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2010 Predictions: Pocket Gamer on iPhone games next year

Posted November 16, 2009 by Catherine • 0 Comments

We continue our series of 2010 predictions. Here's what Tracy Erickson of Pocket Gamer predicts for iPhone gaming next year.

Categories: Industry, iPhone

2010 Predictions: TouchGen on iPhone games next year

Posted November 11, 2009 by Catherine • 0 Comments

We continue our series of 2010 predictions. Today we hear from Matt Dunn of TouchGen.

2009 was an exciting year for iPhone and iPod Touch owners. I remember attending a an iPhone gaming summit early in the year and thinking to myself "Wow... I think they’re really on to something here!" Promptly after this, a lone developer by the name of Igor Pusenjak approached me with a little game that he and his brother had been working on. He had flown all the way to San Francisco from New York, and was on the verge of giving up production due to lack of activity on the App Store.

This little game was called Doodle Jump, and I played it non-stop for the rest of the conference before posting about it on iPhoneGamesNetwork.com (now TouchGen.com), which helped launch it to it's current success. As most of you probably already know, Doodle Jump has topped the charts for months now. I have learned that anything can happen when it comes to the App Store and Apple’s "iDevices." Many developers will rise and fall in 2010, just as they have in 2009.

Here are 5 "informed" predictions to look forward to in the new year.

Categories: Industry, iPhone

We Work Hard for the Money

Posted November 9, 2009 by Catherine • 0 Comments

Ever wonder what it’s like to work at a game company?

At glu, it’s perfectly acceptable to be playing Facebook games when your boss walks up to your cube. Playing the latest console release during lunch is encouraged. And hearing the glu jingle ring out of someone’s phone during a meeting is an everyday occurrence.

But of course, it can’t all be fun and games. Most of the time we’re hunkered down developing, marketing, publishing, forecasting, and testing our latest releases.

Categories: glu

2010 Predictions: Slide To Play on iPhone games next year

Posted November 8, 2009 by Catherine • 0 Comments

With the weather turning colder and holiday music already in the air, we can't help but turn our sights toward 2010.

We asked several notable reviewers what they think is in store for the games industry next year. Here's what Andrew Podolsky, Editor-in-Chief of Slide to Play, predicts for iPhone gaming in 2010:

Categories: Industry, iPhone

Show Us Your Poker Face

Posted November 6, 2009 by Chad • 0 Comments

We want you to picture yourself in the game…literally!

If you've played World Series of Poker: Hold’em Legend, you've noticed the many avatars featured in the game. Some are poker players, some are actors, and a handful of them helped develop the game (try to spot the ones who look really, really tired).

Now we want you to take a spot among the hold'em legends too!

Send us a photo of your most killer poker face and we'll choose a handful of them to be featured in an upcoming update to the game.

Here's what we’re looking for:
1. A well-lit photo
2. Taken from the chest-up
3. Against a solid background

Email photos to wsoppics at glu dot com before November 20 and you just might show up as a WSOP player!

Categories: Community, Promotions, WSOP