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Mobile gaming news from IUGO Mobile Entertainment!
July 2010
There’s never a dull moment in the mobile games space! We’ve been watching a lot of shifts happening within the industry; some not so good but mostly lots of positive and exciting changes happening. iPhone 4 proved to be as awesome as anticipated and IUGO is stoked to see Game Center launch later this year.
Our very own Director of Business Development, Sarah Thomson, will be speaking at Casual Connect in Seattle this July. Mark your calendars off for Wednesday, July 21st at 1:30pm for Sarah’s talk on “Bringing Games to Mobile Platforms Under Conditions of Uncertainty and Market Volatility.”
We are about to submit a FREE version of Cliffed (simply called Cliffed FREE) which will allow all of our wonderful users to access every one of the 20 fun characters! Cliffed FREE will be an ad-enabled game. Keep any eye out for that very soon!
June 2010
Summer is upon us and the studio is in high gear! As you may have heard, we are jumping headlong into social games for everyone to play. You will see titles launch under the IUGO brand as well as games in partnership with new publisher friends! We’re also going to take some of our older content and ad-enable them, which means F-R-E-E for you! That should be coming later this summer.
It’s E3 time! IUGO will be attending E3 this year down in sunny LA from June 15-17. We’re looking forward to a fun and exciting show, visiting old friends and making some new ones. If you wish to make an appointment with IUGO while there, shoot us an email at info@iugome.com.
Lastly, IUGO Mobile Entertainment will be moving offices at the end of June. We’re only moving a few blocks over, but be sure to check on our updated address here on the website and business cards at the end of June. Things are shaking up around here and we believe change is good!
May 2010
New projects, new ideas and new partners are buzzing here at IUGO. Sorry, there’s not much we can talk about at this point but stay tuned! One announcement we’d like to make is the integration of Open Feint into Daisy Mae! We’ll also be a part of Free Game of the Day soon too. Keep your eyes peeled for that promo.
Our very own Director of Business Development, Sarah Thomson, is speaking at GDC Canada on May 7th at 1:30 pm. You won’t want to miss her pearls of wisdom on IUGO’s App Store Journey.
April 2010
Here’s our BIG news for the month of April:
A whole lotta iPad™ action! We are super stoked to bring you 4 titles exclusively designed for the iPad:
Implode! XL $2.99 US- New levels! Total: 150, WOW!
- Brand new iPad-only level editor, create your own structures to destroy!
- New characters and backgrounds
- Head to head racing on 1 device! Super fun!
- Juiced up graphics!
- 2 player Co-op mode on the same iPad
- 3D characters for the iPad only!
- 2 game modes: head to head and co-op on the same device
March 2010
IUGO has been furiously working on 4 iPad-enhanced games! The cool thing is that if you already
own these games for your iPhone/iPod, you can automatically receive the iPad-enhanced version! No
separate app! Our 4 titles to come out for the iPad are: Cliffed XL, Implode! XL, Zombie Attack Second
Wave XL and our brand new upcoming title ESCAPE: Norm’s World XL. Be sure to grab these games once you’ve got the iPad in your lucky little hands!
This is going to be a stellar month for IUGO! First up, GDC in San Francisco! Our calender is filling up fast and we'll once again be hosting the IDU party during GDC!
WHEN: Wednesday March 10 @8pm (until 10-ish)
WHERE: Marriott Lobby Bar, across the street from Moscone West
WHO: All indie iPhone devs and media invited!!
WHAT: Drinks ONLY, while bar tabs last!
WHY: This is an awesome chance to gab with the most talented developers
on the iPhone platform today while pitching your wares to media, all in
one room!
Sponsors: Toucharcade.com, Team Phobic, Venan Entertainment, IUGO Mobile Entertainment
This month also marks an incredible feature on the App Store for IUGO. To our knowledge, IUGO is the first developer to ever get its own featured games section! You can find the "Best IUGO Games" on the homepage of the "Games" section of iTunes desktop. Go take a look now, we're not sure how much longer it will be up for!
We are furiously working on a ton of new stuff! Keep an eye out for exciting IUGO news at the end of March!
February 2010
As Spring creeps in, things are sprouting here at IUGO. We have 2 new games! First, ESCAPE.
This simple yet cerebral casual game is a big winner! ESCAPE will be available for both BlackBerry and iPhone devices very soon.
Speaking of BlackBerry, we’ve launched our first games on the platform! Cliffed and ZA! Bad Blood is available on a number BlackBerry devices through Mobihand, Handango, BlackBerry Appworld and soon on the Verizon App Marketplace.
Next up we have Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet. This dual stick shooter is a real hoot! Bringing down the invading alien race has never been so fun. DMAB is slated for release this month for the iPhone.
We’ll have some surprises coming down the pipe later this year for the PSP Go and iPad. Stick around, you won’t regret it!
January 2010
Welcome back everyone, hope you had a wonderful holiday and Happy 2010! We’re excited for 2010 here at IUGO; it will bring more games for the
iPhone and some of our current games to new platforms such as the BlackBerry and PSP Go. We’re also looking at bringing titles over to BREW! IUGO
is expanding, branching out and continuing to bring you awesome games for your mobile and handheld devices.
Upcoming events include GDC in San Francisco this March, as well as the Olympics here in Vancouver, BC this February! We’ll still be here for the madness, diligently working on new games for you. I don’t have any solid game announcements at this point in time, but stay tuned, they’re coming.
December 2009
Last month saw a game launch bonanza for IUGO! We saw Cliffed, Zombie Attack! Second Wave,
Implode! and A.D.D. launch.
Yeah that’s right, A.D.D. FINALLY has seen the light of day! A.D.D. has launched with over 70 minigames and more to come in updates soon.
Implode! has been a bit of a surprise hit for IUGO. Currently as I type it sits at #4 in the top 100 games on the US charts.
Wow, amazing! We have awesome updates coming soon for Implode!, Cliffed and ZA!2 featuring some super fun Christmas content.
Keep your eyes peeled for those.
We’re working hard on bringing a couple IUGO titles over to the BlackBerry, so hang tight BB owners!
We have other brand new titles in the works for multiple platforms that I can’t quite talk about yet, but check back for more info in the future.
Here at IUGO we wish everyone a very Happy Holiday and don’t forget to pick up our games when you get that iTunes gift card in your stockings. ;)
October 2009
Well here we are, October already! All of our Toy Bot games have launched including the Toy Boy Compilation,
and Toy Bot Mini Missions. Go grab them now for a rainy fall day when you've got some time and boredom to kill!
This month brings you more fun with Cliffed; a multi-platform casual game that's coming to the Iphone and Blackberry.
The IPhone version is launching with multiplayer, where up to 8 gamers can race against each other. Soon to follow is the BlackBerry version
with multiplayer mode AND this will be IUGO's FIRST game with cross-platform gaming! IPhone vs. Blackberry, bring it on!
The Zombies are back soon at IUGO too. We are working on an awesome sequel to Zombie Attack! which will be wrapped up at the end of
October and hopefully will launch at the end of this month, early next month for the Iphone. Look for the zombies to creep onto other
platforms soon too.
Lastly, IUGO has begun it's VIP Program in select titles!
This is one of the ways we wish to give back to our users. Recommend any of our VIP-enabled games to your friends and earn points
towards secret unlockables and more! So far the VIP program can and will be found in Toy Boy Mini Missions, Cliffed, the upcoming update
for Star Hogs, Zombie Attack! Second Wave and Implode.
Novemeber 2009
It has been an IUGO release bonanza on the App Store as of late! Late October saw the arrival of the long-awaited monster Star Hogs update. This brings tons of new features such as amped up graphics, in-game text taunting and 32 new maps for campaign mode FREE. It’s a meaty update for sure that is bound to keep you Hogsters busy for a spell.
Last week marked the launch of Zombie Attack! Second Wave, our 3D tower defense game modeled after the original ZA!. This time users can tear into more zombies within more maps and with a bunch of new weapons. This version also introduces hordes of challenges providing new and fun ways to prevail over the zombie minions.
Cliffed was released last weekend and is on fire with our users! This is a casual game for all ages featuring 12 unique and charismatic characters to unlock and choose from. The shining feature truly is the multiplayer mode where you can race up to 4 opponents in a mad dash to the bottom. Go grab Cliffed now on the App Store!
This month we hope to see the release of Implode! on the App Store. Tell me who doesn’t like to blow stuff up and watch the buildings tumble? Keep your eye out here for latest news on Implode’s release.
October 2009
Well here we are, October already! All of our Toy Bot games have launched including the Toy Bot Compilation, and Toy Bot Mini Missions. Go grab them now for a rainy fall day when you’ve got some time and boredom to kill!
This month brings you more fun with Cliffed; a multi-platform casual game that’s coming to the iPhone and BlackBerry. The iPhone version is launching with multiplayer, where up to 8 gamers can race against each other. Soon to follow is the BlackBerry version with multiplayer mode. AND this will be IUGO’s FIRST game with cross platform gaming! iPhone vs. BlackBerry, bring it on!
The Zombies are back soon at IUGO too. We are working on an awesome sequel to Zombie Attack! which will be wrapped up at the end of October and hopefully will launch at the end of this month, early next month for the iPhone. Look for the zombies to creep onto other platforms soon too.
Lastly, IUGO has begun its VIP Program in select titles! This is one of the ways we wish to give back to our users. Recommend any of our VIP-enabled games to your friends and earn points towards secret unlockables and more! So far the VIP program can and will be found in Toy Bot Mini Missions, Cliffed, the upcoming update for Star Hogs, Zombie Attack! Second Wave and Implode
