Posts Tagged ‘Chillingo’

Zeptolab Strikes Gold with Cut the Rope

April 18th, 2012 by Dawn Siris Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Zeptolab is an average-sized game developer based in Russia, with Misha Lyalin as its chairman and CEO. For a small company, Zeptolab sure made its mark by releasing a couple of games that really hit it big a couple of years ago. However, the most popular game that the company created and continues to be one of the most downloaded apps for handheld devices is Cut the Rope Game. The app, since being released in 2010, has been well-received by critics and became a sensation among gamers who are particularly into puzzle games.

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The Angry Birds Turn Two

December 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Deals | No Comments »

Rovio’s Angry Birds have a reason to celebrate this weekend as the franchise has turned two this weekend. To celebrate, Rovio and Chillingo have updated the Angry Birds and Angry Birds HD games on iOS with 15 new levels and a brand new orange bird to throw around.

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Origin is EA’s Steam for PC and Mobile

June 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

EA has announced that it will be launching a new download store called Origin. With the launch of Origin, the EA webshop goes multi-platform as it supports PC and Mobile users.

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App Store Hits 500.000 Apps – Infographic

May 25th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

While Android Market is expected to overtake the Apple App Store in numbers by next year or so, the App Store is still about a third bigger. Chillingo, 148Apps and Chomp made an impressive infographic.

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Cut The Rope Wins BAFTA Award

March 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Great news for Zeptolab and it’s publisher Chillingo last night as the game Cut The Rope is the first iOS game to secure a BAFTA award. The game had to shake off various DS and PSP titles.

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EA: Free to Play and Online Become Core

February 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

During the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, EA’s John Riccitiello explained that EA is about to reclaim the leading position in the games industry. Online Distribution and Free to play will be key in the new strategy.

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Rovio Launches Angry Birds Free on App Store

January 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Rovio has launched a new free version of Angry Birds on Apple’s App Store. The title competes directly with the Angry Birds and Angry Birds Lite versions licensed to EA owned publisher Chillingo.

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Chillingo Big Winner at ME Awards

November 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Last night, not only the Dutch Game Awards took place. In London, a large number of developers have been lining up for Mobile Entertainment’s award show as well.

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Cut The Rope Passes 3 Million Sales

November 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems developer Zeptolab managed to create one of the world’s most beloved little green monsters as Cut The Rope has managed to sell 3 million copies.

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Secret Exit Moves Away from Chillingo

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

This morning, Secret Exit informed players of the original Zen Bound game that the company has moved Zen Bound away from iPhone publisher Chillingo and started self-publishing the title and the successor.