Mobile World

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 30, 2011

According to “PC World” and other reports, iOS and Android game apps have exponentially increases salesbeating Sony and Nintendo. And with that, Apress Media, LLC is the first to market books on iOS 5 games development, using Apples newly released iOS 5 Software Development Kit (SDK).

The most striking trend is that iOS and Android games have tripled their market share from roughly 20 percent in 2009 to nearly 60 percent in just two years. Simultaneously, Nintendo, the once dominant player, has been crushed down to owning about one-third of market in 2011, from having controlled more than two-thirds in 2009,” according to Flurry analyst Peter Farago in a company blog post. What does this mean for mobile game development? Apress is meeting the demand for iOS games knowledge with four new, essential resources. These latest titles will get app developers started with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to build engaging, dynamic game apps that can be deployed and sold in Apples iTunes App Store.

(PRWEB) November 03, 2011

SkillPod Media, although a relatively new player in the world of mobile apps and, more specifically, mobile game apps, is making headway in this congested market. The first of their apps were launched at the end of June 2011 and are currently published across Apple iTunes, Android Market, Amazon App Store, SlideMe.org, LG World and a host of other app stores across the globe. To date, 11 mobile games have been developed for Android and Apple iOS, all of which have been approved and are for sale across the various app stores.

The first batch of these mobile app store game titles were deployed with 3 different focuses, these being; A – Free games with ad support, B – Trial versions that include ads and have only a few active levels, C – pay for download, with no ads included. With this data in hand the SkillPod team have launched their next batch of game titles onto the Apple iOS and Android platforms. Special emphasis has been placed on developing unique new titles, with additional emphasis on the design elements, storylines and the inclusion of interactive elements that include sharing to Twitter and Facebook and the posting of users scores to the SkillPod global leaderboard framework. Thus users are now able to see how they rank against the rest of the users playing that specific title. The first of these new titles include; Bouncing Pigs, Moo Poppers and Alley Kid, all of which are available in 8 languages. These titles have been live across the network of app stores for the past few days and this new approach is already paying off as the number of downloads are breaking all previous revenue records achieved by SkillPods 1st generation mobile games.

Fast Facts and Statistics, relating to the SkillPod app store experience:

1. Research shows that the average app never achieves above 1,500 downloads, all the SkillPod apps have achieved 600% and above this average.

2. The SkillPod games apps have already been downloaded in 89 countries. 13 new titles in 3 months.

3. Top 4 countries for Game App Purchases = Australia, USA, UK & Italy.

4. Game Apps sold in 13 app stores across the globe.

5. App store revenues increase on average of 12% month on month.

6. App store downloads increase at a rate of 52% month on month (850% increase in past 3 months).

7. Mobile ad revenues increasing at a rate of 18% month on month.

8. Most popular game genres are 3 in a Row / Bubble Shooting titles, such as Bouncing Pigs, Zen Blaster and Moo Poppers.

9. Theres already significant interest from Brazil, India, China and Europe, with agreements already concluded for services such as re-skinning and localising the game apps and with these games apps then being published globally.

There are 3 new titles in the next batch of new premium titles, the first of which will be launched within the next week. Bird Bombers will be the 1st of the next generation titles, with the SkillPod creative team having placed a lot of emphasis on the artwork for the game screens and game characters and objects. The game features 8 stages, each with 5 levels featuring new challenges per level, making for an engaging and challenging game. This keeps the user engaged in the game play and they are forced to work-out various scenarios and strategies to complete this action packed title, while still ensuring that the experience remains fun and engaging. Future versions of Bird Bombers will allow users to purchases additional stages and levels, keeping players interests up and ensuring they stay at the top of the global leaderboards.

Following on from Bird Bombers will see the release of Frankie Pain. The game is a 3rd person shooter puzzle platform game and sees a design style focused on 3D characters and scenes. Again, a lot of emphasis has been devoted to the creative elements of this new game title. The first release of the game will have over 20 levels, with a detailed storyline that Frankie needs to follow to save Earth being overrun by an aggressive alien race. The player will be given a large arsenal of weaponry, equipping two at a time, and may also summon a creature of their choice which will grant them various abilities. Enemies will run, shoot, fly and even pop out of the ground anything to stop Frankie from completing his goals. Future updates will include more weapons, monsters and even a local and online multiplayer experience.

The benefit to publishers and advertisers is that all of the mobile game titles developed by SkillPod can be fully translated, branded and can even be fully re-skinned. To date theres been a lot of interest from the global market with ad networks, agencies and regional app stores in regions such as India, China, Europe and Brazil contracting SkillPod to create unique versions for them. SkillPod have seen an incredible jump in enquiries from organisations wishing to have custom games and applications developed for the Apple iOS and Android platforms.

The SkillPod creative team and engineers are currently reviewing various Location Based Services (LBS) and augmented reality SDKs for inclusion in their next generation mobile game titles. SkillPod aims to release 1 premium game title every month, these will all feature the interactive elements, ability to do in-game purchases for additional levels and will all be translated into at least 8 languages, including Chinese, Russian, French, German, Portuguese and some of the other more popular languages.

About SkillPod Media:

SkillPod Media is a South African based game solutions provider. The business has a global reach with clients in South Africa, Netherlands, India, United Kingdom, United States of America, Luxembourg, Belgium, Croatia, Portugal, United Arab Emirates and a number of other regions. The primary focus of the business is the development of various online, mobile and social games platform solutions and the development and customisation of games titles for online, Facebook, mobile, including for: Android, Apple iOS and Symbian.

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Singapore, Singapore (PRWEB) June 16, 2011

Stream Media Pte Ltd (http://www.streammed.com), the company behind MoVend, a unified mobile in-app billing platform, is announcing a partnership with MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd (http://www.mol.com) to offer MOLPoints, MOLs virtual currency, as a payment option.

MOL, which acquired Friendster in 2009, is the regional payment partner for Zynga Game Cards and Facebook Credits. MOL handles more than 60 million transactions worth over US$ 300 million from users annually, making this an enormous opportunity for mobile game developers to reach out to passionate MOL gamers in Asia. MOLPoints, one of the most used prepaid currencies in Asia, can be purchased online from over 500,000 outlets in Asia, thus making it easy for users to pay for mobile games and virtual goods.

We are excited with the partnership to allow Android users to buy games and apps using MOLPoints, says Chua Zi Yong, CEO of Stream Media. We are aware of the frustration that most users in Asia face when they want to buy apps but do not have credit cards to do so. And as such, this arrangement with MOL will open up the market for users, and for developers to finally able to build a profitable business.

Starting from today, MOLPoints users will be able to purchase in-game items from MoVend enabled games on their Android phones. Users will be able to download the MoVend-enabled games and apps at MoVends microsite (http://www.movend.com/mol) for free. Currently there are five games available at launch, and more titles will be released in the coming weeks. One such game is a Android trading card game, Arena 9, by Humble Gaming. For new game releases and updates, please visit the MOL Portal.

MOL is pleased to be able to have this opportunity to continue to maximize monetization solutions for application and game developers, as well as providing users with payment options that are safe and accessible, says Ganesh Kumar Bangah, CEO of MOL. We believe that by partnering with Stream Media, we are only serving to expand the channels through which both social gaming and interaction are introduced to the world.

Developers can start accepting MOLPoints payments today by signing up for their accounts at http://www.movend.com. The revenue share arrangement with developers will be 70% of the fulfilled sales revenue. Currently developers can utilize sales methods like try-and-buy, feature upgrades, virtual goods, subscriptions and donations. For more information, developers can contact Stream Media at sales(at)movend(dot)com.

About Stream Media

Stream Medias vision is to connect the worlds services and products via mobile. The company specializes in mobile software consultancy, content publishing/distribution and mobile payments. Its clientele include companies such as SingTel, M1, Sony Ericsson, MediaCorp, Sony and Dell.

Stream Media’s flagship product, MoVend, is a mobile in-app payment platform designed for Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 mobile application/game developers to drive in-app revenue. To do this, a single SDK is provided for easy integration with simple API calls. Within 10 minutes, developers can enable various payment options such as carrier billing, PayPal and MOLPoints in more than 40 countries. MoVend also features analytics, product management and DRM tools for developers to easily manage their mobile games and applications and subsequently better monetize their products. For more information, visit http://www.streammed.com.

About MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd

MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd (MOL) is one of Asias leading payment service providers. MOL handles over 60 million transactions with an annual payment volume of more than US$ 300 million. MOL leverages on a network of more than 540,000 physical payment collection points across more than 75 countries. It is also linked online to 88 banks in 9 countries worldwide. MOL was recognized as one of Asia Pacifics fastest growing technology companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Awards 2010. MOL is headquartered in Malaysia with offices across Asia Pacific. For more information, visit http://www.mol.com.

Media enquiries may be directed to:

Fan Jing

Mobile: (65) 84889810

Email: media(at)movend(dot)com

Business and developer enquiries may be directed to:

Chua Meng Kiat

Sales Manager

Mobile: (65) 9067 5862

Email: sales(at)movend(dot)com

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Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) November 30, 2011

Point Inside, Inc. (http://www.pointinside.com) today announced the launch of the Holiday Edition of its new in-app game, Mallopoly. By claiming places in the app, such as Nordstrom in the Bellevue Square Mall, players become eligible to win the Daily Prize of $ 100 and the Grand Prize of $ 1000. Players receive additional entries in the random drawing when another person visits their place inside the app or the player shares the app with another person.

This is an exciting step forward in the evolution of our shopping and travel app, says Josh Marti, CEO at Point Inside. Weve had a tremendously positive response since we launched the latest version of the Point Inside Shopping & Travel app with hundreds of thousands of deals. Now were creating a completely new level of shopper engagement by adding a very rewarding game to the app.

The gameplay and rules are simple. A player gets an entry into the daily drawing when they claim one of the millions of places in the Point Inside app. Additional entries are gained from people visiting that place and sharing the app with friends. Winners for the daily $ 100 American Express

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

For New Yorkers and tri-state residents, the holidays arent complete without a visit to Manhattan to see the spectacular window displays, exquisite decorations and holiday finery that make the city so magical at this time of year. Beginning December 1, Stray Boots new Fifth Avenue Holiday Hunt adds a fun and interactive way to explore the sights around Fifth Avenue and Rockefeller Center with a scavenger hunt-style walking tour with your cell phone leading the way.

Stray Boots urban games have been compared to a little Amazing Race, and the Fifth Avenue Holiday Hunt is a unique cell phone guided experience that turns the famous thoroughfare into a real-world game board. From wonderful windows to dazzling decorations, the Fifth Avenue Holiday Hunt takes players to the grandest holiday displays NYC has to offer. Players will journey to the center of the toy earth at FAO Schwarz and the Lego Store. Theyll “kick” the holiday cheer into gear at Radio City Music Hall, then help decorate NYC’s most famous Christmas tree. Theyll see the sparkly side of the season at Cartier and Tiffany’s, and learn the science of window displays at Bergdorf Goodman and Saks 5th Avenue. And they don’t have to worry about becoming red-nosed in the cold thanks to the numerous indoor stops along the way.

The Fifth Avenue Holiday Hunt is easy to play and works by text message or smartphone web browser, so customers can use virtually any US mobile phone. Players are guided with text messages that include riddles, puzzles, photo opps and trivia questions as they are treated to a tour of the top holiday sights. Each challenge earns players points and reveals fun facts about the area. The hunt is self-paced and flexible, so participants can start whenever is convenient and stop for snacks, drinks, or do a bit of shopping along the way. The hunt takes between 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours to complete. And at a budget-friendly price of just $ 12 per ticket, its a new kind of holiday fun for less than the cost of a movie.

Ideal for families, couples and visitors looking to catch the highlights of the season, the Fifth Avenue Holiday Hunt adds a new level of holiday fun to traditional excursions to see the legendary New York City lights and window displays.

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Buena Park, CA (PRWEB) November 25, 2011

Gomma, LLC, a new publisher of apps for iOS, Android and other popular mobile platforms, today announced that its Spin the Bottle app has officially been released.

Exceptional graphics, hot and spicy game categories, multiplayer game play and multiple languages make Spin the Bottle from Gomma, LLC the must have app for the Smartphone/Tablet carrying socialite.

Loaded with hundreds of classic and unique dares and eye catching graphics, Spin the Bottle from Gomma, LLC is the must have application for social fun. Whether youre at home with friends and family or at a large social gathering Spin the Bottle from Gomma, LLC will entertain you and up to 16 of your friends at the same time. With additional categories such as Family and Fun, Hot and Sexy and Clothes Removal, youll be the life of the party with Spin the Bottle using your iPAD, iPHONE or iTouch.

“We’re excited about the release of Spin the bottle for iOS and soon for the Android market place. We have now brought one of the oldest social games to the information age! What we have added to this game is the use of technology that will enable the user to have hours of fun and entertainment. In the few days that the application has been out, we have enjoyed thousands of downloads in multiple countries. I think we are going viral. said Gustavo Gomez, Founder of Gomma, LLC.

Pricing and Availability

Spin the Bottle from Gomma, LLC is available immediately through iTunes for FREE.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pico-botella-spin-bottle/id461689399

While in game, you can buy through iTunes other fun and exciting categories such as

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