Officially-licensed mobile game versions of Tetris have totaled more than 100 million downloads, making it the most successful mobile game of all time.
That's according to an Associated Press report
filed in advance of what the AP claims will be an official statement by
license holders The Tetris Company and Blue Planet Software, and
licensee Electronic Arts, whose EA Mobile division publishes numerous
mobile versions of the game.
The phenomenally popular puzzle game, which recently celebrated its
25th anniversary, was designed in the former Soviet Union by programmer
Alexey Pajitnov, who still shares control of the rights with licensor
Henk Rogers.
In an extensive interview with Gamasutra last year, Rogers said Pajitnov is still involved with overseeing changes to Tetris game design when external firms add new games to the franchise.
"We don't do anything significant to Tetris without discussing it with him first," Rogers explained.
Most recently, EA Mobile published a version of Tetris for the PSP Minis series of downloadable games in concert with the launch of the PSP Go device.
By
Chris Remo
2010-01-28 17:20:00