Sentences with phrase «social game maker»

Japanese internet and telecom firm Softbank invested $ 150 million in the social game maker in July.

Disney bought social game maker Playdom in 2010 for about $ 563 million and last year hit the mobile jackpot with the children's game Where's My Water?

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.

So this new cash is likely to be used for rolling up other social game makers that don't have the bulk of Zynga.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Reporting from San Francisco — The 700 people lucky enough to work for online social - games maker Zynga Game Network Inc. feast on exotic gourmet grub prepared by professional chefs.

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.

The Japanese game maker's smartphone debut is Miitomo: a free - to - play social networking game slated to launch in March 2016.

In an interview with Nintendo's Global President Satoru Iwata at E3, he passionately explains why he will continue charging for games and is reluctant to get caught up in the social and mobile game frenzy that is fueling such companies as Zynga, or platform - makers like Facebook and Apple.

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 — ITGame — 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 — ITGame 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 — ITgame 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 — ITgame 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

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It's made by the comedians slash game - makers at Double Fine, and it has derelict spacecraft, mining, a social network, and space chickens.

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 will ensure that the game - makers first smartphone - based gambit is shared easily on social media websites.

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.

To make it easier for users and app makers, there's one central place to find standard games, as well as turn - by - turn games to make the experience «more social.»