the top 25 hottest mobile game developers
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We’ll also see mobile tablets and portable gaming platforms usher in millions more mobile gamers thus fueling increased demand. The infographic below exhibits the hottest mobile game developers in the business today. They are creating the most discussions, the most engagement, and the most buzz. (Note: Read below to understand the methodology for determining Buzz.)TRANSCRIPT
Strong partnerships
with Universal
Pictures, ABC, &
Warner Bros
Gangstar: Miami
Vindication
Uno for Iphone
James Cameron's Avatar
Assasin's Creed @gameloft
Michel Guillemot
Paris, France
One of the top
mobile game developers (own
Chillingo)
Battlefield Bad
Company
Rock Band
Reloaded Need for Speed
Cut the Rope
Scrabble
@eamobile
John Riccitiello
Montreal,
Canada
2561
Having the best
selling game app Angry Birds
@roviomobile
Mikael Hed
Finland
Acquired by
DeNA. The
company is most
well-known for
their publishing of
the Rolando game
series and Eliminate.
GodFinger
Touch Pets
We Rule
@ngmoco
Neil Young
San Francisco,
CA
led all developers
in App Store
downloads in 2009
Millionaire City
@dchocgames
Trip Hawkins
San Mateo, Ca
Games
Bejeweled”, which
has sold more than
50 million copies
since it launched in
2001, generating at
least $300 million in
sales
Bejeweled
Plants Vs.
Zombies @popcap_games
Dave Roberts
Seattle, WA
1842
Fast paced aerial
and racing games
Flight Control
Real Racing 2
@firemint
Robert Murray
Melbourne,
Australia
1776
focused on bringing
the best in social,
freemium, cross-
platform mobile
gaming experiences
to the mass market
Super KO Boxing
Paperboy
Delivery
Lord of the Rings
Age of Empires @glumobile
Niccolo de Masi
San Francisco,
CA
1671
successful Guitar Hero Mobile
franchise
WPT Texas Hold
em 2 Guitar Hero
Mobile
House MD Judy Wade
San Francisco,
CA
1313
The world leader in
downloadable
games. A New
Game Every Day!
Nick Chase
Amazon Hidden
Expedition
Cooking Quest
Jeremy Lewis
Seattle, WA
1234
(RealArcade)
Online, PC & Mac
based games
Twilight New
Moon
The A-Team @gamehouse
Bob Kimball
Seattle, WA
1200
Owned by Oberon
Media, focus on
online & mobile
social games
Deal or no Deal
Fast and Furious
Adrenaline
Women's Murder
club
@iplaygaming
David Lebow
New York, NY
1126
Diverse, award
winning portfolio of
mobile games
Zenonia
Baseball
Superstars
Ilussia
Nom: Billion Year
@gamevil James Song
Seoul, Korea
1124
One of India's
largest mobile game
publishers
Toy Story 3
Brickbreaker
Revolution 2
Vishal Gondal
Mumbai, India
1061
(Epic Games)
Released Infinity
Blade which was the
first game on Apple
mobile devices
powered by Unreal
Engine 3.
Shadow Complex
Empire
Undertow
Infinity Blade
@chairgames
Tim Sweeney
Salt Lake City,
Utah
1048
Disney movie
theme mobile
games
Tron
Toy Story 3:
Operation
Camouflage
@disneymobile John Pleasants
(co-President)
Los Angeles,
CA
1044
Number one mobile
games provider in
Korea
Inotia 3: Children
of Carnia
Queen's Crown
Slice It!
@com2us
Jiyoung Park
Seoul, Korea
1022
Cutting edge mobile
games
Perfect Cell
Edge
Trucker's Delight
@mobigame
David Papazian
Paris, France
Commodore 64 on
the iPhone
Whac-a-mole
JACOB MØLLER
Denmark
912
Producing games for
women over 35
Sally's Spa
Sally's Salon
@sallysgames
Steve Shatford
Calgary
Alberta
880
Mostly a Blackberry
game developer
moving into Apple
iOS
Texas Hold'em
King franchise
Ka-Glom
The New York
Times
Crosswords @MagmicSocial
John Criswick
Ottawa,
Canada
842
Casual and family
friendly games
Cake Mania
Tradewinds
@sandlotgames Daniel Bernstein
Bothell, WA
810
Sports titles
Championship
Manager 2011
Football Tycoon
@dynamogames
Brian McNicoll
Dundee
Scotland
800
Completely free
games subsidized by
advertising
Campus Wars
Gulf Rescue
Mayo
@cellufun Arthur Goikhman
New York, NY
758
Social and Casual
Games
Reign of Swords
2
Ego City @punchgames
Tobin Lent
Palo Alto, Ca
751
2561
2373
1896
2020
1842
1776
1671
1126
1044
880
758
1313
1124
1022
842
751
1234
1061
1018
810
1200
1048
912
800
MOBILE GAME DEVELOPERS
* Number reflects non-mobile related figures
Data & BUZZ sources: Google Trends, SocialMention &
HowSociable
By MARK FIDELMAN t:@markfidelman
SeekOmega.com, Technorati, CloudAve.com