aussie developers in app store top charts

Apple have released a list of the iPhone / iTouch App Store's ten best sellers for 2009, and amongst the huge publishers (EA Games, Gameloft) and well known licenses (Need for Speed, Sims, Assassins Creed etc) listed in it is the recently GDAA Awards celebrated title, Flight Control, by Melbourne developer, Firemint. It takes out the number #7 best selling title position, just behind Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles.

Firemint's other title, Real Racing, takes out an impressive second placing position in the other App Store "Best of 2009" chart. Firemint also worked with id Software to bring Doom Classic to the iPhone, and that collaboration has scored them the #10 position in the same chart. Nice work, Firemint!

However, equally as amazing is the work of another Melbourne mobile developer, IronMonkey Studios, who have taken out the #1 and #3 spot in the App Store's ten best sellers chart with The Sims 3 and Need for Speed Undercover (both for EA Games). Excellent stuff!

App Store's ten best sellers for 2009:

1. The Sims 3 (EA Games)
2. The Oregon Trail (Gameloft)
3. Need for Speed Undercover (EA Games)
4. Madden NFL 10 (EA Games)
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour (EA Games)
6. Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles (Gameloft)
7. Flight Control (Firemint)
8. Cooking Mama (Taito)
9. Civilization Revolution (2K Games)
10. Wheel of Fortune (Sony Pictures)

The top-rated games listed in Apple's "Best of 2009" chart:

1. Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
2. Real Racing (Firemint)
3. Zenonia (Gamevil)
4. Ravensword: The Fallen King (Gameloft)
5. Earth vs. Moon Ep. 2: Enter the Perk Shop (Low Five Games)
6. Sally's Spa (Games Cafe)
7. Ragdoll Blaster (Backflip Studios)
8. Canabalt (Semi Secret Software)
9. Blades of Fury (Gameloft)
10. Doom Classic (id Software)

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