‘Fixed Gaming’ Archives
Business Plans for Mobile Gaming Companies
Mobile gaming, casual gaming and social gaming are definitely buzz words in the news. We’ve all seen the barrage of Facebook updates from friends playing Mafia Wars, Farmville and others. Then, there is the stream of requests to add Foursquare or Gowalla. Followed by increasing talk from friends and coworkers about the latest game they bought on [...]
U.S. Spent More Than $25 Billion On Video Games In 2009
Many people think of video games as “kids stuff”. They do not realize the true size of the market and opportunity across all age levels. How big do you think total revenues for the video game industry in the U.S. is annually? Newzoo, a Dutch research firm, estimates that 183.5 million gamers spent $25.29 billion in the US last year [...]
NAVTEQ: The content and services behind navigation and GPS (video overviews)
These videos give a short overview of NAVTEQ, new spatial content and the location based services. Have you thought about how the map and spatial content for navigation devices and location based services is collected? Do you know what company provides the services behind the leading brands on the market (e.g. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Ford, [...]
PS3 Update
PlayStation 3 (PS3) system upgrade will be released on April 1, 2010. The latest release will disable the “Install Other OS” feature that was available on previous game consoles. Current users of the the “Install Other OS” feature can choose not to upgrade their PS3 systems, although the following features will no longer be [...]
OnLive Cloud Gaming Service to Launch in June
For the price of a low-end PC plus a monthly fee you'll soon be able to play ultra-high-end games like Borderlands, Mass Effect 2, Assassin's Creed 2, and Crysis. According to VentureBeat, the service, dubbed OnLive, will launch in June after eight years of research and development, offer up to 720p-caliber high-def gameplay, and cost $14.95 a [...]
Downtime scheduled for Battlefield Bad Company 2 servers Wednesday
According to GameDaily, it looks like the problems with the Battlefield Bad Company 2 official online servers that started this weekend have crept up again today. There was some downtime earlier today on the servers for EA's recent first person shooter that the game's official blog site said, "was caused by a routing issue outside of EA's [...]
hi5 Acquires Social Game Developer Big Six
Deal boosts hi5's leadership in commerce platforms and payment processing San Francisco, CA; Feb. 24, 2009 — hi5, the largest social entertainment site focused on gaming, today announced the acquisition of social gaming company Big Six. The Austin-based company was founded by gaming veterans Kevin Gliner, Monty Kerr and Chad Hansing, all [...]
