Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

Gameloft Experiments with Game Compilations

March 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

For years, compilations have been very popular for many types of media products. Now, Gameloft has started to experiment with game compilations on Apple’s App Store.

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iPad Receives Dedicated Section on App Store

March 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Since this weekend, consumers can pre-order the iPad in several markets. Though the device is compatible with each and every iPhone app on the app store, it will also get a dedicated section.

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Spil Games Enters the App Store

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Until recently, Spill Games’ mobile activities have been mainly limited to Flash games. With the release of Uphill Rush 2, that is changing as the company has chosen to release the game on the App Store.

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Slide2Play Enters App Discovery Market

March 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

iPhone review site Slide2Play has released an app discovery app of their own. The app will feature all current and coming reviews from the website and offer gamers the direct option to purchase them.

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Chillingo Sells 500K Angry Birds on App Store

March 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Chillingo is celebrating again. This time, their game Angry Birds has passed 500.000 sales in a month time. The game is offered on Apple’s App Store under their ClickGamer label.

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Books Outnumber Games on App Store

March 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Mobclix has calculated that books are now outnumbering games on the app store. Not strange considering the fact that Books will be an important category for future iPad owners.

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AppBrain.com, App Discovery for Android

March 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though the app discovery market for iPhone is heading toward saturation, Android still leaves plenty room for new app and game discovery services. AppBrain.com is one of those.

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Windows Marketplace and BlackBerry App World Most Expensive App Stores

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

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 | No Comments »

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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Wobble Returns to App Store

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

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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