The Critical Thinking Company, leading US based educational publisher and winner of 12 awards f or excellence  in education, technology, and parenting in 2008­ has announced a new strategic effort developing educational games for the Apple iPhone. ExtendLogic (EL), a Silicon Valley­ based IT solutions provider, has teamed up with The Critical Thinking Co to produce TCTC’s popular educational PC games as iPhone games.

New data from ComScore shows that 32.4% of  iPhone owners have downloaded at least one game. This is compared with only 3.8% for the average cell phone owner. This sparked some  fresh analysis of the booming iPhone (and iPod touch) game market. Video games for the iPhone have the five top ­selling apps in the Apple App Store, and seven of the top 10 places.

Nile Duppstadt, the vice president of The Critical Thinking Company said, “ The majority of our sales are generated from PC games and books, but we envision the cutting edge technology becoming more of a mainstay in the delivery of dynamic educational  experiences at home and in the classroom.”