Tag Archives: casualgaming

Personal IDs transmitted via social network's games and apps

Adobe’s Flash player and browser plugin has been removed from all new Apple products, effective as of this past Saturday. As noted by The Guardian, Adobe software will now require user downloads with each new Apple machine, without the ‘click to install’ prompt that explains why video animations or games …

Unprecedented acquisition spree shows no signs of slowing

THQ will splurge 2m to reach kids, family and casual audiences this Christmas. The money is being spent on its Great Games, Great Value campaign, which will promote ten of the publisher’s family-friendly titles in the run up to Christmas. These games include Megamind, Truth Or Lies, The Biggest Loser, …

German games portal site expands user base by fifty per cent in under a year

Despite nearly all the reports going with the ‘EA buys Angry Birds publisher’ line following its acquisition of Chillingo, it seems that the multi-million selling feathery physics game is not part of the deal. "We did not sell to EA, Chillingo did," tweeted the game’s developer Rovio Mobile tonight. "We …

As was rumoured just this morning, EA has confirmed that it has moved to acquire successful iPhone publisher Chillingo. Reuters claims that the deal is worth around $20m, a figure no doubt lower than many would have expected owing to the fact that recent acquisitions in the space have typically …

RTL Group to own 80 per cent of the Montreal studio

With 14.1 million iPhones sold in its Q4, and quarterly revenues over the $20 billion mark, it’s no wonder Apple CEO Steve Jobs was uber-bullish during the company’s earnings call last night. Jobs – who doesn’t usually take part in these analyst calls – spent some time discussing the rival …

First half of 2010 shows a closing gap between digital and physical spend