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每日观察:关注前EA高管Nick Earl加盟Kabam11.04

发布时间:2014-11-04 12:00:49 Tags:,,

1,据gamesindustry的消息称前EA副总裁和EA Mobile总经理Nick Earl加盟F2P游戏开发公司Kabam。

Nick Earl(from gamesindustry.biz)

Nick Earl(from gamesindustry.biz)

Kabam的全球雇员超过800名,去年营收3.6亿美元。

2,据inside socialgames的消息称Kixeye将在11月21日推出Steam平台的MOBA游戏Tome: Immortal Arena。

Tome  Immortal Arena(from insidesocialgames.com)

Tome Immortal Arena(from insidesocialgames.com)

3,据inside mobile apps的消息称Chroma Studios面向ios和Android平台推出了三消游戏Click, Click, Boom!(本文由游戏邦编译,转载请注明来源,或咨询微信zhengjintiao )

Click, Click, Boom!(from insidemobleapps.com)

Click, Click, Boom!(from insidemobleapps.com)

1,Former EA executive Nick Earl is now the boss of worldwide studios at the the free-to-play mobile developer, Kabam.

Earl was most recently the senior vice president and general manager of EA Mobile, where he oversaw the division’s enthusiastic adoption of the free-to-play model. Earl left EA after 13 years this month, becoming the second EA executive to make that switch in the last few months.

According to a report on Venturebeat, Earl’s departure was partly motivated by Frank Gibeau taking the role of head of EA Mobile, which left, “less room at Electronic Arts for Earl.” But there was certainly room at Kabam, which had a free space after the departure of former worldwide studios boss Andrew Sheppard for Gree.

Kabam is one of the fastest growing companies in the games industry, doubling its revenue last year to $360 million, and growing its employee headcount to more than 800 people at offices all over the world. The company was founded in 2006, but the vast majority of that success has arrived in the last five years.

In July 2013, with a headcount of 500, Kabam was valued at $700 million.(source:gamesindustry

2,Free-to-play game developer Kixeye has announced a release date for its upcoming multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title, Tome: Immortal Arena. The game will launch on Steam on November 21, alongside the debut of a new 5v5 map called “Sanctuary.” The game is said to advance the overall MOBA genre, with a focus on action and combat instead of grinding.

In Tome: Immortal Arena, players will choose a Guardian from one of six domains: creation, death, water, air, earth or fire. In addition to the 5-on-5 Sanctuary map, players will be able to fight in the Coliseum’s 3v3 map.

Battles in Tome: Immortal Arena last 10-20 minutes each, on average, so the game will “never be boring.” The game is being designed for both MOBA novices and experienced veterans, with many traditional MOBA gameplay mechanics actually removed from the experience. For instance, there are no complex crafting recipes here, as well as no base fountains for healing. This, Kixeye says, creates a faster, more action-focused experience where players rarely have a
reason to leave the frontline of combat.(source:insidesocialgames.com

3,Following a limited beta release in a few markets, Chroma Studios has announced the global launch of “Click, Click, Boom!” on iOS and Android devices, which offers what the company calls a “match-3-in-3D” gameplay mechanic. The game sees players traveling to the world of the Netizens, which are energy- based creatures responsible for keeping the Internet in top working condition. In the game, players travel to different themed locations, and complete puzzles by rotating a cube of colored squares and tapping on lines of three matching squares in a row.

In each level of the game, players have a limited number of moves or a limited amount of time to complete a specific goal. Some levels may ask players to clear a large number of squares (regardless of color) from the cube in the center of the screen, while others focus on one particular color of cube, or charging the powers of helper characters, as examples.

By default, players can view nine squares of the cube at a time, but can tap and slide their finger on the screen to rotate the cube in real-time, which uncovers the other sides of the cube and more potential moves. Random blocks are added back to the overall cube as players clear others out, and players earn up to three stars on each level, depending on their performance.

Players unlock helper characters as they complete stages, each with their own power. This includes one that freezes time or gives players more moves in a level, and another whose power charges the power of other characters faster, among others.(source:insidemobileapps.com


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