Posts Tagged ‘Firemint’

EA to Acquire Firemint

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

EA has just announced the upcoming acquisition of Firemint Pty Ltd, the developers of successful games like Flight Control and Real Racing for the iPhone and iPad.

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Firemint Acquires Infinite Interactive

January 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Firemint, maker of the successful Flight Control and Real Racing racing games on the App Store has acquired fellow developer Infinite interactive that is well known for it’s Puzzle Quest titles.

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Firemint Goes DSiWare

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: DSiWare, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following Chillingo, another popular iPhone developer has chosen to enter the realm of Nintendo as Firemint released Flight Control for DSiWare. The game was announced to Europe today.

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Namco Licenses Flight Control for non-iPhone Platforms – UPDATED

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

This is one that no one saw coming. After transferring their European non-iPhone business to competitor EA Mobile, Namco now announces to have licensed Flight control for non-iPhone platforms.

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Flight Control Sold 2 Million Units

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

Firemint has announced that Flight Control has sold 2 Million copies on Apple’s App Store in ten months time. With 2 Million downloads, this might just be the most popular title in its genre.

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Firemint Releases Next Volkswagen Advertgame

October 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Volkswagen is well known for releasing free mobile racing games on the iPhone. To date, the company worked extensively with Fishlabs, but the latest title comes from Firemint.