GamesBeat is co-located with our MobileBeat 2011conference this year. It will focus on the disruptive trends in the mobile games market. We’ll be exploring the most disruptive game technologies and business models at our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference, on J uly 12-13 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Storm8 has 50 employees and competes with rivals such as Zynga, Pocket Gems, Electronic Arts, and Tin圜o. The company was founded in 2009 by Tam and other former Facebook employees. “We also introduce our games at a rapid pace, or about one a month.” “We understand our users well and adapt our games for them,” Tam said. Tam said the team owes its success to good quality, great graphics, a good game engine, and marketing. Thanks to the success, Storm8 has never had to raise money and is profitable. Internally produced titles include Bakery Story, Restaurant Story, and Fashion Story. Top titles include iMobsters, World War, and Vampires Live. And all of the games consistently appear in the top 25 grossing apps list on the App Store. Every title released by Storm8 has reached the top 10 free apps in the Apple App Store, Tam said. Threads: 1,740 Posts: 11,795 Locked by goal removed but. You can also report any bugs that youve encountered. Since last year, Storm8’s user base has grown by 300 percent. 05-15-23, 12:52 PM Fashion Story Bugs & Issues Tell us about things you like, would like to see changed, or youd like to see included. The company launched its first Android title a year ago. Since integrating in-app purchases on its Android titles, Storm8 has seen a 60 percent increase in Android revenue. In the past I achieved a high level and had good money, so I grew into boredom. Tam said he is bullish about Android because of the recent launch of in-app purchases, which enable someone to buy something like a virtual good without leaving a game. Just started playing Fashion Story again. The company says that it saw its first $1 million revenue day earlier this month. Back in January, only 39 percent of the revenue from the top 100 games were free-to-play. came from the free-to-play business model. Now, 75 percent of Storm8’s games are on both Android and the iPhone.Īccording to mobile analytics firm Flurry, about 65 percent of the revenue from the top 100 grossing games in the App Store in the U.S. These games were created by the company’s TeamLava internal game development studio, and they’re evidence that the company plans to be a leader on Android, said Perry Tam (pictured), chief executive and co-founder, in an interview. City Story, Fashion Story and Zoo Story are being formally announced today, although they have quietly launched in the past few weeks on Android.
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