Tag Archives: casualgaming

MIGS 2010: Former VP of Microsoft Game Group talks the challenge of social game development

Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubert warned that developers of traditional handheld games face a crisis as iPhones and Android devices tempt away their audience. In his keynote speech at London Games Conference last night, Hubertz warned against relying on solely one platform to build a games business – especially those platforms …

In his opening keynote at the London Games Festival last night Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz shrugged off the Facebook goldfish. He warned that although companies are flocking to the social games space, specifically on Facebook, they are missing the point. Facebook games "continue to lose players" he said, saying the …

Discoverability issue not unique to Appleâ??s online shop, says GameSpot exec

This year’s London Games Conference opened with a startling signal of how fast social game firm Zynga is growing. Heiko Hubertz, the CEO of international social firm Bigpoint, told a packed room of attendees that Zynga is a bigger company than the sum of five leading European equivalents. Gameforge, Jagex, …

Primeâ??s first public demonstration locked-in at networking event Game Connection

Casual games giant spreads into Googleâ??s mobile operating system

Co-founder Dave Perry tells MCV of possible new beta strategy ahead of London Games Conference

Electronic Arts, the longstanding publishing giant that is slowly turning to social networks as a serious source of income, has signed a five-year deal with Facebook. The agreement will see Facebook Credits used as the exclusive payment method for all EA games on the social network. Last year EA spent …

Wii owners will be able to download demos of key WiiWare titles through a new service that launches this week. Nintendo announced that the first demos would be made available this Friday, and new ones will be added on a regular basis. However, the demos will only be available for …