The Breakroom

Carcassonne Meeple & People

December 15, 2010

For anyone who’s familiar with the popular board game Carcassonne, Christmas came early to App Store this year. Last week the long-awaited iPad version of the hit game from The Coding Monkeys was released as a universal download. Based on a strategic board game originally from Europe, Carcassonne for iPhone has been taking the App […]

We’re pleased to announce that our popular Twitter client for iPhone and iPad, Twitterrific, was named in Macworld’s 2010 App Gems Awards yesterday. The awards are broken out into several categories including best games, best media and photo and best productivity apps. To our surprise and delight, Twitterrific took home the “Twitter Client of the […]

Steampunk Storage

December 7, 2010

If you’re a fan of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne and love the thought of turning your computer desktop into a stylized steampunk machine, we’ve got good news for you. Iconfactory artist David Lanham has hand-crafted a set of desktop hard drive icons that are sure to tickle the fancy of steampunk fans everywhere. Steampunk […]

More Frenzic!

November 26, 2010

The addictive puzzle game that dazzles the eye and teases the brain is now available on Android and Nintendo DSi. in addition to iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac. The Iconfactory and ARTIS Software partnered on the DSi version of Frenzic with Two Tribes, publisher of digital videogames for portable and home consoles. The Android version […]

Welcome Astronut!

November 15, 2010

We’re pleased to announce Astronut, our newest game for iPhone and iPod touch! Let gravity and guts be your guide as you blast off on a planet-hopping adventure of cosmic proportions. Travel to uncharted galaxies, gather star shards and avoid unfriendly life forms, all on your quest to explore the universe and become the ultimate […]

Halloween may be over, but we’ve still got a sweet treat for you. We’re pleased to report that all of our freeware desktop pictures have now been updated to support the super-high resolution of Apple’s incredible retina display. Now iPhone 4 users can take advantage of all those extra pixels we’ve been pushing over the […]

On Final Approach

October 25, 2010

Back in May, we filed a flight plan for the future development of Twitterrific, both for iOS and the Macintosh. We’re pleased to report that the first phase, the release of Twitterrific 3 universal for iPhone and iPad, was completed in June. After that we continued devoting development efforts to the 4.0 update to Twitterrific […]

Life is full of interruptions. How many times have you realized that your earbuds are silent because you’d forgotten to un-pause your iPod? If you’re like us, probably one too many. That’s why we’re pleased to announce Take Five, a simple utility for use with your iPhone and iPod touch that automatically fades your music […]

Defender of the Faith

October 12, 2010

Called in by his former student, Dr. John Seward, to assist with the mysterious illness of Lucy Westenra, vampire hunter Professor Abraham Van Helsing comes to life in this week’s eerie freeware release from Dave Brasgalla. Hand painted on an Apple iPad with the help of Steve Sprang’s excellent application, Brushes, Van Helsing captures the […]

Now that new episodes of Futurama have returned to the airwaves, the show is once again front and center on many a fan’s hearts and DVRs. Foreman Ged Maheux has created a fun, retro desktop picture to tide you over while he toils away creating volume 7 in his Futurama icon series. Based on a […]