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PikPok
PikPok is a New Zealand video game developer and publisher based in Wellington. It was founded as a subsidiary brand of the game developer Sidhe. Since 2012, PikPok has been the company's primary brand. PikPok is a developer and publisher of iOS, Android, and computer games. It is known for ''Flick Kick Football'', ''Flick Kick Football Legends'', and ''Into the Dead''. It has also partnered with Adult Swim to produce a number of games, including ''Robot Unicorn Attack 2'', ''Giant Boulder of Death'', ''Monsters Ate My Condo'' and its sequel ''Super Monsters Ate My Condo''. PikPok has also partnered with DreamWorks Animation to deliver '' Turbo Racing League'' (later renamed ''Turbo FAST''). Industry awards Flick Kick Football Legends was nominated for a DICE Award for Mobile Game of the Year in the 2014 ceremony by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is a non-profit organization of video game industry professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidhe (game Developer)
Sidhe (formerly Sidhe Interactive until 2009) is a New Zealand video game company headquartered in Wellington, and a co-founding member of the New Zealand Game Developers Association and the New Zealand Institute of Screen Innovation. Sidhe has produced more than 20 titles, including several licensed non-realistic racing games. PikPok The Sidhe brand was superseded in 2012 by what was a subsidiary brand, PikPok, which was an iOS and Android development team. Notable PikPok titles include ''Bird Strike'' and the ''Flick Kick'' sports arcade series of games. In September 2010, a publishing partnership between PikPok and Lexaloffle Games was announced,PikPok/Lexaloffle partnership announced and the first title from that collaboration, ''Zen Puzzle Garden'', was relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Dead 2
''Into the Dead 2'' is a 2017 first person shooter video game developed by PikPok. It was initially released on iOS and Android, and it was ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2019. Gameplay Players control a character seeking to return to his family during a zombie apocalypse. Similar to endless runner games, the character automatically runs throughout most of the game and must dodge zombies. If Players are captured by a zombie on a level, they can escape by either using a knife, Companions freeing you, an Ally freeing you or using a Weapon with a Bayonet. After that, they are freed, once The Player is freed, they will be given a Second Chance to continue and cannot be saved within Third Time, unless they have a Knife. Players can unlock and upgrade a variety weapons, including pistols, rifles, shotguns, crossbows, and grenades. Indestructible animal companions and power-ups are also available. Development Prior to ''Into the Dead 2''s worldwide launch, PikPok soft launched it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsters Ate My Condo
''Monsters Ate My Condo'' was an iOS tile-matching video game developed by PikPok and released on September 15, 2011 by Adult Swim Games for $0.99. A sequel, ''Super Monsters Ate My Condo'', was released in 2012. Gameplay The main goal of the game is to feed four unique monsters their specific color-coded floors of a condo. These monsters, dubbed Boat Head, Reginald Starfire, Mr. Shigoto and Lord Ferocious, are fed the floors of the condo through the player swiping the appropriately-colored floors to them in either Endless or Timed Attack mode. When you match three or more of the same color, you earn additional point and switch out one of the present monsters for another. However, it's game over if you either fail to keep the condo tower straight or feed the wrong colored-condo floor to the wrong monster too many times. Reception Monsters Ate My Condo The game had a Metacritic rating of 87% based on 14 critic reviews. Modojo deemed it "a bizarre but immensely satisfying experienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Dead
''Into the Dead ''is a zombie-themed action video game developed and published by PikPok for iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, and Microsoft Windows. A sequel titled ''Into the Dead 2'' was released for Android, Apple, and the Nintendo Switch. It is the first installment in the franchise of the same name. Gameplay Players must run through a landscape teeming with zombies and move left or right to dodge them. The player has no choice but to move forward and get as far as possible before dying. Weapons can be picked up from supply crates as the player runs past. Reception The iOS version received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. ''Digital Spy'' said, "''Into the Dead'' is one of the best uses of the first-person perspective on iOS, and an absolutely fantastic infinite runner for mobile devices." '' Gamezebo'' said, "With Game Center online scoreboards and achievements that we will no doubt be struggling to top for weeks to come, and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
''Monsters Ate My Condo'' was an iOS tile-matching video game developed by PikPok and released on September 15, 2011 by Adult Swim Games for $0.99. A sequel, ''Super Monsters Ate My Condo'', was released in 2012. Gameplay The main goal of the game is to feed four unique monsters their specific color-coded floors of a condo. These monsters, dubbed Boat Head, Reginald Starfire, Mr. Shigoto and Lord Ferocious, are fed the floors of the condo through the player swiping the appropriately-colored floors to them in either Endless or Timed Attack mode. When you match three or more of the same color, you earn additional point and switch out one of the present monsters for another. However, it's game over if you either fail to keep the condo tower straight or feed the wrong colored-condo floor to the wrong monster too many times. Reception Monsters Ate My Condo The game had a Metacritic rating of 87% based on 14 critic reviews. Modojo deemed it "a bizarre but immensely satisfying experienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Wynands
Mario Wynands (born in Wellington, New Zealand) is the co-founder and managing director of Sidhe Interactive and managing director of PikPok PikPok is a New Zealand video game developer and publisher based in Wellington. It was founded as a subsidiary brand of the game developer Sidhe. Since 2012, PikPok has been the company's primary brand. PikPok is a developer and publisher of i .... Wynands has developed popular games and series such as '' Shatter'' and the '' Rugby league series'' and '' Rugby Union series''.http://www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/full-shatter-interview-with-mario-wynands-of-sidhe-interactive-2009072917#axzz3UEQexg3Q References Living people New Zealand computer programmers Video game businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people) {{Compu-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (film)
''Turbo'' is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated sports comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by David Soren (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Darren Lemke and Robert Siegel. It stars the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Peña, Snoop Dogg, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Luis Guzmán, Ben Schwartz, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, and Samuel L. Jackson. Set in Los Angeles, the film follows an ordinary garden snail who pursues his dream of winning the Indy 500 after a freak accident gives him superspeed. Soren came up with the idea for the film. He conceptualized ''Fast & Furious'' with snails, and won the competition. DreamWorks Animation bought the idea, and let it "simmer" for more than five years. For the racing side of the film, Soren was inspired by his six-year-old son's fascination with race cars. The film, which was released in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Arcade
Apple Arcade is a video game subscription service offered by Apple Inc. It is available through a dedicated tab of the App Store on devices running iOS 13, tvOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina or later. The service launched on September 19, 2019. One of the appeals is it offering uninterrupted, unintrusive experiences by excluding what many see as staples of popular, primarily free-to-play, mobile games such as in-app purchases and advertisements. Features All games available on the service are free of advertisements, in-app purchases, data tracking processes and always-on DRM, meaning games can be played offline and without interruptions. Subscribers can share access with up to five others through family sharing and the service can also be purchased through the Apple One bundle. Both standalone subscriptions and the Apple One bundle provide a free one-month trial and can be cancelled at any time. Games on the service feature integration with Game Center and iCloud, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browser Game
A browser game or a "flash game" is a video game that is played via the internet using a web browser. They are mostly free-to-play and can be single-player or multiplayer. Some browser games are also available as mobile apps, PC games, or on consoles. For users, the advantage of the browser version is not having to install the game; the browser automatically downloads the necessary content from the game's website. However, the browser version may have fewer features or inferior graphics compared to the others, which are usually native apps. The front end of a browser game is what runs in the user's browser. It is implemented with the standard web technologies of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly. In addition, WebGL enables more sophisticated graphics. On the back end, numerous server technologies can be used. In the past, many games were created with Adobe Flash, but they can no longer be played in the major browsers, such as Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox due to Ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Swim Games
Adult Swim Games (stylized as dult swim games'') is the video game publishing division of the Adult Swim brand of Cartoon Network. While Adult Swim had been publishing games since 2005, primarily based on their in-house franchises. In 2011, it became an official publisher of original indie games. The publishing division has been praised by critics for the originality and quality of its games. History Early history (2005–2010) Adult Swim partnered with Midway Games in 2005 to begin development on video games based on ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', ''The Brak Show'' and ''Sealab 2021''. The game based on ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am,'' was released on November 5, 2007, for PlayStation 2. The game is a golf game with fighting and racing levels. A video game based on '' Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law'' has been released by Capcom for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii on January 8, 2008. Vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xbox Series X/S
The Xbox Series X/S are home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. They were both released on November 10, 2020, as the fourth generation Xbox, succeeding the Xbox One. Along with Sony's PlayStation 5, also released in November 2020, the Xbox Series X/S consoles are part of the ninth generation of video game consoles. Rumors regarding the consoles first emerged in early 2019, with the line as a whole codenamed "Scarlett" and consisting of high-end and lower-end models codenamed "Anaconda" and "Lockhart" respectively; "Anaconda" was teased by Microsoft during E3 2019 under the codename "Project Scarlett", and unveiled during The Game Awards in December as Xbox Series X. On September 8, 2020, Microsoft unveiled the lower-end model, Xbox Series S. As with the Xbox One line, the consoles utilize an Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CPU and GPU. Both models feature a new storage architecture based around solid-state drives to reduce loading times, support for hardware-accelera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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