Posts Tagged ‘zynga’

1. Will the nature of the AppStore Kill Zynga’s cloning strategy

   February 14, 2012

   Is Zynga about to learn that its aggressive, plagiarising tactics, honed on Facebook, won’t transfer to a platform where fans can give their feedback?

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   Posted in: Marketing, Opinion

   Tagged with: cloning, dream heights, nimblebit, tiny tower, tribes, zynga

   5 Comments

2. Zynga’s cloning protection racket

   January 25, 2012

   Zynga has just launched a game Dream Heights which is a direct clone of Tiny Tower from independent developers Nimblebit.

   Now it turns out that Nimblebit turned down an acquisition offer from Zynga.

   For me, that puts the cloning in a different light.

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   Posted in: Opinion

   Tagged with: nimblebit, threat, tiny tower, zynga

   19 Comments

3. Zynga’s shameless cloning of my favourite game of 2011

   January 25, 2012

   Tiny Tower was one of my favourite games of 2011. Zynga must have noticed its success because they have just launched an exact clone. Check out the open letter from Nimblebit below.

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   Posted in: Opinion

   Tagged with: infringement, ip, tiny tower, zynga

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4. The End of the Beginning

   December 15, 2011

   “This not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

   It’s time for Facebook games to level up.

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   Posted in: Distribution, Opinion

   Tagged with: facebook, free games, game design, social games, zynga

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5. The digital transition–Who is a hero and who is a Zero

   November 10, 2011

   If you’re reading this as it is posted, I should be taking the stage at the London Games Conference to convince 200 gaming industry bigwigs of the companies that I think are going to be winners or losers as digital outstrips physical as the primary way we distribute and experience games.

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   Posted in: Opinion, Past Events

   Tagged with: amazon, gaikai, handheld, london games conference, mmo, nimblebit, playstation home, subscription, thq, zynga

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6. Is this the End of Facebook.com?

   October 13, 2011

   Is the writing on the wall for Facebook.com. Even as Facebook powers through 800 million users to become one of the largest networks of humans on the planet, is the role of the place that started it all – Facebook.com – coming to an end.

   I think it might.

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   Posted in: Finance, Opinion

   Tagged with: facebook, opinion, payments, tablets, zynga

   3 Comments

7. Zynga targets Whales, not true fans

   October 10, 2011

   Last week, Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO of nDreams, wrote a post that gave four reasons why he thinks Zynga has peaked.

   Reader Clr64 made the following comment:
   I’ve recently started playing Adventure World after a long break from playing social games (no time)

   It’s a fun game but annoying as hell…

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   Posted in: Opinion

   Tagged with: adventure world, social, true fans, whales, zynga

   8 Comments