Earlier today Aurora Feint launched their second wave of games today, while not all of them are new, it’s still a great list:
- Touch Racing Nitro – $3.99
- Sky Force – $1.99 (Free lite version available)
AÂ vertical scrolling shoot ’em up which both looks and sounds like an old Amiga game. - Penalty World Challenge 2010 – $1.99
- Babo Crash – $1.99
- Super KO Boxing 2 – $2.99 (Free with ads)
It’s like playing Super Punchout on your phone! - Speedx 3D – $1.50
- Flick Kick : Rugby – $0.99
- Bran Twister Lite – FREE
A simple puzzle game where touching a light toggles the neighboring lights - Cestos2 – FREE
An online multiplayer game of marbles, still missing some options but very unique - Color Cocktail – FREE
Click the color not the word, or the word not the color. These puzzle games make my brain feel like it’s splitting in two. - Dot 2 – FREE
An accelerometer based game. Grab the balls and avoid the obstacles, simple but good fun. - Kamikaze Race – FREE
Dodge traffic while accelerating up the highway. Definitely worth downloading
Phew! That’s a handful more than the first wave which did extremely well, here are a couple of stats that Aurora provided to us:
- Half  ( 4 of 8 ) of the games launched on Android hit the top 15 in the Android marketplace
- Two games ( MiniSquadron and Fruit Ninja ) hit the top two spots for paid games within 72 hours
Not too shabby! I haven’t had a chance to play the full list yet but there are some great games there, only time will tell if this list will do as well as the last.
Full press release from Aurora Feint after the break
OpenFeint Pushes Android Launch Games to #1 on the Paid Charts in Less Than 72 Hours
Smash Hit Super K.O. Boxing 2 from Glu to be included in Second Wave of Hit Games on Android This WeekBurlingame, CA – October 5, 2010 – OpenFeint, the leading cross platform social gaming network with 40 million mobile players, announced today that its Android product is off to a strong start – 4 of 8 launch games reached the Top 15 in Android Market and Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick Studios) and MiniSquadron (Supermono) claimed the Top 2 spots on the paid games chart in less than 72 hours. OpenFeint also announced the release of its second wave of hit games on Android, including Super K.O. Boxing 2 (Glu), Flick Kick Rugby (PikPok), and Kamikaze Race (Tastyplay.com).
“We’re absolutely ecstatic about MiniSquadron’s launch on Android with OpenFeint. Reaching number 2 on the paid charts and driving tens of thousands of downloads for our games has been a great success,†said Tak Fung of Supermono.
The second wave of Android games from OpenFeint launches this week and will include Super K.O. Boxing 2 (Glu), Flick Kick Rugby (PikPok), Touch Racing Nitro and Penalty World Challenge 2010 (Bravo Game Studios), Cestos 2: Party Time (ChickenBrick Studios), SpeedX (Hyperbees), Babo Crash Deluxe (Playbrains), Kamikaze Race (TastyPlay.com), Brain Twister Lite and Color Cocktail Lite (The Game Boss), Dot Dot (ustwo), and SkyForce (iDreams).
“Super K.O. Boxing 2 will make fantastic addition to the gaming community on Android,†said Mike Breslin, VP of Marketing at Glu. “OpenFeint’s social gaming platform offers an effective solution for developers and publishers to get their games discovered on Android and we’re excited to partner with them to bring one of our original hit titles to the platform.â€
Each launch game will be featured in the Feint Game Spotlight app, which is quickly becoming the preferred destination for Android gamers to discover and purchase high quality games. Feint Game Spotlight is regularly updated with new games and offers gamers the chance to enter contests and win prizes.
OpenFeint’s cross platform social gaming network is adding over 160,000 new users daily and just recently eclipsed 40 million mobile players and 3,100 games. OpenFeint’s leading set of online gaming services and cross promotional tools are available to game developers through the company’s free, open source SDK.
“The past two weeks have proved to us that Android users are hungry for great games – and they’re willing to pay for top quality content. Over the next few months, we’ll continue to roll out games and help establish the paid gaming market on Android,†said Jason Citron, CEO of Aurora Feint, makers of OpenFeint. “We couldn’t be more excited about this latest Android release.â€
Developers interested in implementing OpenFeint in their games can learn more and download the free, open source SDK at OpenFeint.com/Developers. Players interested in learning about more OpenFeint enabled games can download Feint Spotlight from the Android Market.
About Aurora Feint, Inc:
Aurora Feint Inc’s software development kit, OpenFeint, allows game publishers to implement services which enable mobile social gaming. With over 40 million registered users and a presence on over 3,100 games, OpenFeint is the largest mobile social gaming ecosystem for iOS devices and Android. Aurora Feint is backed by DeNA Inc and The9.About Glu Mobile:
Glu (NASDAQ:GLUU) is a leading global publisher of mobile games for feature phones and smartphones. Its portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles Beat It!, Bonsai Blast, Brain Genius, Glyder, Jump O’Clock, Stranded, Super K.O. Boxing! and titles based on major brands from partners including Activision, Atari, Fox Mobile Entertainment, Harrah’s, Hasbro, Konami, Microsoft, PlayFirst, SEGA, Sony and Warner Bros. Founded in 2001, Glu is based in San Mateo, Calif. and has offices in Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Spain. Consumers can find high-quality, fresh entertainment created exclusively for their mobile phones wherever they see the ‘g’ character logo or at www.glu.com. For live updates, please follow Glu via Twitter at www.twitter.com/glumobile or become a Glu fan at Facebook.com/glumobile.Google and Android are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks is subject to Google Permissions.
BONSAI BLAST, BRAIN GENIUS, GLU, GLU MOBILE, JUMP O’CLOCK, STRANDED, SUPER K.O. BOXING 2 and the ‘g’ character logo are trademarks of Glu Mobile Inc.
