Most iPhone apps do not come with warnings – but Doodle Jump, the #2 paid application by Lima Sky, has built an advertising campaign around the addictive gameplay: Be warned: this game is insanely addictive!” …

I am very surprised to see that just three of the top twenty grossing iPhone Apps include in-app purchases:
- The Sims 3 (#5)
- Madden NFL 2010 (#8)
- Tap Tap Revenge (#13)

It’s no surprise that big brands represent a significant share of the iPhone’s top grossing iPhone applications. Here is another proof point: Electronc Arts itself represents seven of the iPhone’s twenty-five top grossing applications… each …

Microsoft clearly understands that the platform element of Xbox is as much a selling point as its game titles: in just the first week of being live, 10% of Microsoft’s Xbox Live subscribers connected their …

Last night I posted that over 650 million downloads have occurred on the Playstation Store. Today, a related and significant milestone was achieved on Xbox Live: 2 million users used Microsoft’s Facebook integration in the …

Facebook and Zynga in particular have become the center pieces for micro-transactions, social gaming and in-game purchasing habits… so much so that the activity on Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Playstation’s Playstation Store are often overlooked. …

For video game and sports enthuiasts, Madden Football’s release day is the equivalent of a major Hollywood blockbuster. In Madden 2009’s first month, it did $133.5 million in retail sales. Today, Madden 10 arrives and …

Let me preface by saying that, while I do not consider myself a video game buff, I am the proud owner of a Sony Playstation 3 (used both for Blu Ray and infrequent gaming). It …

In late March, I wrote that the next step for iPhone game developers was to go ‘backwards’ by mimicking control pads found on old gaming systems like Nintendo NES and GameBoy:

Well the iPhone has really …

Zynga may well be one of the fastest growing companies that you’ve never heard of. And if you haven’t heard of Zynga, you’ve probably interacted with one of its Facebook, iPhone or web apps.
Lots …

At the break of the new year, I listed 20 predictions for Digital Media in 2009. The third prediction was:
iPhone Gaming Will Progress Beyond Novelty
At the time of that article, the biggest application was …

Yesterday, I wrote that Amazon will kill Game Stop (and Toys “R” Us) and others who are trying to compete in the video game market. Not only does it make no sense as to why …