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| Formerly | Gogo Apps |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games Computer software |
| Founded | February 2008 |
| Founders | Bart Decrem Andrew Lacy |
| Defunct | January 9, 2014 |
| Fate | Shut down; all games removed from App Store |
| Successor | Library: Disney Interactive |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Bart Decrem (CEO) Andrew Lacy (COO) |
| Products | Tap Tap series |
| Owner | Disney Interactive (The Walt Disney Company) |
Number of employees | 20 |
| Parent | Disney Mobile |
| Website | tapulous |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Tapulous, Inc. was an American software and video game developer and publisher headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company as part of Disney Interactive's Disney Mobile unit. The company's most profitable products were the Tap Tap series of music games, which surpassed thirty-five million downloads.[3]
Tapulous was founded in February 2008 with the specific intention of developing software applications for the iOS platform. The company's Tap Tap Revenge gained at least one million players in less than one month of availability, and was the most-downloaded free game of the App Store in 2008. Building on the success of the game, Tapulous then heavily focused on the Tap Tap Revenge series by expansion and partnership with Universal Records. As of December 2009, the company's sales totaled nearly $1 million per month.[4] In July 2010, the company was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. On January 9, 2014, the company shut down and removed all its remaining games from the App Store.
- ^ Lashinsky, Adam (2008-08-14). "How the Apple iPhone ecosystem works". Fortune. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Tapulous Staff". Tapulous. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
- ^ Decrem, Bart (2010-07-01). "Tapping on!". Tapulous. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ^ Madway, Gabriel (2009-12-20). Hill, Gary (ed.). "Small iPhone developer Tapulous sees big success". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-12-21.