Tag: OpenFeint

Freemium games seem to be gaining more and more traction on the App Store as the days go on, with Aurora Feint today announcing that three notable game developers will be using their OpenFeint X platform to offer premium goods-based gameplay in the second half of 2010.

25 seems to be the magic number for OpenFeint lately. The team at Aurora Feint have just announced that OpenFeint has climbed passed the 25 million users mark, an announcement they've made right alongside the launch of version 2.5 of their platform in private beta. And while this latest version doesn't offer 25 new features, it does offer a number of enhancements that should satisfy players and developers alike.

In March 2009, independent games developer Aurora Feint released the OpenFeint social gaming network to a waiting world of iPhone users. Intended to provide a similar sense of community to those found in other social gaming projects like Xbox Live and Steam, OpenFeint offers a cohesive network for iPhone gamers to chat, compare scores, and share the love of their favorite games.Despite fierce competition from major players like ngmoco, OpenFeint has become something of an industry powerhouse, claiming more than 700 games and 8 million players in a little over eight months. Recently, Aurora Feint has kicked off a number of new initiatives to entice gamers towards their platform. We spent some time with Aurora Feint CEO Jason Citron to discuss everything on the company's agenda, from the recent release of OpenFeint 2.4 and the OpenFeint Gold program to the announcement of an independent iPhone app.

Aurora Feint Inc., the company behind the popular iPhone social gaming network OpenFeint, has confirmed that a standalone app will be arriving shortly to provide OpenFeint gamers with direct access to the network. (Gamezebo had previously reported on this possibility last week), after a brief Twitter conversation with the OpenFeint team suggested this was in the works.