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Appy’s Steve Sargent Speaking At GDC

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Appy Entertainment’s Executive Producer — our own beloved (and loveable!) Steve Sargent — will deliver a talk at GDC Online in Austin, Texas on Monday, October 10th! Sarge will be addressing cross-platform development challenges in his talk, “From An iPhone To An Android: Converting FaceFighter!” Appy friends attending the show should definitely drop by Sarge’s [...]

iKids

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Continuing our round of recent speaking engagements, Appy Entertainment will be presenting a talk and appearing on a panel at iKids in Santa Monica, CA, on June 2nd.     Chris Ulm will be part of the “Great Model Debate: Brand vs. Original” panel, looking at the pros and cons of creating original properties versus [...]

Survival Theory

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Appy Entertainment CEO Chris Ulm is quoted over at Scott Steinberg’s Game Theory blog today. In an article entitled, Video Game Business Strategy: New Secrets To Survival, Ulm says, “For Appy, it’s all about building a running dialogue with fans, which creates a robust direct marketing channel that may someday be capable of self-sustaining any [...]

Appy IGDA FTW!

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Our charm offensive continues with a talk before the San Diego chapter of the IGDA this Thursday. We will be blithering on about app marketing in front of an audience that thinks we are presenting something of value. Ha! The talk is free and there will be genuine networking, as well as a guy from [...]

Meet Appy At The Canadian Games Conference!

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Appy Entertainment will be attending the Canadian Games C0nference in Vancouver, BC, on May 19th & 20th. Emmanuel Valdez and Chris Ulm will be in attendance, and they’ll also be giving a talk –  The Incredible Shrinking Project: Transitioning From AAA Console Game Development To The iPhone. If you’re going to be at the show, [...]

Come See Appy At APPNation!

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Appy Entertainment will be exhibiting at APPNation at San Francisco’s Moscone Center this week, on Tuesday the 26th and Wednesday the 27th. We will be on the exhibit floor to meet and greet, so if you are at the show, drop by and say hey. We’ll be the eager looking guys in the Appy shirts [...]

And The Winner Is …

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Trucks & Skulls has won the iPhone division in the Best Action Game category for the 2010 Best App Ever Awards! Our thanks go out to the many players who voted for Trucks & Skulls, choosing us in a category distinguished by several excellent and top-selling games, including Infinity Blade, Fruit Ninja, Gun Brothers, and [...]

Appy Holidays From Appy Entertainment!

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Appy Holidays from your friends at Appy Entertainment! We hope this message finds you safe and happy, with plenty of trucks, skulls, androids, zombies, dancers, tabloids, beat-up bosses, and pizza beneath your holiday tree! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post

Christmas On The Death Star

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

We had a little holiday gathering last night for some Appy folk, friends, and family. That shadowy figure at the head of the table and in front of the window is The Ulm, by the way. Hey, wait a second … that window … that palpable aura of evil … Could it be? Hmm. Bookmark [...]

Appy Halloween (Again!)

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

We don’t have any fancy art like we did last year — we’re too busy finishing up Trucks & Skulls to be making greeting cards right now — but as Halloween is our birthday here at Appy Entertainment, we did want to pause and wish everyone a happy holiday and a prosperous year. This spooky [...]