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Playdom
Playdom was an online social network game developer popular on Facebook, Google+ and Myspace. The company was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area by University of California, Berkeley graduates Ling Xiao and Chris Wang and Swarthmore College graduate Dan Yue. In 2009, the market for games played on social networking sites was valued at $300 million, consisting mostly of online sales of virtual goods. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney Interactive, itself a division of The Walt Disney Company. On September 1, 2016, Disney announced the closure of the remaining Playdom games, ''Marvel: Avengers Alliance'' and its mobile sequel at the end of the month, effectively shuttering the studio. History On November 12, 2009, Playdom acquired Green Patch and Trippert Labs. In September 2009, competitor Zynga initiated a trade secrets lawsuits against Playdom and 22 other rivals, including Green Patch. These lawsuits were finally settled in November 2010, less than 4 months after Disne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Ones (video Game)
''Wild Ones'' was a video game published by Playdom. It was released on 18 December 2009 and closed on 28 August 2013, becoming one of Playdom's most popular games. Gameplay ''Wild Ones'' was a multiplayer action and arcade shooter game. It was available on Facebook, Google+ and since 2010, on MySpace. Originally, it was a last man standing game. This was later changed, however. History ''Wild Ones'' was released on 18 December 2009 by Playdom. During this period, it counted with around 300,000 monthly active users. This number increased to 2,000,000 by 2010. The game was inspired on the game ''Worms''. It also bore certain similarity to the game ''Crazy Planets''. It managed to become one of the three most popular games of Playdom. It closed on 28 August 2013. Years later, Facebook admitted having tricked children and adults to spend money on several free-to-play games, including ''Wild Ones''. Reception Common Sense Media gave the game 4/5 stars and recommended it for per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(Lil) Green Patch
''(Lil) Green Patch'' was a Facebook applications#Platform, Facebook application developed by Ashish Dixit and David King that simulated a small garden on a Facebook user's profile. By tending their and their friends' gardens, the Facebook users were able to raise money for The Nature Conservancy to save the rainforest. In September 2008, it was rated as the number one application on Facebook, ahead of ''Texas HoldEm Poker''. In April 2009, it had slid to a sixth-place ranking. ''(Lil) Green Patch'' became unavailable to users on June 10, 2010, following a decision by new owners Playdom to discontinue the application. Popularity and area of rainforest saved In the first quarter of 2008, ''(Lil) Green Patch'' users raised over $15,000 in donations, which was enough to save more than of rainforest. The application was then among the 15 most popular Facebook applications, with 350,000 active users. In June 2008, it was one of the top ten most installed applications, with more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social City
''Social City'' was a real-time city-building simulation game developed in association with American studio PushButton Labs and published by Playdom. ''Social City'' was released as an application for Facebook and the iPhone. The iPhone version was developed by Playdom in their Mountain View, CA office. In 2010, ''Social City'' won the first ever "Best Social Network Game" award presented at GDC Online. In addition, it was ranked the #2 Facebook game available in 2010 by Inside Social Games. City of Wonder, another city-building game built upon the same PushButton Engine and also developed by Playdom was named the #1 Facebook game available in 2010 by Inside Social Games. Social City had around 5.7 Million monthly active users Active users is a measurement metric that is commonly used to measure the level of engagement for a particular product or object, by quantifying the number of active interactions from visitors within a relevant range of time (daily, weekly and m ... on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acclaim Games
Acclaim Games Incorporated was an American video game company that offered free massively multiplayer online role-playing games on its website upon registration. The company was founded in 2006 and was the successor to Acclaim Entertainment in terms of brand name. After Acclaim Entertainment filed for bankruptcy, former Activision CEO Howard Marks purchased the "Acclaim" name in September 2004 for a reported $100,000. He, along with Neil Malhotra, set up a new company, Acclaim Games, that was to take a different approach to the market than Acclaim Entertainment. While Acclaim Games primarily focused on bringing to North America and Europe online games originally from Asia, it also gave the opportunity to its registered members to submit video games they created. Acclaim Games relied on In-game advertising and items sales for revenues, while releasing the games themselves, free. The company released fourteen games: ''The Chronicles of Spellborn'', ''Kogamu'', ''BOTS!!'' (which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Areae
:''The word 'areae' is also the Latin plural of 'area'.'' Areae is an American computer technology corporation located in San Diego, California, that was established in July 2006 by Raph Koster. Areae has been officially changed to Metaplace, Inc. to avoid confusion. Funded by Charles River Ventures and Crescendo Ventures, Areae develops the Metaplace software platform that democratizes the development of virtual worlds. History In January 2010, the company pivoted towards using its virtual worlds platform to build social games on Facebook. It released two successful games on Facebook using its platform, Island Life and My Vineyard, after which the company was acquired by Playdom Playdom was an online social network game developer popular on Facebook, Google+ and Myspace. The company was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area by University of California, Berkeley graduates Ling Xiao and Chris Wang and Swarthmore College g .... References External links Metaplace(official w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Meretzky
Steven Eric Meretzky (born May 1, 1957) ''Infocom''. Retrieved July 11, 2011. is an American video game developer. He is best known for creating Infocom games in the early 1980s, including collaborating with author on the interactive fiction version of '''', one of the first games to be certified "platinum" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RockYou
RockYou was a company that developed widgets for MySpace and implemented applications for various social networks and Facebook. Since 2014, it has engaged primarily in the purchases of rights to classic video games; it incorporates in-game ads and re-distributes the games. History Based in San Francisco, California, RockYou was founded in 2005 by Lance Tokuda and Jia Shen. The company's first product, a slideshow service, was designed to work as an application widget. Later applications included various forms of voice mail, text and photo stylization, and games. As of December 2007, it was the most successful widget maker for the Facebook platform in terms of total installations. In May 2007, RockYou was one of the companies invited to participate in F8, the event at which Facebook announced an open platform allowing third parties to develop and operate their own software applications on the Facebook website. Applications made for Facebook include Super Wall, "Hug Me", Likeness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Machine (series)
''The Incredible Machine'' (''TIM'') is a series of video games in which players create a series of Rube Goldberg devices. They were originally designed and coded by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnell, the now-defunct Jeff Tunnell Productions, and published by Dynamix; the 1993 through 1995 versions had the same development team, but the later 2000–2001 games have different designers. All versions were published by Sierra Entertainment. The entire series and intellectual property were acquired by Jeff Tunnell-founded PushButton Labs in October 2009. Pushbutton Labs was later acquired by Playdom, itself a division of Disney Interactive, so as of now the rights are held by The Walt Disney Company. A new game by Jeff Tunnell, called ''Contraption Maker'', is the spiritual successor to the ''Incredible Machine'' series. It was produced by Spotkin Games, a company founded by Jeff Tunnell, and features the same developers of the original ''Incredible Machine''. The game was rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Network Game
A social network game (sometimes simply referred to as a social media game, social gaming, social video game or online social game) is a type of online game that is played through social networks or social media. They typically feature multiplayer gameplay mechanics. Social network games were originally implemented as browser games. As mobile gaming took off, the games moved to mobile as well. While they share many aspects of traditional video games, social network games often employ additional ones that make them distinct. Traditionally they are oriented to be social games and casual games. The first cross-platform "Facebook-to-Mobile" social network game was developed in 2011 by a Finnish company Star Arcade. Social network games are amongst the most popular games played in the world, with several products with tens of millions of players. ''(Lil) Green Patch'', ''Happy Farm'', and ''Mob Wars'' were some of the first successful games of this genre. ''FarmVille'', ''Mafia Wars' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Interactive
Disney Interactive is an American video game and internet company that oversaw various websites and interactive media owned by The Walt Disney Company. History 1995–1996: Formation and beginnings In December 1994, Disney announced that it was establishing a new division dedicated to publishing computer and video game console software, called Disney Interactive. The initial staff consisted of 200 newly hired employees. The company was formally established in mid-1995. On August 23, 1995, Disney Interactive formed Disney Online. 1997–2007: Buena Vista Internet Group Disney purchased a one-third share of Starwave on April 3, 1997, for $100 million. In January 1998, Disney registered go.com. Exercising its options, Disney purchased the outstanding shares of Starwave from Paul Allen in April 1998. In June 1998, Disney purchased 43% ownership of Infoseek in exchange for Starwave and $70 million. Infoseek and Disney Online joint ventured in developing the Go Network, an interne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher owned by The Walt Disney Company through Disney Interactive. Prior to its closure in 2016, it developed and distributed multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. Most of the games released by Disney Interactive Studios were typically tie-in products to existing character franchises. On May 10, 2016, as a result of the discontinuation of its ''Disney Infinity'' series, Disney shut down Disney Interactive Studios, and exited the first-party home console game development business in order to focus on third-party development of home console video games through other developers such as Electronic Arts (''Star Wars'' games), WB Games (owned by rival company Warner Bros., which handles the publishing of Disney-related Lego video games and '' Cars 3: Driven to Win''), Bandai Namco Entertainment (''Disney Tsum Tsum Festival''), Square Enix (''Kingdom Hearts''), and Capcom (sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
