I helped out a friend to create some buzz with his new company and a new product they had been working on. Their launch was a success with thousands of unique visitors and close to 30k visits. Pyry has now put together a little guide for other entrepreneurs on the learnings of the project.
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…well sort of. Joi has received his Visa with the World of Warcraft graphics. Philip Torrene of Make blogged about this a year ago.
It’s a smart move from Visa as these guys are subscribers and pay monthly to World of Warcraft. Furthemore, it’s not just a small geeky bunch of players – they’re 8,5 million [...]
Guardian has a nice article on an interview with Rob Small, the CEO of Miniclip. Miniclip has 34 million users and has been profitable for the last five years. Rob enlightens readers with his ideas and views on the casual gaming industry. Looks interesting, especially when we’re sort of competing from the same users.
However, I’d [...]
During the last few nights I’ve been exploring Second Life a bit more. It was quite fascinating going back and explore it in more detail and smoothly than before (graphics wise). It still requires quite a bit of machine power and is still very nudgy with an Intel Dual core processor and a proper graphics [...]
The market for massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) in the West is now worth more than $1bn (£511m). BBC has the news.
Update: eMarketer has more info on in-game advertising in MMOGs. Link.