Gaming Mobile Apps & Online Sales Pick Up Steam Heading into 2014 Holidays - Company Reaches News Milestone of over 9 Million Players & 150,000 New Daily Installs
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, December 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Gaming industry forecasted to swell to value of $803.3Billion by 2019 while E-Commerce Holiday sales set for double digit growth. Leading Gaming & Online Marketing Companies in focus today are: Tapinator, Inc. (OTC: TAPM), Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), Tencent Holdings Ltd. (OTC: TCEHY) (700: HK), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA)
Tapinator, Inc. (OTC: TAPM) today announced that during this past October and November, the Company released fifteen new games. Tapinator's new titles span multiple genres including eight parking simulator games, five animal simulator games, one sniper game, and one celebrity game. In October and November, Tapinator's portfolio of titles grew by over 9 million players, representing over 150,000 new installs on a daily basis.
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As Tapinator continues to release an average of two titles on a weekly basis, it is also entering new categories. In October, Tapinator launched its first celebrity game, SkyBalance by Nik Wallenda, to coincide with Wallenda's internationally televised highwire walk over downtown Chicago. Later this month, in time for the holiday season, Tapinator will enter two new categories, with its first social casino property and its first RPG title. "We have now reached 70 live games and over 44 million downloads across these games. We look forward to expanding into two promising categories this quarter with high-quality products that, we believe, will resonate with mobile gamers," stated Tapinator CEO, Ilya Nikolayev.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes, and distributes game software content and services for video game consoles, personal computers, mobile phones, and tablets. The company operates through EA Games, EA SPORTS, Maxis, PopCap, and All Play segments. It provides action-adventure, casual, family, fantasy, first-person shooter, horror, science fiction, role-playing, racing, simulation, sports, and strategy games under the Battlefield, Mass Effect, Need for Speed, Dragon Age, The Sims, Bejeweled, and Plants v. Zombies, as well as EA SPORTS, Battlefield 4, FIFA Street, Maxis, Madden NFL, Medal of Honor, and Star Wars brand names. On Thursday, EA closed up 1.09% on over 6.6 million shares traded.
International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) and Wheel of Fortune® propelled their millionaire-minting momentum when a lucky player won a whopping $1,200,557 playing the famed game at the recently renovated, iconic Plaza Hotel & Casino on Nov. 15, 2014. The winner wished to remain anonymous. IGT launched Wheel of Fortune in 1996 and solidified the Company's leadership in Wide Area Progressive technology. Known as the most successful slot title of all time, the fan-favorite theme has minted nearly 1,000 millionaires and delivered a copious $3 billion in jackpots throughout its illustrious history. IGT has created more than 200 variations of the game and can be found on casino floors in more than 20 countries worldwide.
In e-Commerce/Online Sales News: China's own "Game of Thrones" is emerging, as Internet kings Tencent (OTCPink: TCEHY) (0700.HK) and Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) battle to bring Hollywood hits to the vast online audience in their home country. Tencent and Time Warner's (TWX) HBO reached a distribution deal, in which Tencent Video will be China's exclusive online platform for hits like "Game of Thrones," "Entourage" and "Girls." Financial terms weren't disclosed. Alibaba's (BABA) deal in July with Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF), the studio behind the "Hunger Games" and "Twilight" franchises, to stream movies to the Chinese e-commerce giant's set-top box video-on-demand platform. Read the full article at http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tencent-alibaba-play-own-game-230500011.html
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