Month: August 2012

Winners Revealed for Atari’s Pong® Indie Developer Challenge

zGames, MadRuse Games and Eppy Games Take top Honors and Prizes, Will See Commercial Release on App Store

LOS ANGELES – August 2, 2012 – Atari, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, today revealed the winners of the Pong® Indie Developer Challenge. The winning developers, who competed against other independent game developers for the chance to remake Atari’s iconic Pong, were chosen by a judging panel in conjunction with community voting. Final ranking is as follows:

  • 1st place ($50,000): zGames
  • 2nd place ($37,500): MadRuse Games
  • 3rd place ($15,000): Eppy Games

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Temple Run: 1 Year, 100 Million Downloads

RALEIGH, N.C. – August 2, 2012 – Imangi Studios today announced that Temple Run ® , originally released on the App Store one year ago today, has now been downloaded over 100 million times,  with over 68 million iOS and 32 million Android devices. Free to download, Temple Run challenges players to test their reflexes as they race down ancient temple walls and along sheer cliffs to collect coins, all while jumping, running and sliding to escape the grasps of the temple dwellers and avoiding obstacles.

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How Far Can You Go? Casual Games Publisher Armor Games Launches Flight onto iOS Devices

 

One of the most popular flash games makes its way onto mobile devices!

NEW YORK – August 2, 2012 – Armor Games, creator and publisher of fun mobile games such as Kingdom Rush and Follow the Rabbit, are pleased to announce that Flight is now available for iOS devices worldwide. With over 55 million plays, Flight is a Flash game created by Armor Games in which players throw paper planes as far as they can while collecting points to upgrade and decorate their aviation machine. The new iOS version is almost like a sequel: beautiful Retina display graphics, more upgrades and power-ups and a brand new ending to the original story.

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