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Tapulous acquired by Disney

by Mike Schramm (Jul 1st, 2010)

Disney has bought Tapulous outright, according to Techcrunch. The iPhone gaming company was one of the first on the App Store, and has been extremely successful with its Tap Tap Radiation and Tap Tap Revenge music titles. There's no word yet on how much money was involved in the deal, but Disney ...

Tune Runner rises to the top on a wave of free

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2010)

There's been some interesting discussion in our comments section lately about Ngmoco's freemium model -- first they made headlines by endorsing it even to the detriment of one of their most popular games, and then they bought Freeverse and the conversation started up again. But while customers don't ...

Tapulous making a million a month off the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Dec 21st, 2009)

Well, even with rampant piracy, review craziness, and that funky approval process, it's good to hear that someone can still make a truckload of cash on the App Store. According to Reuters, that someone is Tapulous, who is apparently making almost a million dollars a month thanks to twenty million ...

Rock Band coming to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Oct 9th, 2009)

It's true -- as leaked earlier this week and confirmed yesterday, EA is bringing Harmonix's Rock Band to the iPhone, and it's about what you'd expect: notes come down the screen set to popular music, you tap in certain places in time to the beat, and get a score based on how well you do. ...

First Look: Tap Tap Revenge Nine Inch Nails Edition

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Oct 30th, 2008)

If you enjoy Tap Tap Revenge and you're a fan of Nine Inch Nails, you're in luck. Tapulous has released Tap Tap Revenge Nine Inch Nails Edition (iTunes link). Featuring 13 tracks picked by NIN frontman Trent Reznor, it's the first game on the iPhone that had my wife playing through toothbrushing ...

Tap Tap Revolution to be sold by Tapulous, called Tap Tap Revenge

by Mike Schramm (Jul 4th, 2008)

Nate True, iPhone developer extraordinaire and friend of TUAW (but who isn't, really), has sold off his Tap Tap Revolution game to a company called Tapulous, and they're renaming it Tap Tap Revenge and are going to try selling it in the iPhone's (and iPod touch's) App Store. The game isn't much ...