Ayzenberg Interview Economics & Social Games

JUNE 26, 2012 • DFC Intelligence recently published the report The Market for Browser and Social Network Games.  This report looks closely at not only growth prospects for the segment but also key business model issues such as development costs, customer acquisition issues and marketing and distribution challenges. Getting a grounding in the business of social network games can be equally daunting for companies with retail ga.....

DirecTV Trims 3D

JUNE 22, 2012 • With little fanfare, satellite television provider DirecTV has made its dedicated n3D channel part-time on June 1. The channel was launched in July 2010 in partnership with Panasonic as the first 3D line-up to operate 24 hours a day. But a dearth of 3D content forced DirecTV to run much of t.....

Nintendo Preps Larger 3DS XL

JUNE 22, 2012 • Despite having very little to say about its 3DS products at the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Nintendo Co. Ltd. was holding back on a major announcement.  On July 28 the gamemaker will launch a new version of the handheld, the 3DS XL in Japan and Europe. The new unit is .....

Unity 4 Described

JUNE 18, 2012 • Unity Technologies pulled the wraps off its upcoming Unity 4 development engine. The overhaul of the popular tools suite often used to bring strong graphics to online browser games includes an all-new Mecanim character animation system, DirectX 11 support, hypermodern mobile graphics, and .....

Crytek Embraces Free-to-Play

JUNE 11, 2012 • Crytek, the game company best known for its Far Cry and Crysis PC game franchises, is determined to become an all free-to-play (F2P) developer. In an interview with Videogamer.com, Crytek chief executive Cevat Yerli said that the company’s upcoming multiplayer FPS Warface will begin the .....

Nintendo Summer Bonuses is Cut

JUNE 11, 2011 • The Nikkei business daily reported that Nintendo summer bonuses to its employees will be cut by 20% this year as a result of poor performance that culminated in the company’s first annual operating loss of ¥37.3 billion ($470 million). Japanese workers typically receive bonuses in su.....

Interview: Game Insight’s Swift Success

MAY 22, 2012 • There are plenty of charming stories to be found amongst the growing number of social and mobile game start-ups, and Game Insight is one of the more compelling tales. Four friends, all women in the Russian gaming industry, half-jokingly pondered during a casual conversation how well they could do if they started their own company together. And maybe not so surprisingly the group decided to act on that impulse. I.....

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