Day: December 18, 2012

#1 Overall Paid App in 30+ countries, Metascore of 89 and App of the Year awards abound

NEW YORK – December 18, 2012 – Today publisher Armor Games and developer Ironhide Game Studios are pleased to announce that iPhone tower defense classic Kingdom Rush is now available free, for a limited time only! Normally $0.99 on iPhone, today players can download the full game free of charge. Optimized for iOS 6 and iPhone 5 and featuring retina graphics, the game is free today for iPhone, and also available for iPad and iPad Mini. With an overall score of 89 on Metacritic and countless critical praise, the casual tower defender truly belongs on every iDevice. This holiday promotion won’t last long; download Kingdom Rush today! (iPad link, iPhone link)

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You can already brag about your high scores, now brag about your gaming knowledge

SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 18, 2012 – Plain Vanilla, developers of the QuizUp mobile platform, today announced the launch of Video Game QuizUp. The mobile app, available on iOS devices, was created with competitive gamers in mind. With trivia questions based on design, characters and history of video games across all platforms, Video Game QuizUp challenges the most elite and knowledgeable gamers to battle it out for top rank. Featuring a classic, arcade design, the real-time social trivia app lets players around the world compete head-to-head in ten-questions rounds.

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Patent-Pending Technology Unifies Game Distribution across Web and Mobile Platforms, Cutting Development Cost and Time

LOS ANGELES – Dec 18, 2012 – SGN, a leading developer of cross-platform social and mobile games, today announced the official launch of MasterKey, a proprietary technology that speeds development of cross-platform titles. Created as part of a company-wide strategy to streamline SGN’s development process, MasterKey significantly reduces the time, effort, and cost required to publish a game across Facebook, iOS and Android. The innovative process has already proven successful in a number of SGN’s hit games, including Panda Jam and Bingo Blingo. Continue reading SGN Deploys Cross-Platform Development Tool MasterKey