Press Releases

May 16, 2013 11:03 EDT Happi Papi Independent app developer Happi Papi achieved another milestone this week when its latest iPad learning game Happi & The Pirates was awarded The Editor’s Choice Award by the reputable Children’s Technology Review. The Editor’s Choice Award is given only to the highest quality children’s products in the interactive media category.

Jan 09, 2013 04:37 EST Rock Pocket Games For the third time in series the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI), which is also responsible for helping Norwegian Game Developers with funding for their games, organized the NM i Gameplay competition and Rock Pocket Games takes home the win with Shiftlings, a humorous single-player and co-op puzzler.

Ovelin releases GuitarBots Christmas Song Package

Dec 12, 2012 07:45 EST Ovelin ltd Ovelin ltd. announced today the release of Christmas Song Package for the recently launched online guitar learning game GuitarBots. The release enables any beginner or advanced guitarist to get ready for the holiday season by learning to play Christmas songs on the guitar, playing a computer game. The release also includes new features that showcase the continuous, rapid development of GuitarBots.

Dec 04, 2012 04:59 EST Rock Pocket Games Rock Pocket Games is going to help gamers design and play their own platform puzzles and share them with friends.

Ovelin launches GuitarBots - the online game that changes the way people learn to play the guitar

Nov 21, 2012 08:00 EST Ovelin ltd Ovelin ltd. announced today the release of their second title GuitarBots, an innovative guitar learning game played online with any real guitar – acoustic or electric. GuitarBots takes the concept of gamified guitar learning introduced in the company’s previous title WildChords to a whole new level, offering challenges both for the beginner and more advanced guitarists.

Nov 14, 2012 07:08 EST Rock Pocket Games With a brand-new website and logo, new offices and a bigger team, the indie developer working out of Tønsberg, Norway, shows no signs of slowing down.

WildChords by Ovelin announced as a World Summit Award mobile winner

Nov 12, 2012 10:25 EST Ovelin ltd UN-based World Summit Awards (mobile) has announced Ovelin’s iPad title WildChords as one of the winners in its m-learning and education category. WildChords combines the hooking features of computer gaming with music instruments learning, and makes the difficult, early stages of instrument learning more accessible, fun and entertaining for anyone. The game is played with a real guitar.

Ovelin launches GuitarTuna - an advanced, free guitar tuner application

Nov 02, 2012 14:26 EDT Ovelin ltd Ovelin ltd., the developer of popular guitar learning app WildChords (for iPad) releases a high-tec, free guitar tuner application. The application functions through the device microphone and features a clear, fast and accurate visual feedback for precise and intuitive guitar tuning. The Application is Available Globally November 2, for iOS, Android, Mac and PC platforms.

Aug 09, 2012 05:52 EDT Rock Pocket Games Ratchet and Clank meets Zelda meets Uncharted in Oliver&Spike: Dimension Jumpers. Combining both Adventure and Platform game-play in this stunning indie game. That alone is already a bit of a handful but there is also the game-defining dimension switching. In an attempt to explain this complex game mechanic, the developers take to their blog and shed some more light on the subject in question.