According to new data from Mobclix, there are now over 6000 games available in the Apple App Store, giving iPhone and iPod Touch owners a large variety of free and paid downloads.
There are now 6276 games, with 1516 offered as free downloads. Puzzle games are the most popular genre, while racing games are the least popular. Puzzle games account for 18 percent of all the games available.
The most popular free game by far is Tapulous’ Tap Tap Revenge 2, which is somewhat of a Guitar Hero clone that allows users to tap out songs. The most popular paid game is the excellent Pocket God by Bolt Creative which allows you to play “God” of six pygmies on an island.
The second largest category of apps is “Entertainment” followed closely by “Books” and “Utilities.”
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EMI Music has announced that they have signed up a few top artists to appear in a new version of the popular iPhone game Tap Tap Revenge.
Tap Tap Revenge, created by Tapulous, was a hit game on jaibroken iPhones and iPod Touches before it was made “official” and offered in the Apple App Store for free.
The new version, Tap Tap Dance, will feature songs from Moby, Chemical Brothers, Digitalism, Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Justice, Junkie XL, Soul Magic Orchestra and Morgan Page.
EMI added that it plans to sell a Tap Tap Dance soundtrack that will feature the 10 songs. noted Tapulous’ CEO, Bart Decrem.
“We are close to having a formula that the artists, labels, publishers and Apple are all happy with,”
The game will cost $4.99 USD from the App Store when it is released.
