Archive for February, 2010

HandyGames Wins Baden-W

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | Comments Off

HandyGames and psychologist Andreas Skult

Windows Marketplace and BlackBerry App World Most Expensive App Stores

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | Comments Off

Distimo has released their January 2010 report and this time, they took a look at App Store pricing (amongst others). It turns out that Windows Mobile and BlackBerry have the most expensive app stores.

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PopCap’s $1 Million Game Launch

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Massive financial success is something that can still happen on Apple’s App Store. Within nine days after the launch, PopCap generated 300.000 downloads of their $2,99 Plants vs. Zombies game.

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Virtual Fairground Signs Ferry Corsten for Pulse

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | Comments Off

Pulse developer Virtual Fairground has announced that the company has teamed up with Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten to promote their new rhythm game; Pulse. Ferry composed 7 tracks specially for the game.

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Wobble Returns to App Store

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Wobble, one of the many apps that have been removed due to the new adult policy from Apple, has returned to the app store. The new target audience should have an wobbling eye fetish.

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Zeemote Receives “Works with Nokia” Certificate

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | Comments Off

After being saved from bankruptcy a few months ago (and the acquisition of it by the Aplix corporation right after), Zeemote is now happy to announce it has been accepted into Nokia’s Accessory Developer Program

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Adobe Releases CS5 Showcase App

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Adobe has released Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile on the iPhone to demonstrate the app building power that will be embedded in the new CS5 release of their Adobe Flash software.

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The Mobile Games Map

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | Comments Off

Jon Jordan from Pocket Gamer is creating a new map of the mobile games industry. Though his list is already pretty extensive, you might be interested in checking if your company is already on there.

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Apple Files New Input Patent

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Apple has thought up yet another way to control the iPhone. This time, the company filed a patent that describes finger based input via the onboard photo/video camera.

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Yoo-Mee Takes On Scoreloop

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Untill recently, Scoreloop was the only social gaming service that allowed developers to earn money based on in-game challenges. With the introduction of Yoo-Mee, this is no longer an unique selling point.