Tie-in Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

PlayFirst to release Hotel Transylvania Dash for iPhone and iPad

by Mike Schramm (Jul 17th, 2012)

PlayFirst has announced a collaboration with Sony that will result in a new version of its popular Hotel Dash iOS title called "Hotel Transylvania Dash," for a tie-in with the upcoming movie of the same name. The game will feature Hotel Dash's gameplay, along with new images and new assets ...

Angry Birds Rio out now on iPhone, iPad, Mac

by Mike Schramm (Mar 22nd, 2011)

The movie tie-in game for Angry Birds, called Angry Birds Rio, is now available on the iOS App Store for 99 cents on iPhone and $2.99 on the iPad; it's $4.99 on the Mac App Store. The game features 60 new levels of the popular bird-throwing game and stars two characters from the upcoming movie ...

Doodle Jump makes deal with Universal, gets movie tie-in

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2011)

Here's an interesting story out of Macworld this week. Doodle Jump, recently featured as the Top Paid App of all time, is going to Hollywood, but not quite in the way you might think. Rather than a Doodle Jump movie, the movies are instead coming to Doodle Jump, as Universal has announced a deal to ...