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Lunaforte Proves Fun Apps are Serious Business
OviPublisherSuccesses | 28 June, 2010 01:09
Lunaforte (a.k.a. Lunagames) creates fun mobile apps and casual games with community features. But they're not playing around when it comes to expanding their presence, having already published more than 20 free, ad-supported and premium applications through the Ovi Store that have been downloaded over six million times in over 200 countries.
While the Netherlands-based company's top downloads traditionally come from casual games like CubeTouchXXL and BeZombied, Lunaforte has gradually expanded its offerings on the Ovi Store to include a wide range of apps. In the Reference category, the company offers the free Dictionary and Translation Pro app and a Life Expectancy Calculator. Other games range from "just for fun" apps like Smell Scanner and Ghost Maker to titles like the officially licensed sports simulation app Premier League Darts™ 2009.
But what truly sets apart Lunaforte's games is their worldwide reach. Many of their games include built-in social networking features, allowing the company's users from more than 200 countries to compete for high scores on an online leader-board. Several games also have personalized Facebook integration, allowing players to go head-to-head against their friends.
While the company has a strong history of leveraging international partnerships to deliver strongly-localized apps, the majority of the company's hit titles in the Ovi Store have required little-to-no localization. Instead, they rely on straightforward but addictive game play with a minimal amount of text-based cues – the essence of mobile gaming.
The exception to this rule is the breakthrough app, Dictionary and Translation Pro, which supports translations from English into a wide set of languages ranging from Hindi to Arabic to Italian.
Online reviewers from New Hampshire to the Netherlands are raving about the challenging play and overall "coolness" of Lunagames' titles.
"The uptake on the Ovi Store has been quite impressive to say the least. We are particularly pleased with the strong consumer interest in our connected games portfolio which allows Ovi Store users across more than 200 countries to compete for the online leader-board," said Richard Hazenberg, CEO, Lunaforte.
Most of Lunaforte's apps and games are available to test drive as a preview version or as a free download from the Ovi Store.
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