Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

iBomber’s Top Visibility on the App Store

February 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

iBomber is a huge success for Cobra Mobile. The game has been downloaded will over 1.5 million times since it was released in 2009 and is on the verge of introducing in-game purchases.

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Hudson Starts Weekly Sales

February 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Hudson Entertainment, the US branch of Hudson Soft, has announced a weekly app sale. Every Thursday, a new game will be discounted or go for free for exactly one week.

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Distimo’s December App Stores Report

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Distimo has released a new report on App Store usage over a variety of platforms and the developers behind those platforms. One of the findings shows EU developers price their apps 49% higher compared to the US.

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Motorola Takes Android App Market in Own Hands

January 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

With the possible retreat of Google from the Chinese market, both developers and vendors fear for the sales of their applications and games. To avoid problems, Motorola has decided to launch their own Android Market.

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Namco Confirms 23 Million Downloads on App Store

January 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Namco has a reason to celebrate. Through their games on the app store, the company generated 23 Million downloads. Pac-Man is leading their portfolio and generates over 36K downloads a day.

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Mobclix’s Top 5 Addicting Games of 2009

January 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Mobclix has conducted some research to find the most addictive mobile games on the app store over 2009. The grand prize is for Doodle Jump which sells on the App Store at a mere $0.99.

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SEGA to Launch Emulator on the App Store

January 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Following the Commodore emulator of Kiloo, SEGA will now also start selling an emulator for their classic Master System on the App Store. In fact, the emulator will be free with one game, but the others will have to be purchased.

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App Stores Worth $6.2 Billion in 2010

January 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from Gartner, consumers will be spending $6.2 Billion in app stores all over the world (what makes us wonder if there are any app sales channels that aren’t stores).

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PocketGod Downloaded 2 Million Times

January 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The guys over at Bolt Creative have celebrated the 2 millionth paid download of PocketGod. According to the publisher they are just too late to make the 2010 Guinness World Records Gamers Edition with the news.

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App Store Developers Donate via App Relief

January 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The earthquake in Haiti has woken up the caring side of a number of App Store developers. Through the website AppRelief.com, they are announcing to donate incoming revenues to the victims.