Disruptor Beam Looks to be Master of Licensed IP

JULY 22, 2015 • During the last 20 years licensed brands have gotten a bad name with gamers going far back to gems such as Judge Dredd and Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi. Which makes the success of Massachusetts-based Disruptor Beam, Inc. all the more novel. This is a social game developer built up around the concept of leveraging major licensed brands well. Launched in 2010, the studio aimed high and secured the Game of T.....

The Truth About E3

JULY 13, 2015 • The Electronic Entertainment Expo last month was a chance for the largest game companies to show off their big new guns. Even as the game industry grows into new markets and platforms, E3 is a reminder that the biggest products.....

Engaging With deltaDNA

JUNE 15, 2015 • While premium mobile games are still a successful model, the content usually played on smartphones is free-to-play. Not only do freemium titles incur the same high discovery costs as their premium brethren, but higher operating and support costs, as well. That has led to a surge of analytics firms who have stepped up to assist freemium developers learn more about how players interact with their games, and equipped with that better understanding, .....
David Cole on Waskul TV

David Cole on Waskul TV

JUNE. 3, 2015 • During the Game Developers Conference in March DFC Intelligence founder and CEO David Cole was interviewed by Steve Waskul. The video of the interview is now available on Waskul.tv. Cole discussed major trends in the game industry and how the emergence of the digital consumer will spark tremendous grow.....

Blade & Soul Comes West

MAY 20, 2015 • Three years after Blade & Soul appeared in South Korea, NCsoft Corp.’s martial arts MMO will migrate to Europe and North America. NCsoft West will operate the title in the new markets. The game has not only been successful within its home market but also phenomenally successful in China since 2013 in partnership with local publisher Tencent Holdings Limited. Blade &a.....

Electronic Arts PC F2P Is Cut Back

APRIL 16, 2015 • Electronic Arts Inc. is shutting down four of its major Play4Free titles for the PC platform. Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, FIFA World and Need for Speed World will go offline in 90 days. The publisher said all four Electronic Arts PC F2P games were no longer as popular as they once were but did not provide details on what the current number of active users are compared to previous quarters. For the fiscal quarter ending December 31.....

Paradox Interactive Focuses on Grand Strategy Games

APRIL 14, 2015 • Many major game publishers have withdrawn from genres that used to be staples for the PC platform – the kinds of deep strategy and RPG titles that once defined computer games. It was not a factor of these titles not selling but how much money was available to be made in publishing them compared to a Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto installment.  Paradox Interactive is one company that has doubled down on complex strategy games. .....

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