprises, plans on continuing to develop and release new games based in Middle Earth through 2008. So what’s coming up for EA other than the release of the new MMO? Oh wait, that’s not EA. What the heck is going on with all these hobbits? More

MTV, a Viacom owned company, has announced that GameTrailers.com is going mobile with a new channel for all of you mobile media lovers. The new channel will provide mobile gaming content over Amp’d initially, and then be moving across other major carriers shortly afterwards. As an added feature, premiering on the mobile channel, along with other GameTrailers shows, is a new program dedicated to mobile gaming. Sounds like MTV Networks has formed an aggressive strategy for the mobile market. More

Gameloft, mobile game developer, has told the NY Times that they’re now working on products for the BlackBerry. The BlackBerry, a mobile email and web browsing device, was developed by Research In Motion, a Canadian firm, and introduced into the market in 1999. So far, the BlackBerry hasn’t really been the focus of gaming due to lack of sophisticated graphic capabilities, but that’s about to change. Is the BlackBerry user base ready for games? More

Giga Gamez tries to keep you guys up to date on what’s happening in the market, and, as always, we’re happy to hear suggestions on new stocks to include.

Notes for the day: This week could turn out to be quite interesting. First of all, of course, Take-Two is having their shareholder meeting on the 29th and who knows what’s going to come out of that. Microsoft is looking pretty good at the moment after reporting that Vista sold 20 million copies in February. Electronic Arts is up a touch today after announcing a partnership with Nettwerk to create a music label.

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In the technical world, if it’s out there, then odds are that Microsoft has tried it, and not always successfully. For instance, I don’t think anyone is really sold on the Zune. However, there is one interesting new area that Microsoft seems to be doing a pretty good job with: in-game advertising. Ever since Microsoft purchased Massive a while back, they’ve been quietly soldiering along, working on new ways to sell those virtual billboards and soda machines. Priya Ganapati, staff reporter with The Street, recently sat down and talked with Cory Van Arsdale, CEO of Massive, about what they’re up to and what they think of Google entering into the in-game ad market. More

AdMob, a mobile advertising company, has announced that they’ve received a $15 million investment in a series b round of funding. According to a report at Mobile Industry, this new round of funding is going “to develop new solutions that will make it easier for advertising customers to leverage mobile.” This round of funding was led by Accel Partners, with the help of previous investor Sequoia Capital. So what’s in store for AdMob this year? Quite a bit of ad impressions, if the numbers are right. More