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Read More »‘New features are wasted if you don’t know what players want’
Halfbrick Studios and OtherLevels discuss the importance of player data and how using it will help retain your audience
Read More »Harder than you think: Exploring the hidden depth of casual games
Almost any app can grab the spotlight for a hot minute, but the real secret to success in the casual sector is keeping gamers happily playing – and paying – for months. Develop asks King, Zynga, Halfback and Storm8 for their tips
Read More »Halfbrick sacks its game designers
Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick has made its two designers Layton Hawkes and Ryan Langley redundant. According toKotaku, the Australian studio no longer has any design staff on the team, and has no plans to take on any new employees in the profession. Despite letting go of its designers, Halfbrick CEO …
Read More »Halfbrick makes its game designers redundant
'Great ideas can come from anywhere and we want to create an environment that fosters this notion,' says CEO
Read More »Hipster Whale joins $500,000 funding for Halfbrick veterans’ start-up
The duo behind Crossy Road studio Hipster Whale has helped to fund a new developer in Australia. Prettygreat has completed an early stage round of seed funding to the tune of $500,000, with key investors including Matt Hall and Andy Sum. The new studio was founded in February by three …
Read More »Crossy Road dev joins $500,000 funding for Australian start-up
New studio Prettygreat founded by Halfbrick veterans
Read More »Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 hits Xbox One this month
Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 will arrive on Xbox One later this month, Halfbrick has announced. The sequel, developed by Hibernum Creations, is scheduled to launch worldwide for Microsoft’s latest console on March 18th – the original Fruit Ninja Kinect was released for Xbox 360 back in 2011. The game packs …
Read More »Halfbrick veterans form new studio Protostar
Co-founders spent seven years working at Fruit Ninja studio
Read More »Halfbrick tries mobile publishing with Birzzle Fever
Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick Studios has entered the mobile publishing ring, announcing the release of South Korean-based studio Enfeel’s Birzzle Fever. Halfbrick is also publishing mobile puzzle game Yes Chef, which has already soft launched in Australia and New Zealand. "As one of the most successful mobile …
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