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PCworld消息:游戏开发公司Capcom进军社交游戏市场

发布时间:2010-10-16 13:58:27 Tags:,,,

近来,游戏开发公司Capcom开始进军快速发展的社交游戏市场,面向社交游戏爱好者发布了3款“免费增值模式”的iPhone游戏。

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第一款游戏是与IUGO手机娱乐公司一起开发的Lil’ Pirates。这款游戏将于这个月底在App Store正式发售。在Lil’ Pirates中,玩家可以招募海盗团伙,展开充满冒险、寻宝和友情的探索之旅。游戏初始,玩家只有一艘小船和少数几名船员。随着完成一些特殊的任务和工作,玩家就可以扩建舰船,招募更多的伙伴。

开始海盗冒险后,玩家可以进行挑战其他舰队,与船员玩小游戏或埋藏赃物等待升值等活动。尽管游戏本身无需收费,Capcom公司准备通过一些额外内容项目实现盈利,如舰船升级或购买齿轮等。

第二款游戏是Zombie Cafe,游戏中玩家将与一个恶魔合作,将僵尸作为免费劳动力一起打造咖啡王国。为了实现理想,玩家要指导僵尸员工采买食材、制作食物。在激烈的竞争中,玩家还可以带领僵尸员工攻击邻居的咖啡馆,偷取他们的秘密菜谱。Zombie Cafe和第三款尚未命名的游戏将会在11月正式发布。

Capcom这样规模的游戏公司也开始进军社交游戏市场,这恰恰说明了FarmVille这类社交游戏对游戏开发商未来发展的重要性。随着iPhone和 Facebook平台越来越受欢迎,社交游戏和休闲游戏也开始形成一个庞大的市场,很显然Capcom公司绝不会是最后一个进入该领域的大型游戏公司。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译)

Capcom is after a piece of the increasingly popular social game market, and is releasing three “freemium” iPhone games that will cater to fans of this genre dominated by the likes of Farmville and We Farm.

The first offering, Lil’ Pirates, is a team-up with IUGO Mobile Entertainment and will be released in the App Store later this month. In Lil’ Pirates, you recruit your own band of swashbucklers and set upon the high seas seeking adventure, treasure, and camaraderie. You start with a small ship and tiny crew and gradually expand your pirate stature by upgrading your vessel and expanding your crew via special missions and jobs.

Once you’ve started amassing resources and loot, you can do battle with other vessels, play mini games with the crew, and bury booty to increase its value. Though the game itself is free, Capcom stands to turn a tidy profit from some 100-plus premium content items, including ship upgrades and custom gear, that will be available at launch as premium downloadable content.

The second title, Zombie Cafe, has you partnering with an evil corporation to use zombies as free labor to build your cafe empire. To achieve your nefarious goals, you must prepare food, direct your zombie staff and manage supplies. If competition gets too fierce, you can direct your zombie employees to attack a neighboring cafe and steal their secret recipes. Zombie Cafe, as well as a third, yet-to-be-named title based off a children’s entertainment property, will be available sometime in November.

That a company of Capcom’s stature is developing titles for the social gaming market underscores the growing importance of the Farmville demographic to developers. An enormous, untapped market of social, casual gamers has emerged thanks to the popularity of platforms like the iPhone and Facebook, and while Capcom may be one of the first major developers to enter the fray, it likely won’t be the last. (Source:PCworld)


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