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[Gamesbriefers] What was the biggest gaming event of 2013?Question: So what happened in 2013? King almost floated but didn’t, possibly over one hit wonder concerns. Oculus Rift raised $75 million to become launch VR headsets. Angry Birds launched it’s first F2P game. Two consoles had...
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Angry Birds are Go! A great start for Rovio’s first AB F2P foray
I’ve been watching the launch of Angry Birds Go! closely, not least because I have been consulting on it since early this year. The initial results are promising: #2 on the top free chart and #20 on...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Improving Freemium Design: Combat MonstersRubicon has built a pretty good framework for a fun and engaging game. There's a core loop, several different types/classes of characters to fit your play style, hundreds of unique cards, single player campaign and multiplayer. I...
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Has GTA stumbled upon the perfect mix of pay-upfront and F2P mechanics?
Grand Theft Auto V is a success. A metacritic of 98, the second highest of all time. S1 billion in sales in the first three days. Twenty-nine million copies sold in to retail within the first six...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“Don’t just buy a new video game, make one!” says Obama
It’s not often that one of the most powerful people in the world encourages young people to make videogames. That’s exactly what President Obama did this week as he exhorted young Americans to learn to code, to...
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[Gamesbriefers] How should you negotiate a kill clause?I recently got an anonymous question about "kill clauses": in particular, publishers and/or IP holders retaining the right not to release a game.
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The future of television: one big screen, lots of little screens
XKCD today ran a comic entitled “I don’t own a TV”. The comic implies that we have passed the peak moment where it is cool to say that you don’t own a TV. I think xkcd may...
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[Video] Nicholas explains F2P Design Rule No. 3
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Is conversion rate usually quoted daily, monthly or lifetime?
I got an email last week asking me the...
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Zynga’s conversion rate
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