An interesting article by Michael Arrington on Washingtonpost.com
Last weekend I wrote about how the big social gaming companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue on Facebook and MySpace through games like Farmville and Mobsters. Major media can’t stop applauding the companies long enough to understand what’s really going on with these [...]
http://www.onverse.com/ – Once again, Onverse has updated its free virtual world with some jaw-dropping additions that continue to show the company’s drive and direction. The company’s founder and CEO, Steve Pierce, said "This update was really important for us. We wanted to continue to show that we can crank out quality content with our realistic [...]
from: http://www.edge-online.com/news/former-ea-exec-appointed-outspark-ceo
Former EA executive Owen Mahoney will replace Susan Choe as CEO at free-to-play MMO publisher Outspark.
Most recently, Mahoney served as senior VP of corporate and business development at Electronic Arts, where he led acquisition activities, equity investments and strategic partnerships. At Outspark he’ll be charged with expanding the North American firm’s global user base.
According to [...]
A great article by Paul Hyman on GamaSutra
Yes, good money can actually be made in the rapidly-growing world of free-to-play massive multiplayer online games (MMOs), but just how much can micro-transactions actually generate? Unfortunately, average revenue per user information is often concealed behind the fog of competition by privately held game makers reluctant to report [...]
