Archive for the ‘Analysis & Editorial’ Category

AppCon: What Makes a Great App

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Cobra Mobile is one of the mobile developers/publishers that has been in this industry for a large number of years and is creating IP for companies like Lego and Warner Bros.

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AppCon: Write Once, Run Anywhere, Truth or Myth

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

Russel Kay, one of the gaming veterans in Dundee and currently CTO of YoYo Games Ltd. took the stage to discuss the state of fragmentation for the mobile industry and how their Game Maker software might be a solution.

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AppCon: The Success Behind Vuvuzela 2010

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

One of the big hits in the App Store in 2010 was the Vuvuzela app. It was not much more than a soundboard with pretty much a single sound in there.

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AppCon: Are the Small Developers Godsend?

November 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

David Hamilton from Digital Goldfish discusses the pro’s and cons of being a small developer in a (by now) huge industry.

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Glu’s Gun Brothers Success Overshadowed by Server Issues

November 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Last week, Glu launched their new Freemium game Gun Bros. As the company probably hoped for, the game downloads skyrocketed, but so did serverload. As a result, gamers became dissatisfied about the poor network performance.

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Cut The Rope Passes 2 Million Downloads

October 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

EA’s first press release for Chillingo landed in our mailbox today. The company announced that Chillingo’s recently launched Cut The Rope game has passed 2 million downloads on the App Store.

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Angry Birds Halloween Sells a Million Downloads

October 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In just six days after the launch, Rovio announced that Angry Birds Halloween and Angry Birds Halloween HD (iPad) have sold over a million copies on Apple’s App Store.

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HandyGames Does a Million a Month on Nokia Ovi

October 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

HandyGames has reached an important milestone for the company as it is now generating over a million downloads on Ovi store a month based on just three mobile games.

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Connect2Media Licenses Farm Frenzy 2

October 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following the massive mobile success of Herocraft’s Farm Frenzy game, Connect2Media has managed to get hold of the brand for the PC sequel; Farm Frenzy 2.