Archive for June, 2009

FaceFighter An App Store Staff Favorite!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

We’re pleased to announce that FaceFighter has been selected by Apple as an App Store Staff Favorite in Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Austria, and the United Kingdom! This makes Appy Entertainment two-for-two in securing this stamp of approval, as our first App, Appy Newz, was also selected as a Staff Favorite in many international App [...]

Appy Radio Interview TONIGHT!

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Chris Ulm and Paul O’Connor will appear on Craig Grossman’s Computer America, tonight (6/29), for an hour-long interview starting at 8:00 PM Pacific Time. Topics of conversation will include: What does it take as a developer to get a game done and published in the iTunes store? Talk about Appy Newz and Appy FaceFighter. The [...]

Friday Review Round-Up

Friday, June 19th, 2009

We all know that the only thing better than a screaming-fast new iPhone 3GS is an iPhone 3GS loaded with great Apps … so here are a few more reviews and mentions of Appy Entertainment games to get your weekend going. FaceFighter headlines Peter Cohen’s iPhone Games Roundup at the venerable Macworld site. For more [...]

Yowza!!

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

(Note: First-time visitors to Appy Place click here for more game culture, startup stories, development tales, movie and book reviews, news of Appy Entertainment’s iPhone Apps, and more …) Secret agent, psychic cop … and iPhone developer? Most of us would be happy to be just one of those things, but Greg Grunberg is all [...]

FaceFighter Sound Bites

Monday, June 15th, 2009

A selection of what some of the first web-based reviewers are saying about our latest App — FaceFighter! “FaceFighter reminds me of early versions of Mortal Kombat … The animations are entertaining, the sound effects are good, and it’s a lot of fun to watch Big Ben’s face swell and move to the rhythmic beating [...]

148Apps Reviews FaceFighter

Friday, June 12th, 2009

One of the larger iPhone review sites — 148Apps — offers a complimentary review of FaceFighter this morning. FaceFighter is awarded four out of five stars. “The animations are entertaining, the sound effects are good, and it’s a lot of fun to watch Big Ben’s face swell and move to the rhythmic beating of your fists, feet, [...]

FaceFighter Video Review From Crazy Mike

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

If Crazy Mike is crazy, then I don’t want to be sane. First, Mike was generous in his praise of Appy Newz. Now, he’s over-the-moon about FaceFighter: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVXT2xOoJQ4] Check out Mike’s writen review on his page here. And if you haven’t yet checked out FaceFighter, you can have it for a buck by pressing the [...]

ANNOUNCING — APPY NEWZ LITE!!

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

It’s twins! After weeks of secret labor, we release two Apps in the same week. First, FaceFighter, and now … Appy Newz Lite! Appy Newz Lite is a FREE version of our first App, Appy Newz. It has nearly all the functionality of Appy Newz … you still have four-layer editing, you still have Shake [...]

Let's Beat The Crap Out Of Dr. Phil!

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

FaceFighter for iPhone and iPod Touch has been in the market 24 hours and it’s getting some press, and this morning leapt into the Top 100 Arcade listings in App Stores worldwide … so we should be feeling pretty good about ourselves. And we are. But we can always feel better. So. Let’s beat the [...]

ANNOUNCING — FACEFIGHTER!

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Appy Entertainment is proud to announce our second App and our first game! FaceFighter is available now on Apple’s iTunes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLSlnMGEWK4] Fight ANYONE … ANY PLACE … at ANY TIME with FaceFighter! FaceFighter is the fighting game where YOUR FRIENDS are your foes! FaceFighter bouts are as simple as a three-punch boxing combo: 1) Get [...]