Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

Edge vs. Edge Part II

July 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

It seems the fight is back on for indie developer MobiGame as the notorious trademark addict Tim Langdell has started threatening the company again over the use of the word Edge.

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App Store’s 99ct Games, the Details

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Our friends over at Pocket Gamer have dug into what some refer as the 99 cents drama of the App Store. Their research shows some interesting findings like the fact that the second most popular price point is $ 4.99.

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Radial 50 Does Radical Promotion

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Radial 50 is launching their first iPhone game, and has chosen a competition to raise awareness for their title as consumers have a chance of winning gift certificates upon completion the game.

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App Store Turns 1

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has a lot to celebrate this Saturday as it's successful App Store turns one. To celebrate, the company has put a special 'our favourite games' selection online.

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Buy Your Way into the App Store

July 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

It's no secret that you can buy your way into the App Store by using clever advertising. Adwhirl, the company that specializes in in-game advertising on the iPhone, has investigated how much it will actually take you to get there.

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Sonic Boom Signs Bight Games

July 1st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

iPhone publisher Sonic Boom has signed a deal to distribute iPhone games from developer Bight games. The deal kicks off with the availability of Big Top 10 on the App Store.

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Mobile Amusements Revives Doodlebug

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Mobile Amusements has announced that the company is working on a revival of Doodlebug, a game from the Amiga/Atari ST that was created by them and published by Core Design.

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Apple Blocks C64 Emulator

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Another week, another story about Apple's review policies. This time it is a C64 emulator from Manomio that was being slammed before it could reach the App Store audience.

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App Store Saturating?

June 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

On PocketGamer, a few interesting stories where launched about the App Store roadmaps of Digital Chocolate and Gameloft. Both think different on how to feed the app store, but might there be a bigger problem ahead?

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GetJar Hooks Up Virgin Mobile FR

June 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »

Tomorrow, GetJar will connect the French operator Virgin Mobile to their app store like platform. The operator will allow it's customer base to access GetJar's 45.000 free mobile applications.