Lots to talk about today! The introduction of In-App Purchases to Hard Lines, Android sales and usage figures are in, plus the second free promotion – this time with OpenFeint.

Wondering how much money you could make by introducing in-app purchases to your games? GAMESbrief has the figures you need to read on IAP revenues and players’ purchasing behaviours: Last November, in-app purchases represented 30% of all iOS...

As I’ve said a lot (and it’s fairly common knowledge), when Apple features you, your sales rise in an entirely predictable and reassuringly reliable manner. Last time Hard Lines got featured it was in the ‘New &...

PocketGamer is carrying a post written by Ray Sharma, CEO of XMG Studio, a mobile developer based on Toronto, Canada. He extols the virtual of in-app purchases for mobile games, saying: “Here at XMG, approximately two-thirds of...

Earlier this week, I blogged about how much money Epic Games was making from the In App Purchase option for Infinity Blade: somewhere between a third and a half of their revenue. Epic VP Mark Rein followed...

Epic Games’ Mark Rein has been an outspoken defender of premium-priced content on iOS. After all, these are the guys who launched Infinity Blade at a price point of $5.99. Mark has been known to declare: “AAA...

I love in-app purchases. I love a business model which doesn’t cap the revenues you can earn from your biggest fans at $0.99 (like the traditional Lite+Premium model on iPhone). Noel Llopsis also loves In-App purchases. He...