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Good article today on CNET called "29 potential video game monetization methods". Of course, there's nothing here amazingly new and never heard before but if you're the type who likes lists, this is as good as they come. As it happens, some of these models are older whereas some are just picking up speed.
Habbo (formerly Habbo Hotel):
by: Matt Rhodes
I often get asked to explain why SecondLife (SL) is more than just a geek and sex fest. Millions of people have visited this virtual world only to give up and abandon their avatar on day one (over 10 million according to Wikipedia). I don’t blame them. SecondLife isn’t ready for the mainstream. And nor is it SecondLife per-se that’s important.
Continue reading "Proving the Potential of Virtual Worlds" »
Skills Shortage could slow Serious Games market expansion
Sources: The Evil Number 27’s occasional bivouac - Serious (Games) Skills Shortages
Educational Games Research - Survey: Students Want Educational Games
In his Blog, Kevin Corti has recently made a reference to a good article on the BBC site about the UK game industries skills needs.
Continue reading "Building Serious Games Development Capability At Large " »
Via: Washington Post - Not the Usual Game Application
Microsoft is encouraging use of XNA Game Studio with student developers via the Game Development track in its annual Imagine Cup technology competition, that is wrapping up in Paris next month.
Continue reading "Environmentally Themed Serious Games via Xbox Live" »
A few years ago, a couple of virtually anonymous Turkish developers founded TaleWorlds, a game development company that created one of the most innovative indie games of the last few years. The game is called Mount&Blade and if you want to read a really good game review of it, there's one here. The game is, like I said, quite excellent but there's another thing that caught my attention about it...
Continue reading "Business Models: TaleWorld's Beta Approach" »
by: Eliane Alhadeff
TODAY PRESS RELEASE
FORTERRA SYSTEMS AND CLEVER ZEBRA PARTNER FOR vBUSINESS EXPO AND VIRTUAL WORLDS EVENTS
Continue reading "Serious Games and Energy Costs Leverage Virtual World Events" »
by: Eliane Alhadeff
UPCOMING: Visual Web Convention 9–10th July London
The leading European event devoted to discussing the business opportunity and monetization model for Virtual Worlds, Serious Games, Social Networks, Casual Games, and Web 2.0
Continue reading "Visual Web Convention: Leading B2B Conversation On NextGen Web" »
by: Dick Stroud
AARP recently re-launched its web site. Part of the refresh is a new gaming area (sorry I should have said portal) provided by Arkadium.
So word came on the wire about an upcoming convention in the UK, on some themes that will probably interest you. Good speakers too. Details after the jump.
