Archive for January, 2010

1. Playfish’s clever web -> mobile links

   January 11, 2010

   I was just looking at Playfish’s website to see which games they offer on Android. (Sucks that I chose to do this on the web rather than in Android Market because the interface is so much better.) Who Has the Biggest Brain? is available and this is how they told to me download it: If [...]

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: mobile, mobile games, playfish

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2. GamesIndustry.biz slams up a registration wall

   January 11, 2010

   The web is going more open, more social, more accessible. But some companies are putting up barriers between their content and their users. GamesIndustry.biz this morning announced that all of its content would be hidden behind a registration from mid-January. Their arguments: It’s free and the network offers a range of benefits to users Advertisers [...]

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   Posted in: Opinion

   Tagged with: eurogamer, gamesindustry.biz, paywall, websites

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3. 2010: The year of the console?

   January 5, 2010

   How’s that for a reversal. Ever since GAMESbrief launched at the start of 2009, I’ve been banging the drum for the way the games industry is changing. I’ve blogged about Facebook games, web games, iPhone games. Even board games. I’ve posted the first chapter of a book I’ve pitched called the The Death of the [...]

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   Posted in: Featured, Opinion

   Tagged with: console, forecast, hardware, starred

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4. Oberon sheds up to 20% of its workforce

   January 4, 2010

   In the run-up to Christmas, CasualGaming.biz reported on claims that Oberon Media has seen 100 job losses, representing 15-20% of the workforce. The casual games company has confirmed that it has made headcount reductions, but not how many. Until we hear more concrete numbers, we’re going to run with the CasualGaming claims. Added to the [...]

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   Posted in: Game Over Zone

   Tagged with: job loss tracker, layoffs, oberon media, redundancies

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5. How to get an MBE? Create addictive games that lead to divorce…

   January 4, 2010

   Four gaming luminaries received an award in the New Year’s Honours this year. CBE for Rod Cousens, CEO of Codemasters and formerly of Acclaim OBE for Paul Jackson, former Director-General of ELSPA, the publishers’ association and now CEO of RailSimulator. MBEs for the Paul and Oliver Collyer, founders of Sport Interactive and developers of Championship [...]

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: awards, honours, politics

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