WildTangent brings Penguins Escape to mobile, launches games on Asus tablets

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For the second time this year, Wild Tangent is making the move to mobile. Four months after releasing its first iOS game, Polar Bowler 1st Frame, the Redmond-based company is out with its second mobile title, Penguins! Escape. It’s the mobile version of the classic WildTangent game Penguins! but with updated graphics and animations for both iPhone and iPad touch… Read More…

Cha-ching: Big Fish now has the top-grossing casino app worldwide

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Big Fish is cashing in on its casino app in big ways. The Seattle game maker, founded by former RealNetworks employee Paul Thelen in 2002, announced today that its multiplayer casino game “Big Fish Casino” is now the top-grossing iOS app as of March among all casino games worldwide. That’s according to data from AppAnnie Intelligence. The… Read More…

WildTangent adding games to Sony smartphones and tablets

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For those that have Sony smartphones and tablets, playing WildTangent games just got easier. Redmond-based WildTangent is expanding its partnership with Sony Mobile Communications to allow owners of Sony’s new flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z, to have access to the WildTangent mobile games service via the Sony Select discovery gaming app. “Sony knows gamers better than anyone… Read More…

UIEvolution enters gaming world with tablet-based ‘Dr. Dinkle’s Defense’

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Kirkland-based UIEvolution is known for developing cross-platform applications for companies like Toyota and Samsung. Now, they’re taking what they’ve learned and delving into the gaming world. ‘Dr. Dinkle’s Defense,’ is the company’s new tablet-based tower defense game, the first in a series of similar style titles UIEvolution plans to develop. The game features 50 levels across… Read More…

Snuggle up with an Angry Birds blankie

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Here’s just what every newborn needs: An Angry Birds blankie. Rovio, which conceived the hit mobile game in which birds are flung with a slingshot at evil green pigs, is now bringing the characters to soft baby blankets thanks to a partnership with Seattle’s SwaddleDesigns. “As parents, one aspect of Angry Birds we appreciate is how… Read More…