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TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Blobster

by Mike Schramm (Jul 22nd, 2011)

I got to see Blobster in action earlier this year at both GDC and E3, and both times it impressed me with its wacky premise and followthrough. It's a platformer, but unlike any you've ever played before. Instead of jumping around, you're instead flinging a little blob of goo around, pushing him ...

Cut the Rope update, plush toys coming soon

by Mike Schramm (Jul 18th, 2011)

The video below highlights an upcoming update for the popular Cut the Rope title on iOS -- Chillingo is bringing 25 new levels to the title, complete with some new game mechanics and features. Cartoon creature Om Nom will be able to be fed various types of foods, not just the candy he so ...

Chillingo shows off new titles at E3

by Mike Schramm (Jun 14th, 2011)

Chillingo held its E3 demo this year in the same area as EA, which makes sense considering that EA outright purchased it last October. The publisher of Angry Birds and Cut the Rope has a very impressive stable of titles due in the next few months, and I got to both see and play with them at E3. ...

T-Mobile ad illustrates Angry Birds' immense popularity

by Steven Sande (Jun 10th, 2011)

One app that has grown from an iPhone hit to a worldwide phenomenon is Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds. Whether you're a fan of knocking over pigs and structures by flinging birds, or go berserk when you hear the Angry Birds theme music, you have to admit that the popularity of what was originally a ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Feed Me Oil

by Mike Schramm (Jun 9th, 2011)

I'm going to see what Chillingo has to offer here at E3 later on today, but in the meantime, this recent release on the App Store is gaining some popularity (and has been featured by Apple as iPhone game of the week this week). It's sort of a liquid physics puzzler -- there's oil coming out of ...

Cut the Rope wins at BAFTAs

by Mike Schramm (Mar 17th, 2011)

Cut the Rope is still one of my favorite games on the App Store, and apparently the folks at the British Academy of Film and Television agree -- they've honored the game as the Best Handheld Game of 2010. It's actually quite an honor for Chillingo and developer ZeptoLab, as the game beat out ...

GDC 2011: Chillingo's upcoming slate of titles

by Mike Schramm (Mar 7th, 2011)

The good folks at Chillingo invited me to stop by their suite at GDC 2011 last week (which was actually run by EA, thanks to a new deal with EA's Partners program) to see the company's upcoming slate of titles on their way to the iPhone and iPod. On the next page you'll see previews of ...

TUAW's Daily App: Sky Combat

by Mike Schramm (Mar 3rd, 2011)

I can't say that I'd call a top-down arcade shooter the best fit for the iPhone's touchscreen, but in the case of Chillingo's Sky Combat, it works. You drag a finger around the screen, guiding an auto-firing chopper through quite a few different maps of various forces, attacking and defending ...

TUAW's Daily App: Sticky

by Mike Schramm (Feb 28th, 2011)

I'll say this: Sticky is an original one. It's sort of a platforming game, though there are no real platforms involved. You play as a little orange blob named Sticky, tasked with saving the world from invading black blobs that slowly move from one side of your iPhone's screen to the other. ...

Cut the Rope holiday version now available

by TJ Luoma (Dec 10th, 2010)

Chillingo has joined the holiday fun with Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift edition. The holiday version of Cut the Rope is a universal app, separate from the regular app, and offered free of charge. If you have somehow missed Cut the Rope, do yourself a favor and check it out. In addition to the holiday ...

Rovio Mobile passing on Chillingo in the future

by Mike Schramm (Oct 21st, 2010)

Chillingo closed a huge deal with EA yesterday (becoming the second big iPhone publisher in as many weeks to be picked up), but the company's work with its biggest title apparently left a bad taste in the mouth of the developers, Rovio Mobile. That company tells TechCrunch that they'll never work ...

Angry Birds publisher Chillingo acquired for $20 million

by Josh Helfferich (Oct 20th, 2010)

In the wake of such huge news from Apple today, it's hard to concentrate on anything else. Here's one story you won't want to miss, though: Chillingo, the publisher behind the wildly popular game Angry Birds, was acquired by EA Games for a cool $20 million in cash. Not to worry, though, because ...

TUAW's Daily App: Cut the Rope

by Mike Schramm (Oct 7th, 2010)

At every one of these gaming shows (it's GDC Online this week, which I'm at for TUAW), there's usually a "game of the show" that emerges. It's something, either on the show floor or demoing behind closed doors, that everyone starts to talk about. The buzz starts at parties and in the hallways, and ...

TUAW preview: Billabong Surf Trip

by Mike Schramm (Sep 10th, 2010)

Chillingo invited us out to the headquarters of surfwear manufacturer Billabong yesterday for a look at a new iPhone and iPad game called Billabong Surf Trip. The game is designed by a Portugese developer named Biodroid Entertainment (who told me that they've done some work on other consoles, but ...

TUAW's Daily App: Zombie Wonderland

by Mike Schramm (Jul 5th, 2010)

Zombie Wonderland was a game I didn't get to see at E3 a little while back when I met up with Chillingo, but I recently checked it out, and it's an interesting little zombie fightin' title. The undead action is somewhat removed -- instead of directly shooting the shambling brain-eaters, you're ...