Archive for August, 2009

FaceFighter "What's Hot" In App Store!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Big, big news for everyone’s favorite photographic fighting game for iPhone and iPod Touch — FaceFighter has been recognized by Apple with a “What’s Hot” listing in the U.S. and Canadian App Stores! FaceFighter had previously been selected as a “Staff Favorite” in several international territories, but this is Apple’s first endorsement for Appy Entertainment’s [...]

Appy To Speak At U.C. San Diego

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Yep, they’re letting us out in public again. Appy Entertainment will be part of a round table discussion on the casual and mobile games industry, along with representatives of Qualcomm and Sony Online Entertainment. Unlike next month’s talk at GDC Austin, this conversation will be open to the general public, which is perhaps why Paul [...]

Sneak Peek #2

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Hot on the heels of last week’s enigmatic broccoli comes … what, exactly? I’m not going to tell you. But I will reveal that the lads were here at Appy Entertainment’s Secret Worldwide Headquarters through the weekend putting the finishing touches on our next game, and this strange bit of whatever is a pivotal part [...]

Megan Fox Says — Appy Newz On Sale!

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Our gratuitous linkbaiting of the lovely Megan Fox in our G.I. Joe piece several weeks ago has driven Appy Place’s hits into terra incognita … so we’re harnessing the awesome Ms. Fox’s fantastic fame to let everyone know that Appy Entertainment’s tabloid-making app, Appy Newz for iPhone and iPod Touch, is on sale for just [...]

Join The Appy Army!

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

We’ve recently migrated our opt-in mailing list over to Mail Chimp. If you’ve already signed up, there’s no need to do so again, but if you haven’t yet joined the Appy Army, now is an excellent time to do so! This is a very low-volume mailing list — no more than one or two messages [...]

FaceFighter Multiplayer Is Here!!

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Attention, Appy Army! Appy Entertainment is delighted to announced that version 2.0 of our flagship game, FaceFighter, has been approved by Apple and is available for download on iTunes! In addition to all the fast-paced, face-crunching action you’ve come to expect from FaceFighter, this major revision adds head-to-head multiplayer via Bluetooth wireless (OS 3.0 and [...]

Sneek Peak #1

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

From our next game, still several days from submission, and then likely several weeks from release. Let the speculation begin! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post

iPhone Dev Meeting At The Secret Worldwide Headquarters!

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Well, technically, the meeting is downstairs from Appy Entertainment’s Secret Worldwide Headquarters, but you get the drift. It’s been awhile since we hosted one of these monthly shindigs, so we hope for a good turnout. Join some of the biggest brains in the San Diego iPhone game development community to meet, greet, and exchange modem [...]

Appy in Austin

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Chris Ulm and Paul O’Connor will be giving a talk on behalf of Appy Entertainment at the GDC Austin iPhone Games Summit. The talk will be from 3:00 – 4:00 PM on Tuesday, September 15th. Full details available HERE. Austin members of the Appy Army should drop us a line … the first beer is [...]

Freak Out!

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Our most recent app, Weekly World News, has been mentioned on the BrandFreak website. BrandFreak is one of our favorite sites here at the Secret Worldwide Headquarters of Appy Entertainment, occupying a coveted top-of-the-rotation position in our RSS feed. It’s an excellent source for unusual ideas about portraying corporate brands. We heartily recommend the site [...]