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Consumers have spent more than 7m on Rovio’s new iOS release Angry Birds Space in just five days. The 69p app went straight to the top of the App Store charts at launch on Thursday, March 22nd. But a quick check today shows Draw Something from OMGPOP is back at …
Read More »Angry Birds Space soars past Draw Something
Rovio returns to App Store summit
Read More »Zynga in ‘$150m bidding war’ for Draw Something
Multiple parties said to be interested in new mobile and Facebook sensation
Read More »Draw Something craze ‘banks dev $100k per day’
Finger-sketch game 'hits 30m downloads with half of its customers playing daily'
Read More »Amazon’s Android App Store celebrates first birthday
Company claims it now boasts 31,000 apps and 'millions of downloads'
Read More »GDC: Crytek puzzle game set for iOS and Android
FPS masters 'hoping to surprise people' with carefree puzzle game
Read More »EA ‘temporarily’ pulls The Simpsons from App Store
Publisher cites connection and lag time issues for game's removal
Read More »App Store hits 25bn downloads ahead of iPad 3 reveal
Milestone surpassed in just three and a half years
Read More »EA pulls The Simpsons iOS from App Store
Having made somewhat of a splash on iOS, EA has pulled licensed title The Simpsons: Tapped Out from the App Store. The publisher blames the overwhelmingly positive” reaction to the game, which has put its servers under a lot of pressure. To ensure current players have the best possible experience, …
Read More »Dena must pay Gree $3m after copyright ruling
Tokyo judge orders game removed from online store; Dena indicates it will appeal
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