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Mobile Games Firms Reaxion, Mobliss Merge to Form PressOK

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 10, 2008 - 7:44am.

Seattle - Mobile game publishers Reaxion and Mobliss on Wednesday announced that they have merged to create PressOK Entertainment.

tags: Games | Deals | Mobile | Reaxion | Acquisitions | Mobliss | PressOK Entertainment |

Burger King Taps Mobliss to Develop Mobile Games

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2007 - 11:38am.

Miami - Burger King on Friday announced a deal with Seattle-based mobile content provider Mobliss, which will create a mobile game for the fast food chain. The initial game currently in development will feature players "vying for the role of the King's protégé by facing challenges and progressing in the virtual world of a Burger King-themed city." The games, which will be promoted in restaurants and on packaging, are slated to launch in the spring of 2008.

tags: Games | Mobile | Marketing | Mobliss | Burger King |

Digital Entertainment Distributor New Motion Raises $10 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 6, 2007 - 11:03am.

Irvine, Calif. - MPLC, the parent company of digital entertainment publisher New Motion, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $10 million in a private placement of its shares.

tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Mobliss | New Motion | MobileSidewalk | RingtoneChannel | GatorArcade |

New Motion Buys Mobliss Assets; Forms Mobile Joint Venture With Index

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 29, 2007 - 10:42am.

Irvine, Calif. - New Motion, a provider of digital and mobile entertainment content, announced on Monday that it will acquire the mobile messaging assets of Mobliss, a unit of Japan's Index Corp., and launch an Asian-themed mobile entertainment portal in North America with Index Visual & Games.

tags: Deals | Mobile | Mobile Games | Acquisitions | Cellphones | Mobliss | New Motion | Index Corp. |

Mobliss Launches "Deal or No Deal" Mobile Phone Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 2, 2006 - 1:15pm.
Seattle - Mobile entertainment publisher Mobliss on Monday launched its mobile game based on the NBC game show, "Deal or No Deal," from Endemol USA.
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tags: Games | Mobile | Mobile Games | TV | Mobliss | Deal or No Deal |

Mobile Content Publisher Mobliss Raises Funds

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 25, 2006 - 1:04pm.
Seattle - Mobliss, a unit of Index Group that provides mobile content delivery technology and publishes mobile entertainment content, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of new capital, from an investment created through a partnership of Japanese holding companies.
tags: Games | Deals | Mobile | Mobile Games | Tech | Investing | Mobliss | SMS | Investments | Index Group | Voting |

Mobliss Names Former Nintendo Exec Jim Merrick as President & CEO

Authored by dmw on June 27, 2006 - 1:37pm.
Seattle - Mobliss, a unit of Japan's Index Corporation that provides mobile media and marketing services, announced on Tuesday that it has named former Nintendo Europe senior vice president of marketing Jim Merrick as its new president and CEO.
tags: Mobile | Marketing | People | Career | Moves | Mobile Marketing | Mobliss | Jim Merrick |

Mobliss Launches "Brady Bunch Kung Fu" Mobile Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 8, 2005 - 4:57am.
Seattle - Mobliss, a publisher of wireless entertainment content, announced on Thursday that it has released "Brady Bunch Kung Fu," a mobile game that features characters from the classic TV series engaging in martial arts. Licensed by Paramount through Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products, the game also features "Brady Bunch" factoids and trivia.
tags: Mobile Game | Mobliss | Brady Bunch Kung Fu |

Mobliss Launches PGA TourCast Mobile

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2005 - 6:06am.
Seattle - Mobile entertainment publisher Mobliss on Tuesday launched its PGA TOURCast Mobile service, offering PGA golf tournament scoring and real-time data from the PGA's own ShotLink system. The service is initially available for Cingular Wireless subscribers.
tags: Launches | Mobliss | TourCast Mobile |

Mobliss Acquired by Japanese Mobile Entertainment Firm for $15 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 27, 2004 - 2:26am.
Seattle -- Mobliss, a provider of mobile entertainment and messaging applications, announced that it was acquired by Japanese mobile phone content provider Index Corp. in a transaction valued at $15 million. The deal, which closed on Jan. 13, will maintain the current staff and management of Seattle-based Mobliss. The company said on Tuesday that it will once again power AT&T Wireless' cell phone text-message voting feature for viewers of Fox's "American Idol" series.
tags: Japanese | Mobile Entertainment | Mobliss |