Grand Theft Auto & Broken Sword lead Yorkshire’s 2010 App Store invasion (01/02/2010)
Monday 1st February 2010
Yorkshire games companies have continued their success on the iPhone in 2010 with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Broken Sword: Director's Cut becoming huge chart smashes.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, developed by Rockstar Leeds, has been a massive worldwide hit since its release on January 18th, gaining overwhelming critical acclaim and quickly becoming one of the most profitable iPhone games ever to hit the App Store.
Broken Sword: Director's Cut from Revolution Software in York meanwhile launched on 25th January, and has stormed the top 20 with glowing five-star reviews across the board. A Revolution/Screen Yorkshire special event in London's Apple Store this Thursday 4th February will celebrate this successful launch with guests including Managing Director of Revolution Charles Cecil and artist Dave Gibbons.
These two high-profile releases from Yorkshire & Humber follow on from a phenomenal 2009 for the region's iPhone developers, with Ossett-based Team17's Worms game becoming the third bestselling games app of the year and seventh overall bestselling app.
Other release highlights included the world's number one trivia app QuizQuizQuiz from Bradford's Four Door Lemon, the highly-rated Manage Your Football Club from Huddersfield's Sports Director Ltd and the fantastic family music game Doo Wop created by a unique collaboration between Leeds companies Organiq Music and Gamerholix.
With the recent announcement of Apple's iPad tablet device, many Yorkshire companies will also be making special iPad-enhanced versions of their games, with further exciting iPhone games announcements to come during 2010.
For more information on Yorkshire iPhone/iPod Touch games development in Yorkshire & Humber, contact jamie@screenyorkshire.co.uk
