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Bruno Patatas was present at the Nordic Game 2008, one of the largest gatherings of European video game developers.
The clear trend is mobile and with the i-Phone hype gaining momentum. Besides establishing firmly the respective roles of publishers and developers in this industry, the key focus of the event is on production, managing asset pipeline and creative and programming teams. Japanese developers were also there sharing best work practices but pointing out the technology lag that currently favours the west.

MEDIACI’s very first Open Innovation Lab (OiL 1.01) took place during the World Media Economics Conference in Lisbon with a clear objective: “Defining the Key Drivers for European Media Businesses, 2020″.
The aftermath of the workshop, joined by Biodroid’s António Saraiva, can be seen and read at the Oil Blog or in this PDF report.
The next OiL workshop, schedule for Setember 2008, will address the theme “Designing the Media Landscape”. See you there.

This partnership establishes an innovative licensing deal for the development of a Nintendo Wii videogame by Biodroid, based on the content of the children’s novela Chiquititas. This novela is an original creation of Cris Morena and is currently being produced and broadcasted by SIC, in Portugal.

You can read the full Portuguese Press Release from SIC here or news at Sapo GameOVer.

In a move to be nearer to its community, Biodroid announces the creation of an Official Biodroid Creator Blog on Club.IGN and of a Biodroid’s Facebook page.With this, Biodroid aims to be present where its partners, gamers and friends are, talk and share and makes clear its commitment to be directly involved and in tune with the gaming community. IGN and Facebook are clearly the current tools which have better taken advantage of the potential to be gleaned from networks of various stripes.

With broadband having become something of a near ubiquitous utility for a sizable percentage of the US, Europe, Asia, and places elsewhere, it’s the perfect timing for an interactive-media company like Biodroid to make a significant impression on the Web 2.0 scene.

Use these links to access Biodroid’s IGN Blog and Biodroid’s Facebook page.

Biodroid and Payletter have made a partnership for the development of an on-line gaming payments system. Payletter is a specialized company of internet billing and payment such as e-mail banking service for P2P payment and billing system development for B2C. Established in 2001 with corporate headquarters in Seoul, Korea, Payletter has gained worldwide reputation for being the developer’s choice partner for on-line gaming, attracting several companies like Biodroid totally focused on developing content based products.