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Following up on yesterdays rather droopy entry, today's two entries from Variety magazine's The Cut Scene gaming blog, seem to project a hopeful, and recession-unaffected, future for the gaming industry. Or not.
Basically, there is first the news logged on the site last week announcing that visual marketing monolith 20th Century Fox (who are well-versed in marketing their own TV and film properties through video game licensing) is dipping its feet into the gaming pool by launching a full-scale gaming division. Appointed vice president of the new sector is former head of Vivendi Games Andre Emerson and it appears the studio will not continue to in-house their own licensed titles but also sire original titles. The move is basically in an effort to outrun the necessity to buy independent video game studios and thereby squeeze past that there is much less cash to throw around for such a venture. So, I guess as it goes, even in a recession, the rich just get richer. What will the decision of studios like Fox do to the little guys? That remains to be seen. Check out the full article here: Fox Gets Serious About Video Games
1up.com's "Listen Up" reviewed Decades Android on their 9/11/09 podcast. Co-Host Garnett Lee recommended our new puzzle/trivia game for the Android phone as their mobile Game of the Week!
Listen and subscribe to the Listen Up podcast here, and if you are on T-Mobile, download Decades onto your Android phone!
Stay tuned for news on Decades iPhone and more!
Summer is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by eating as many hot dogs as you can cram down into your belly! Our new all-you-can-eat Appetite for Dogstruction game has launched and it's all over Comedy Central - check it out! Take on some hungry competition as you eat your way through 10 grueling levels. Dunk, chew, or swallow whole - just be sure not to hurl all over your opponent!
Our MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online game) for Neopets is online and in open Beta testing! Sign up, or if you already have a Neopets account (and shouldn't everyone by now?) login to take a stroll around Petpet Park! Adopt a Petpet, play exciting multiplayer mini-games, challenge friends to a dance-off and whole lot more!
http://www.petpetpark.com/
We just submitted our first game to the iPhone App store today! Tic Tac Paddywhack! is our funtastic family-friendly version of Tic Tac Toe. Play single player or play against a friend, play along with cute pet buddies, and unlock awesome mini-games all with the touch of your finger.
Stay tuned for Paddywhack's release date, and more SMERC iphone news!
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