Singapore - Acme Mobile Pte Ltd has announced the ten most popular mobile games downloaded across Southeast Asia in April 2007.
Topped by Uclick's "TMNT - Power of 4", movie-related games led Amob.com's Top Ten for April 2007. Vivendi Games Mobile's "Blackhawk Down" and Nostromo's "Mr. Bean Racer 2" also had strong showings, with branded titles taking eight of the ten top spots.
The Amob.com Top Ten was compiled from full price game downloads sold by Acme Mobile during April 2007 via its Amob.com network of web and WAP sites across 5 Southeast Asian countries (www.amob.com and wap.amob.com).
The Amob.com April 2007 Top Ten Game List
TMNT - Power of 4
Crash Racing
Blackhawk Down
The Legend of SpyroTM
Mr. Bean Racer 2
Crash Bandicoot Minigames
3D Rally Evolution
Spyro the DragonTM
Company of Heroes
Ali the Penguin
"Clearly Southeast Asian audiences respond to well-made mobile games based on movie titles. TMNT and Mr. Bean's Holiday both did well in the box office and this success has rippled through into the mobile world, too," says Paul Meyers, Acme Mobile's CEO.
"Impressively, seven of this months' Top Ten games were not on in last month's list, although some have reappeared after a few months' absence. This is the second consecutive month we've seen such a high turnover occur."
The region also continues to respond well to Vivendi Games Mobile's offering, with five games - "Crash Racing", "Blackhawk Down", "The Legend of SpyroTM", "Crash Bandicoot Minigames" and "Spyro the DragonTM" - all appearing on the list.
Falcon Mobile's "3D Rally Evolution" makes another appearance after a month's absence, as does THQ Wireless "Company of Heroes". InLogic's fun and quirky "Ali the Penguin" rounds out the April list.
"We're not sure if two consecutive months constitute a trend, but we are starting to see branded titles dominate our Top Ten List," continues Meyers. "We believe this brand dominance reflects the larger global industry's move towards consolidation.
However, as with the past couple of months, a handful of strong non-branded titles also prove to be popular."
Acme's Amob.com is a mobile content distribution network in Southeast Asia, stretching across five Southeast Asian countries - Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines - mobile selling games, images, audio products and videos to the region's 165+ million mobile subscribers via web, WAP and SMS.
