This article focuses on do-and-don’ts of building a copycat game – a game whose key mechanics mimic the successful designs of a previously launched game. This is an area of…
Teardown Overview Executive Summary Released in January 2017, Star Wars Force Arena is one of the most promising games of 2017’s first quarter. The game succeeds in merging two distinct,…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] Motley Fool has a good wrap up of Shanda’s just released Q2 numbers. I’ve included a couple quotes from the article…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] Last month my family traveled to London, a city of less than 500,000 in Southwestern Ontario. While there, I watched my…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] At last month’s Casual Games Conference in Seattle, I spent about 30 minutes chatting with Daniel James, CEO of Three Rings….
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] US-CA-Glendale-Executive Producer, Neopets Here’s an opportunity that doesn’t come around every day. Neopets is looking for an EP. The Neopets Executive…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] From a Gamasutra interview with Nicholas Beliaeff, Sony Online San Diego studio head… here are a few quotes: On reducing barriers…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] Virtual Goods Summit 2007 – Conference Videos As has already been reported on several sites, the videos from June’s inaugural Virtual…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] From this article: Gaia looking to sell? It would certainly make sense given the post-penguin acquisition fever. Gaia Online is the…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] The following 10 revenue models allow some or all of their associated game or virtual world to be played for free….