How does EG generate revenue? Are sponsorships mostly limited to gaming/hardware companies, or are you getting sponsors with broader appeal as well? Mainly sponsorships, but not entirely. EG as a company has several wings to it, with the team being only one of them. Our fans are mainly interested in the team and its [...]
Liquid Tyler was one of my favourite players in Starcraft 1. He still is. He is married, an athelete and one of the smartest guys to have played the game. He’s a bit in a slump but this is a great read on a professional players opinion. His income comes from prize money, sponsorship and [...]
There’s a saying that Steve Jobs immortalized. Good artists copy, Great artists Steal. No more is it truer than in the Tech industry. Especially the ones with rapidly changing landscapes. Social Gaming is one of them. (Disclaimer:- I work with one of these gaming companies. Views expressed here are my own and have nothing to [...]
I want them Fireballs.
Playdom’s coming to town in the Game developer conference. Our creative director, Eric Todd, will examine the development of our most popular game of 2011, Gardens of Time. The focus this time is going to be browser games in general.
Yours truly had an interview with an Indian gaming website called GamesOrbit recently along with my good friend Elroy Pinto. Here’s a snippet Game Orbit: Lastly, Talking particularly about Starcraft, where and how do you think India is lacking behind? As an individual gamer, what measures can be taken to bring this game up? And [...]
I play this game a lot. With a lot of friends. The addictive scoring and 1 up was similar to Scrabble as well. Scrabble focused on a lot on your vocabulary and word play but Words with Friends is different in many ways. An overview First off they have a much smaller board that they [...]
BYOC.in has been trying to be a premier gaming platform for Indians for quite some time. The concept is you bring your own computer (that’s where you get BYOC from) and you play games in a huge LAN festival that goes on for a few days. So far they had lacklustre games and I [...]
Great points here. Full post here. Zynga’s genius has been its focus on delivering games that fit today’s digital lifestyle. Zynga’s games can be accessed instantly — there is no brick or mortar or online store to visit, no waiting for the game to download, and no need to manage installation particulars. You can effortlessly [...]
Command and Conquer Generals was one of the best games in terms of Strategy when it was released. EA sports had announced a while back that they were setting up an exclusive Command and Conquers Studio. Bioware then jumped in and mentioned a secret project. This was followed by them roping in Jon Van Canegham (Might [...]