Apple releases lists of the best-selling iPhone games in the App Store for 2009; An increasing number of Flash game developers are making games full-time; and GameHouse releases a new video trailer and pricing info for Mortimer Beckett and the Lost King. These headlines and more below.
News
- Mortimer Beckett and the Lost King – New video and pricing info
- Study: Increasing amounts of flash devs make games full-time
- Playdom names Christa Quarles as Chief Financial Officer
- Playfish launches Poker Rivals on Facebook
- RealNetworks launches multi-platform version of Collapse!
- Wadjet Eye Games shows heart this holiday season
- Funcom establishes casual MMO games subsidiary SweetRobot
- The App Store’s biggest (official) hits of 2009
- PopCap launches Chuzzle iPhone
- PopCap launches Bookworm for the Nintendo DS
- Masque Publishing to bring Youda Games to retail
- Hotel Mogul makes lucky App #13 for Alawar Entertainment
- Kellie Stanford: Turn of Fate collection – the first meta-quest at the App Store
- IGF Mobile announces record entries for 2010 competition
- Sonic Boom named exclusive mobile publisher for PlayFirst
- FeistyLittleDroid.com provides online community for Droid phone users
- Friendster gets a new look, on lookout for buyers
- eGames launches social game initiative in Brazil
- Publishers Clearing House and Arkadium partner to launch PCHGames.com 2.0
- Matchmove Games opens online store
Features
- FarmVille, social gaming, and addiction
- Will Leitch asks REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin about the new REO Speedwagon video game
- The Globalization of casual games
- How My Grandfather Won The War: Designing For One
- iPhone development – everything you need to know
- Appanda expands Resolute Games’ reach beyond iPhone
- Interview: Oceanhouse Media
- Gratuitous Space Battles Q&A with Positech Games’ Cliff Harris
