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Articles tagged with: Tetris
Brain imaging shows playing tetris leads to a thicker cortex and may also increase brain efficiency, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Research Notes. A research team based in New Mexico is one of the first to investigate the effects of practice in the brain using two image techniques. more
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Iconic computer game, tetris is celebrating its 25th birthday this month. tetris is one of the world’s most popular casual computer games with over 125 million products sold on more than 30 platforms and available in more than 50 countries. more
Top 10 Mobile Phones Used in the USA During Q3 '08
According to a report from the Neilson Group released last month, the following are the top ten phones used in the USA during the third quarter of 2008. more
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Ad-Funded Mobile Games Trial Completed in Israel
Israel's largest mobile operator Cellcom has announced today the completion of its first ad-funded mobile games service powered by innerActive technology. The new innovative service showed results of 44% Click-Through-Rate (CTR) and 19% Acquisition Rate for Mobile Advertising Campaigns. more
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US Mobile Games Revenues Hit US$151 Million in Q4 '06
Telephia has reported that On-portal mobile game revenue jumped 61 percent year-over-year to $151 million in Q4 2006. Nearly 17.4 million mobile consumers downloaded a mobile game last quarter, up 45 percent from a total of 12 million downloaders a year ago. more
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Smartphone Content Sales Statistics for 2006
The smartphone software retailer, Handango has released special 2006 year end editions of the Handango Yardstick, a global report on the state of the smartphone content industry. More than 11,000 new software titles were added to the Handango catalog in 2006, with 1,231 new mobile content providers joining the Handango Content Partner Program. Although currently one of the smaller catalogs, BlackBerry had the fastest growing content library with an 81% increase over last year in the number of new applications added. The Pocket PC platform saw the highest number of content titles added at 3,627. more
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Tetris and Pac-Man Dominate Mobile Games Sales
Nearly 13.5 million USA mobile subscribers downloaded a game in Q2 2006, representing average monthly revenues of US$46.9 million for the quarter, according to Telephia. Since Q3 2005, the number of subscribers who downloaded mobile games from the operator portal has increased by 15 percent. During that same time period revenues jumped 63 percent. more
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Women Drive More Than Two-Thirds of Mobile Game Revenues
Puzzle/Strategy games drive one-third of the total mobile game revenues, according to Telephia. The Telephia Mobile Game Report for Q1 2006 shows that four of the top five revenue-generating titles fall into the Puzzle/Strategy category, with tetris, tetris Deluxe and Bejeweled securing the top spots. tetris and tetris Deluxe secured 5.2 and 3.6 percent of the total mobile game revenue share for the quarter, respectively, while Bejeweled posted a 2.6 percent share. JAMDAT Mahjong and Ms. Pac-Man, rounded out the top five with shares of 2.2 and two percent, respectively. more
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UK's Top Ten Selling Mobile Games
The UK games industry trade body, ELSPA has announced the August 2005 Mobile Games Java Download Chart, compiled from information supplied by: 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, and Vodafone.
- Monopoly Tycoon - Mforma
- Pacman - Namco
- (2) Wall Breaker - InFusio
- Downtown Texas Hold'em Poker - Jamdat
- Pub Fruity - Infospace
- Midnight Pool - Gameloft
- Championship Manager 05 Solo - Eidos
- (3) tetris - Jamdat
- Solitaire 4 pack - Digital Chocolate
- EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour - iPlay
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Women buy more games on their mobile phones - report
Newly released data from Telephia reveals that women buy more games for their mobile phones than men, and that certain games are much more popular among women. During the three months of February through April 2005, women bought 60% of mobile games compared to 40% for men. more
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