iOS App Store dominated by Unity-powered games in 2012

December 17th, 2012, 22:13 Posted By: wraggster

17 Unity-produced games make Apple’s best games and apps list.
Apple’s App Store Best of 2012 list has been dominated by games powered by Unity Technologies, with 17 of its games making the final list.
Among the many member of the Unity development community to make the list was Fireproof Games, whose game The Room was crowned as the overall Game of the Year on iPad.
“It’s incredibly satisfying to see Unity empowering so many developers to create such an incredible variety of creative and engaging titles,” said David Helgason, CEO, Unity Technologies. “We’re even more proud that so many of these games are seeing such critical and financial success. Congratulations to all of the developers and thank you for making us look so good!”
Take a look to the list below for the full rundown of Unity-authored games honoured in the App Store Best of 2012 list:
Game of the Year: The Room by Fireproof Games (iPad)
Best Casual Games: Mini Motor Racing by The Binary Mill (iPhone and iPad), Bad Piggies by Rovio (iPhone)
Best New Ways to Play: Slingshot Racing by Snowbolt Interactive (iPhone), Total War Battles by The CreativeAssembly (iPhone), Splice: Tree of Life by Cipher Prime (iPad), Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin by Press Play (iPad), Beat Sneak Bandit by Simogo (iPad)
Best Fun Runners: Ski Safari by Defiant Development (iPhone and iPad), Pitfall! by Activision (iPhone and iPad)
Best Free to Play Games: CSR Racing by NaturalMotion (iPhone and iPad)
Best Showpiece Games: ORC: Vengeance by Big Cave Games (iPhone), Dead Trigger by Madfinger Games (iPhone and iPad), Air Mail by N-Fusion Interactive (iPhone)
Best Hidden Gems: Triple Town by Spry Fox (iPhone and iPad)
Top Grossing App of the Year, iPhone: Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North by KABAM
Top Paid: Temple Run: Brave by Imangi Studios (iPhone and iPad), Bad Piggies by Rovio (iPhone and iPad)
Top Grossing: Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North by KABAM, CSR Racing by NaturalMotion (iPhone)

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