Gameloft

Today iPhone game giant Gameloft announced that they've decided to scale back development for Google's Android OS. What's the reason? According to Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort, it's because they've been able to sell significantly more games on the iPhone than on Android devices. "We are selling 400 times more games on iPhone than on Android," Rochefort said at an investor conference.

Of course you might think that the number of Android devices out there might be to blame, but Rochefort believes that the Android marketplace is the real issue. "It is not as neatly done as on the iPhone," he explained. "Google has not been very good to entice customers to actually buy products. On Android nobody is making significant revenue."

Gameloft has published a video trailer of their new upcoming game based on James Cameron's Avatar movie, to be available December 15th in the App Store. The movie is about "an epic conflict on a far-away world called Pandora, where humans and the native species of Pandora, the Na'vi, engage in war over the planet's resources and existence."

Gameloft has released its highly anticipated racer, Asphalt 5 [App Store, $6.99], into the App Store. Weighing in at 245 MB, Asphalt 5 lets you race in over 30, including the Audi TT-RS, Mini Cooper S, Corvette ZR1, and the Lamborghini Gallardo. The game features tons of "elimination moves" which allow you to eliminate other racers from the race, online play with your friends, and even lets you listen to your own music, chosen in-game.

I've gotten my hands on Asphalt 5 and I must say that it's a solid racing game. The graphics rock, the controls are dead-on, and it's just plain fun. Our friends over at TouchArcade were very impressed, so be sure to check out their review!

Software developer Gameloft announced the release of Earthworm Jim [App Store, $4.99] for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch handsets on Wednesday. The game is a remake of the action platform classic which tells the story of an ordinary earthworm who is transformed into a musclebound superhero bent on saving Princess What’s-Her-Name from Psy-Crow and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt.