The Appside » Tetris http://www.theappside.com Fri, 17 May 2013 15:21:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 EA reveals Tetris Club subscription plans for iOS http://www.theappside.com/2011/11/30/ea-reveals-tetris-club-subscription-plans-for-ios/ http://www.theappside.com/2011/11/30/ea-reveals-tetris-club-subscription-plans-for-ios/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:59:32 +0000 Stuart http://www.theappside.com/?p=3459 Tetris was once the undisputed king of the mobile gaming world, but in the App Store era that role has been nicked by Angry Birds. EA has revealed plans for a reboot of Tetris on iOS though, which include offering a subscription-based ‘Tetris Club’ that will cost $2.99 a month. People stumping up will get discounts on the new game’s T-Coins virtual currency, as well as exclusive content and other bonuses. The gameplay is also being tweaked, with new ways to drop blocks and even power-ups. The publisher showed off the new version of Tetris at a holiday preview event in the US for its Christmas range of games, which also included the new freemium version of The Sims.

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]]> Tetris was once the undisputed king of the mobile gaming world, but in the App Store era that role has been nicked by Angry Birds. EA has revealed plans for a reboot of Tetris on iOS though, which include offering a subscription-based ‘Tetris Club’ that will cost $2.99 a month.

People stumping up will get discounts on the new game’s T-Coins virtual currency, as well as exclusive content and other bonuses. The gameplay is also being tweaked, with new ways to drop blocks and even power-ups.

The publisher showed off the new version of Tetris at a holiday preview event in the US for its Christmas range of games, which also included the new freemium version of The Sims.

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]]> http://www.theappside.com/2011/11/30/ea-reveals-tetris-club-subscription-plans-for-ios/feed/ 0 EA and Gameloft try diverging Android games money-making strategies http://www.theappside.com/2011/08/30/ea-and-gameloft-try-diverging-android-games-money-making-strategies/ http://www.theappside.com/2011/08/30/ea-and-gameloft-try-diverging-android-games-money-making-strategies/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:02:17 +0000 Admin http://www.theappside.com/?p=925 In the pre-apps days of Java games, Tetris was a licence to print money for EA, which licenses the mobile rights. And now? Now Tetris has been released as a free game on Android, funded by advertisements rather than the wallets of players. EA is presumably a.) as unimpressed as its rivals with the market for paid games on Android, and b.) confident that it can make a decent amount of cash from ads on Google-powered smartphones. There’s an interesting contrast to be made with EA’s fierce rival Gameloft, which is trying something different to make money from Android: subscriptions. It’s launched the Gameloft Club, which charges £0.99 a week (it’s UK-only) for one game download every week. The question now is which model will be more lucrative. We’re guessing ads. Link (Tetris) – http://tinyurl.com/3cop6n6 Link (Gameloft) – http://tinyurl.com/3gfyux2

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]]> In the pre-apps days of Java games, Tetris was a licence to print money for EA, which licenses the mobile rights. And now? Now Tetris has been released as a free game on Android, funded by advertisements rather than the wallets of players. EA is presumably a.) as unimpressed as its rivals with the market for paid games on Android, and b.) confident that it can make a decent amount of cash from ads on Google-powered smartphones. There’s an interesting contrast to be made with EA’s fierce rival Gameloft, which is trying something different to make money from Android: subscriptions. It’s launched the Gameloft Club, which charges £0.99 a week (it’s UK-only) for one game download every week. The question now is which model will be more lucrative. We’re guessing ads.
Link (Tetris) – http://tinyurl.com/3cop6n6
Link (Gameloft) – http://tinyurl.com/3gfyux2

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