Did you know that MMO maker NCsoft made an iOS game? Gem Keeper came out late last year, and it’s a pretty nice little tower defense game for iOS devices. Today it’s on the App Store as the Free App of the Day, so consider this a heads up. The game has 30 cute levels [...]
Newsbrief: The iOS version of popular Nintendo DS title Scribblenauts has sold over one million copies in the App Store since launching last year, announced publisher Warner Bros. Interactive. The game was released in October 2011, and quickly climbed to number one in the top paid iPhone game charts. The game combines a variety of [...]
Former Microsoft head of product marketing Robin Burrowes, who lead marketing and management of Xbox Live in Europe, has made the move to Apple. According to his LinkedIn profile he started the position last month, where he’s now responsible for App Store marketing for iTunes Europe. Burrowes joined Xbox UK in February 2005 following time [...]
EA’s continuing efforts in the mobile space are paying off. Thanks to a ridiculous sale in December, the publisher managed to best all competitors and become the top publisher in the App Store throughout December. The Sims: FreePlay was the top-grossing iPad app. The news comes from the company’s third quarter fiscal year earnings report, [...]
[Budapest-based independent developer Zen Studios talks with Gamasutra about why it's taking the free-to-play risk with Zen Pinball on the App Store, bringing the series to the 3DS eShop, and working with licensors on pinball tables.] As strange as it may seem, many people will grow up without knowing what it’s like to play pinball [...]
One of video gaming’s earliest hits has returned as an iOS game. Sea Wolf, a 1976 arcade game by Midway, has been updated for release on the App Store by Coastal Amusements, based on its own arcade revival. In the transition, the graphics for the submarine combat simulator have been subject to obvious improvements, but [...]
[Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Paper Monsters, Baseball Superstars 2012, Azarashi, and Off the Leash.] – Gamevil Releases Free-To-Play Baseball Superstars 2012 Gamevil’s annual baseball franchise updates with new features, expanded team management options, and a variety of optional content available via in-app [...]
The average cost of marketing per loyal user of iOS apps in the U.S. increased to an all-time high in December 2011, according to marketing firm Fiksu. Fiksu counts a “loyal user” of an app as those people who open the app three times or more. The company’s latest report suggests that the average cost [...]
[In this weekly feature, Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games, as current on the iTunes App Store.] This week’s top paid iPhone game titles on the App Store, as captured on January 30th 2012, are as follows: 1. Where’s My Water? ($0.99) 2. Scramble With Friends [...]
6waves Lolapps, the studio behind Ravenwood Fair, has defended itself from accusations of plagiarism after the release of its first iOS title, Yeti Town. When the game hit the app store in December, 2011, some players noted a similarity between it and Spry Fox’s popular Facebook title Triple Town, which operates on many of the [...]