Not exact matches
With the possible exception
of social media company Snap, these companies — a carmaker, a phone
maker and a music streaming app — have little to do with WeChat and video
games, all part
of Tencent's core businesses.
Microsoft's head
of interactive entertainment, Don Mattrick, has left the software company to take the top job at
social games maker Zynga, leaving his former division potentially vulnerable in the months before a major new product launch.
Zynga,
maker of the FarmVille franchise and other
social games, has hired a new chief executive officer, who will take over from co-founder Mark Pincus.
So this new cash is likely to be used for rolling up other
social game makers that don't have the bulk
of Zynga.
One
of the things that many
game makers are coming to grips with is the inclusion
of social «connectedness» in today's MMOs.
IGN issue was about IGN and their
social media, and they are a gaming journalism site, not a
maker / publisher
of video
games.
Social game makers think a good
game design will retail players, and keep them in a retention box — but Reynolds says it's the parts
of games that are designed by
game designers that monetize well.
On the positive side, many behaviourist
game makers believe that
games can be agents
of social change and self improvement.
Super Evil Megacorp,
maker of the leading touchscreen esport Vainglory, and Twitch, the world's leading
social video platform and community for
gamer...
From the
makers of breakout hit Dungeons
of Dredmor (link to our review), comes a Victorian - Steampunk - themed colony building
game, with upper, middle and lower classes, factions, rewards and consequences for your
social engineering.
Other gaming luminaries attending include Kevin McSherry (UK), Head
of Studio, and Daniel Neil (UK), music director, at music
game maker FreeStyleGames (DJ Hero); Jeroen Ellferich (NL), CEO
of Ex Machina -
Social Gaming Technology; as well as Marten Brüggemann (SWE),
game director at young development studio Pieces Interactive; and Alex Amsel (UK), CEO
of innovative production company Tuna Technologies.
Flurry points to drop off in yuletide download growth — Pocketgamer.biz The Dutch want gaming startups to sprout like tulips (interview)-- Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Drie Nederlandse winnaars bij Indie Prize award show — Control Portrait
of a Pretentious
Game — Rappler Casual Connect 2014 • De succesfactoren van Reus, de godgame met een indieprijskaartje — Control Grand Cru: Console devs are «utterly failing» at in - app purchases — Pocketgamer.biz Game makers beware: Virtual goods purchases are about to be regulated — Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Een bedrijf opstarten doet niemand voor je, vergeet niet te relaxen en wees een ster — Control Asian companies account for nine of the top 10 game mergers and acquisitions — Gamesbeat The Godus amongst us: Molyneux talks free - to - play farces, winning without chasing whales and his top score on Flappy Bird — Pocketgamer.biz Peter Molyneux believes ripping people off with free - to - play games won't last (interview)-- Gamesbeat Size matters: How to scale your game for overnight success — Pocketgamer.biz FlowPlay helps developers like Joju Games differentiate their social - casino titles — Gamesbeat Molyneux: Free - to - play is like «smashing consumers over the head with a sledgehammer» — Pocketgamer.biz Dandelions benoemd tot beste indiegame Casual Connect — Gamer.nl Share and share like: Why developers need to care about their sharers — Pocketgamer.biz Mimimi gewinnt Indie Prize — GamesMarkt Flappy Bird was the perfect accidental guerilla marketing campaign, says Creative Mobile — Pocketgamer.biz Casual Connect Amsterdam — Freegame.cz Mech Mocha Founder Arpita Kapoor Wins Most Prominent Female Indie Award at Casual Connect Europe — Animation Xpress Casual Connect Europe 2014 — Амстердам — IT
Game — Rappler Casual Connect 2014 • De succesfactoren van Reus, de godgame met een indieprijskaartje — Control Grand Cru: Console devs are «utterly failing» at in - app purchases — Pocketgamer.biz
Game makers beware: Virtual goods purchases are about to be regulated — Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Een bedrijf opstarten doet niemand voor je, vergeet niet te relaxen en wees een ster — Control Asian companies account for nine of the top 10 game mergers and acquisitions — Gamesbeat The Godus amongst us: Molyneux talks free - to - play farces, winning without chasing whales and his top score on Flappy Bird — Pocketgamer.biz Peter Molyneux believes ripping people off with free - to - play games won't last (interview)-- Gamesbeat Size matters: How to scale your game for overnight success — Pocketgamer.biz FlowPlay helps developers like Joju Games differentiate their social - casino titles — Gamesbeat Molyneux: Free - to - play is like «smashing consumers over the head with a sledgehammer» — Pocketgamer.biz Dandelions benoemd tot beste indiegame Casual Connect — Gamer.nl Share and share like: Why developers need to care about their sharers — Pocketgamer.biz Mimimi gewinnt Indie Prize — GamesMarkt Flappy Bird was the perfect accidental guerilla marketing campaign, says Creative Mobile — Pocketgamer.biz Casual Connect Amsterdam — Freegame.cz Mech Mocha Founder Arpita Kapoor Wins Most Prominent Female Indie Award at Casual Connect Europe — Animation Xpress Casual Connect Europe 2014 — Амстердам — IT
Game makers beware: Virtual goods purchases are about to be regulated — Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Een bedrijf opstarten doet niemand voor je, vergeet niet te relaxen en wees een ster — Control Asian companies account for nine
of the top 10
game mergers and acquisitions — Gamesbeat The Godus amongst us: Molyneux talks free - to - play farces, winning without chasing whales and his top score on Flappy Bird — Pocketgamer.biz Peter Molyneux believes ripping people off with free - to - play games won't last (interview)-- Gamesbeat Size matters: How to scale your game for overnight success — Pocketgamer.biz FlowPlay helps developers like Joju Games differentiate their social - casino titles — Gamesbeat Molyneux: Free - to - play is like «smashing consumers over the head with a sledgehammer» — Pocketgamer.biz Dandelions benoemd tot beste indiegame Casual Connect — Gamer.nl Share and share like: Why developers need to care about their sharers — Pocketgamer.biz Mimimi gewinnt Indie Prize — GamesMarkt Flappy Bird was the perfect accidental guerilla marketing campaign, says Creative Mobile — Pocketgamer.biz Casual Connect Amsterdam — Freegame.cz Mech Mocha Founder Arpita Kapoor Wins Most Prominent Female Indie Award at Casual Connect Europe — Animation Xpress Casual Connect Europe 2014 — Амстердам — IT
game mergers and acquisitions — Gamesbeat The Godus amongst us: Molyneux talks free - to - play farces, winning without chasing whales and his top score on Flappy Bird — Pocketgamer.biz Peter Molyneux believes ripping people off with free - to - play
games won't last (interview)-- Gamesbeat Size matters: How to scale your
game for overnight success — Pocketgamer.biz FlowPlay helps developers like Joju Games differentiate their social - casino titles — Gamesbeat Molyneux: Free - to - play is like «smashing consumers over the head with a sledgehammer» — Pocketgamer.biz Dandelions benoemd tot beste indiegame Casual Connect — Gamer.nl Share and share like: Why developers need to care about their sharers — Pocketgamer.biz Mimimi gewinnt Indie Prize — GamesMarkt Flappy Bird was the perfect accidental guerilla marketing campaign, says Creative Mobile — Pocketgamer.biz Casual Connect Amsterdam — Freegame.cz Mech Mocha Founder Arpita Kapoor Wins Most Prominent Female Indie Award at Casual Connect Europe — Animation Xpress Casual Connect Europe 2014 — Амстердам — IT
game for overnight success — Pocketgamer.biz FlowPlay helps developers like Joju
Games differentiate their
social - casino titles — Gamesbeat Molyneux: Free - to - play is like «smashing consumers over the head with a sledgehammer» — Pocketgamer.biz Dandelions benoemd tot beste indiegame Casual Connect — Gamer.nl Share and share like: Why developers need to care about their sharers — Pocketgamer.biz Mimimi gewinnt Indie Prize — GamesMarkt Flappy Bird was the perfect accidental guerilla marketing campaign, says Creative Mobile — Pocketgamer.biz Casual Connect Amsterdam — Freegame.cz Mech Mocha Founder Arpita Kapoor Wins Most Prominent Female Indie Award at Casual Connect Europe — Animation Xpress Casual Connect Europe 2014 — Амстердам — ITC.ua
FarmVille
maker Zynga has announced an «English Countryside» bonus for
gamers who reach level 20
of the popular
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It initially emerged with the growth
of web - based mobile
games in Japan and its Mobage service, but over the past few years it has transitioned into apps making acquisitions along the way, including the $ 400 million purchase
of Ngmoco, and
social games maker Punch.
However, by far the most controversial RPG out there is one most
of us have probably never played, one created not by a big
game company for profit but by an aspiring filmmaker using an RPG
maker software for the sake
of social commentary.
His current research on the materialities
of play, indie
game scenes and player -
makers is funded by the
Social Science and Humanities Council
of Canada.
Hobby - based
social network Hobzy, music
game makers Soshi Games,
social media monitoring tool Crowd Control HQ and play - based revision platform Zammer are just a handful
of the other startups that call the Second City home.
This suggests the freemium model will become even more entrenched in mobile as developers, particularly
social game makers, leverage the sale
of virtual goods and currency to generate revenue.
With the notable exception
of Alibaba's Mr. Ma, all China's tech leaders are in attendance:
social media and
game giant Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s TCEHY -2.58 % Pony Ma, e-commerce company JD.com Inc.'s JD -2.39 % Richard Liu, smartphone
maker Xiaomi Corp.'s Lei Jun, search engine Baidu Inc.'s BIDU -2.55 % Robin Li and Sequoia Capital's China head Neil Shen.