Kim Kardashian covers the new issue of Paper Magazine. There are two covers – one is the above cover, where Kim balanced a champagne glass on her butt and managed – through Photoshop wizardry – to pour champagne in the glass. The second cover is NSFW because Kim posed nude – go here to see the NSFW image. I’m not offended whatsoever by Kim’s butt, but I am offended by the ganky Photoshop used to make Kim’s waist look like a Barbie doll’s waist. Kim has a small waist in proportion to her curvy body, but it’s not THAT small.
In other Kardashian news… over the summer, Kim’s iOS game “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” debuted and became an instant success. Kim had partnered with a small company, Glu Mobile, and its stock price spiked quickly. Most gaming industry analysts predicted that the game would likely earn $200 million in its first year. I still haven’t played it, but from what I hear, the game is free to download and then you can “buy money” within the game, and that’s turned out to be incredibly lucrative because the game is like crack. The game debuted in late June, and in the past four-plus months, it has already earned $43 million.
Well, we’re clearly doing something wrong. Kim Kardashian’s mobile game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, has made $43 million since its launch this past June, the company disclosed in its third-quarter earnings report.
In fact, the reality star’s game has earned more for the company (Glu Mobile) than all their other apps — combined! (If it makes you feel any better, the company did predict that the game would earn $200 million by the end of the year).
In case you’ve yet to play KKH, players create their own celebrity and attempt to rise to A-list fame. To get to Kardashian-celeb status quicker, players can advance by purchasing virtual goods, like a house in Malibu for $10.
In an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today show in August, Kardashian defended her game against complaints it was addictive and was able to bypass in-app purchase controls. “You just have to make sure that your parental controls are all set. I think you just have to be responsible, and don’t have your credit card linked to where your kid can just spend if they want to,” Kanye West’s wife said. “It’s just a fun little game. It’s kind of like when people get into Candy Crush so much…it’s just something fun to do.”
Well, $43 million is not $200 million, but it’s nothing to sneeze at. Over the summer, TMZ reported that Kim’s cut of the profits will be 45%. So, if they game closes out 2014 with, say, $60 million in profits, Kim is still walking away with something like $19-20 million in before-tax profits. This is probably one of her most lucrative ventures ever. Plus, she’s working with Glu Mobile on more games/apps too – she’s said that she wants to do, like, Kim Kardashian: Dubai and go in that direction.
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