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Smurfs’ Village and Zombie Cafe Hit 10 Million Downloads

Feb 26, 2011 // jgonzo

Capcom Mobile’s Smurfs’ Village and Zombie Cafe have just reached a combined total of 10 million downloads on iTunes. From the press release: “This major milestone was achieved over a period of four months with the release of Smurfs’ Village in November of 2010 followed by Zombie Cafe in January of 2011. Each title continues to be incredibly popular with a combined total of 6.5 million monthly active users.”

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Capcom Mobile, a leading developer and publisher of video games today announced that it has achieved a total of 10 million downloads across the company’s two original social game offerings – Smurfs’ Village and Zombie Cafe on iTunes. This major milestone was achieved over a period of four months with the release of Smurfs’ Village in November of 2010 followed by Zombie Cafe in January of 2011. Each title continues to be incredibly popular with a combined total of 6.5 million monthly active users.

“Our first foray into free social gaming on iOS has been successful beyond our wildest imaginations, said Midori Yuasa, President and COO, Capcom Interactive, Inc. “In terms of both revenue and performance these games have been astounding. In the coming months we look forward to further building-up these communities and expanding our catalogue of social games.”

Both Smurfs’ Village and Zombie Cafe have topped App Store charts around the world. At launch Smurfs’ Village became the number one top-grossing app in 55 countries and consistently ranks as a top-ten grossing app worldwide on Apple’s App store. The games have been hits with fans as well with Smurf Village maintaining a 4 1/2 star rating in the U.S. App Store with 95% of customers’ reviews rating the current version of the game four stars or better. Likewise, Zombie Cafe consistently maintains a 4 1/2 star rating in the U.S. App Store with 92% of customers’ reviews rating the current version of the game four stars or better.

Smurfs’ Village and Zombie Cafe are free-to-play applications that offer engaging social hooks and fun casual gameplay for players to enjoy. Additional premium content is unlockable through in-app virtual currencies.

In Smurfs’ Village players are able to interact with their favorite characters from the series and build a new village for the Smurfs to call home. Beginning with only a single mushroom house and a lone plowed plot of land, players can build a thriving community of Smurfs complete with specialized houses, elaborate gardens and colorful crops. Players can also explore several different mini games including Papa Smurfs Potion Mixing game and Painter Smurfs coloring game.

In Zombie Cafe players partner with an evil corporation to use zombies as free labor to build their cafe empire, prepare food and serve guests. If the competition gets too fierce players can use their zombie workers to raid neighboring cafes for plunder and recipes.

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