According to a report by market researcher Flurry, freemium applications in the Apple App store now account for more than 65% of the total revenue. In January and June, Flurry tracked the performance of over 90,000 Apps, and found that the revenue from freemium titles rose from 39% of the total in January, to 65% […]
Vickers Venture Partners recently revealed a $3 million investment in American McGee’s China-based studio Spicy Horse, the casual games maker teaming with the Shanghai office of PopCap for the first title within the new deal. The upcoming game is expected to be 3D online title, although little else is known at this time.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple has taken online-retailer Amazon.com to court over the use of the “app store” trademark that has been registered by Apple. The claim states that Amazon improperly uses the trademark in connection with her mobile-application developer program, as well as the downloading service offered by the company.
The iPhone’s has kept a vice-like grip on the portable technology market since its release in 2007, and that success has been wooing some of the best developers in the games industry to make new or port over some of the best IPs to the hardware. The trend continues with both Facebook’s Farmville and Activision’s […]