BartDecrem Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Disney adds a little originality with Toy Story: Smash It

by Mike Schramm (Feb 28th, 2013)

Last time I spoke with Disney's Bart Decrem, I asked him about the company's plans to put out original mobile games. Lately, they've been on a bender of rebranded iOS hits, including Temple Run Brave, Monsters Inc. Run, and Where's My Perry?, which is a branded remix of Disney's own original ...

Disney's Bart Decrem on the holiday lineup: Monster's Inc Run, and new Avengers and Wreck-It content

by Mike Schramm (Dec 12th, 2012)

Disney's mobile game division has had one heck of a year. "I feel in general that we're executing very nicely on the vision we laid out a year ago," senior vice president Bart Decrem told TUAW this week. "Among media companies, we are maybe the most successful on the App Store and Android. I ...

Tiesto tracks released inside Tap Tap music game

by Mike Schramm (Apr 19th, 2012)

Disney's always had kind of an identity complex with Tap Tap Revenge. The brand is one of the oldest on the App Store -- it was originally called Tap Tap Revolution, and was eventually picked up by Tapulous and turned into Tap Tap Revenge, a sort of DDR-style music game. Then, of course, ...

Disney reports 40% jump in iOS downloads from holiday 2010

by Mike Schramm (Jan 7th, 2012)

Disney is the latest company to announce some crazy numbers from last year's holiday season (with Rovio having announced big numbers earlier this week, and the App Store overall seeing a big boost in sales over the holiday). The biggest title in the company's catalog was Where's My Water, which ...

GDC 2011: The latest from Disney Mobile

by Mike Schramm (Mar 4th, 2011)

Disney's mobile gaming division had a table claimed in the company's hotel suit during GDC 2011, and I stopped by to see Disney's Jeff Nuzzi and check out the company's latest offerings. There were a few titles on display to be revealed later this year, but the current focus was on JellyCar 3, ...

Bart Decrem on Tap Tap Revenge 4 and the Disney acquisition of Tapulous

by Mike Schramm (Dec 22nd, 2010)

Tapulous (purchased by Disney earlier this year) has released Tap Tap Revenge 4, the fourth iteration of the extremely popular iOS music game, and the new version brings a whole lot of new features to the series. The game is now compatible with the Retina Display, includes Game Center integration, ...