Hi folks,
We’re about to submit our first game so haven’t been through the AppStore QA process before. Assuming our game is approved, does anyone know what the chances are of having the game in the store in time for xmas?
Thanks!
James
The moment its approved it will either appear on the store with some delay (<= 24h) or will wait for your date to do so.
The really time consuming part is the approval process which takes up to up to 2 weeks. Now with the intensivated “private api” search etc in combination with the christmas season, who knows how worse it will really become.
So optimally, send it in asap because christmas selling season already started anyway 
Hi, thanks for the reply. Are there any gotcha’s we should be aware of that might slow things down? What’s the Private API thing you mentioned?
Thanks,
James
Read the last post here
Many thanks!
I got an email from OpenFeint guys week or so ago and they’ve mentioned that according to their secret Apple insider you need to submit game before 24 of November if you want it to be approved for Christmas.
How true is this I don’t know, but big chance they know something.