Tapulous has created a slew of hit games for the iPhone and iPod touch, including Tap Tap Revenge, and the company's founders, Bart Decrem and Andrew Lacy, will now join the mobile business development team at Disney. Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs is currently also the largest single shareholder in Disney.  "Mobile gaming is seeing unprecedented growth and this is the right time to invest to strengthen our position in the mobile business," said Steve Wadsworth, president of Disney Interactive Media Group, the digital arm of the Disney empire.  "In a short time, Bart and Andrew have built Tapulous into a successful and accomplished mobile games developer that's emerged as one of the most successful companies in the industry. We welcome the Tapulous team to the Disney family and look forward to integrating their popular games into Disney's offerings."  Disney is known to be keen to build on its existing mobile gaming offerings, and has already enjoyed significant success on Apple's platform, with more than a million downloads of all titles. But Tapulous is in another league altogether, and has made some of the most popular iPhone and iPod touch games of all time. It's Tap Tap range of rhythm-action games are consistently among the most downloaded paid-for apps on the site.  "By joining Disney, we will be able to continue to excel in this evolving industry and more quickly realise our vision to lead the mobile, social entertainment revolution," said Decrem in a statement. "With Disney's powerful breadth of content and heritage in technological innovation, they are the perfect partner for Tapulous."  Tapulous, which was founded in 2008, is one of the most successful mobile games studios. An estimated 30 per cent of iPhone and iPod touch users are said to have Tap Tap Revenge installed on their device.
Tapulous, the mobile games company behind popular apps such as Tap Tap    Revenge, has been bought by Disney