Category Archives:HTML5 Games
Atari and Internet Explorer Launch Star-studded Game Lineup in HTML5-based Social Arcade share
Modern ‘Atari Arcade’ Experience Features Fresh Graphics, Social Connectivity and Tablet Touch Gameplay, Play Now for Free at Atari.com
LOS ANGELES – Aug. 30, 2012 - Atari, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, today announced a partnership with Internet Explorer to launch the Atari Arcade. The browser-based portal is a next-generation collection of Atari’s classic games reimagined in HTML5 with fresh graphics, gameplay and integration with Facebook and Twitter. Atari Arcade shines in Internet Explorer, but also works well in other modern browsers. Because of the quality of the IE experience, an ad-free version is made available to all Internet Explorer customers when they play Atari Arcade.
In celebration of Atari’s 40 year anniversary and the upcoming launch of Internet Explorer 10, classic games like Asteroids, Pong, Lunar Lander, Missile Command, Centipede, and others have been developed with new graphics and gameplay features. Like the arcades that first popularized gaming, players can go head-to-head with friends in competitive, real-time battles for high scores and leaderboard placement in the next evolution of Atari fan favorites like Super Breakout and Combat.
“Atari and Microsoft have had a long and successful history on Xbox LIVE and in the digital space,” said Jim Wilson, CEO of Atari. “The reimagined Atari Arcade expands this partnership in a new direction, in keeping with our current digital strategy, making it easier than ever for gamers around the world to access our renowned franchises, through the power and flexibility of an HTML5 based platform.”
“We were excited to work with a gaming legend, Atari, to bring their classic arcade games to life on the web with Internet Explorer,” adds Ryan Gavin, general manager, Internet Explorer. “Atari Arcade demonstrates what’s possible when you couple HTML5 along with a fast and fluid browser that is perfect for touch, which is precisely what you get with Internet Explorer 10. Now together with Internet Explorer and HTML5, we get to see some of our favorite games jump into the next generation of gaming on the web – which is pretty fantastic.”
Atari’s new platform will grant developers access to Create.js, a suite of tools for creating cross-browser, cross-device HTML5 gaming and media experiences. This new offering will give developers a platform to publish and monetize games with the ability to utilize features like Facebook integration.
Attendees at this year’s PAX Prime, taking place Aug. 31 – Sep. 2 in Seattle, will be able to get hands-on experience with the Atari Arcade in Internet Explorer’s booth in the north lobby.
Atari has released a promotional video for the event in which game industry luminaries Nolan Bushnell and Grant Skinner provide their perspective on 40 years of video games and HTML5’s impact on future development. The video may be viewed :
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Atari (www.atari.com) is a multi-platform, global interactive entertainment and licensing company. The original innovator of video gaming, founded in 1972, Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, including world renowned brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Pong®, Test Drive®, Backyard Sports®, and Rollercoaster Tycoon®. Atari capitalizes on these powerful properties by delivering compelling games online (i.e. browser, Facebook® and digital download), on smartphones and tablets and other connected devices. Atari also develops and distributes interactive entertainment for video game consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. As a licensor, Atari extends its brand and franchises into other media, merchandising and publishing categories.
Atari has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Lyon.
© 2012 Atari Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved.
Atari word mark and logo are trademarks owned by Atari Interactive, Inc.
The MongoDB-Based HTML5 Social-Gaming Platform - Intro share
The MongoDB-Based HTML5 Social-Gaming Platform
MongoKong is a HTML5 Social-Gaming Platform that allows anyone and everyone to develop their own browser-based games as easily as they would a power-point presentation. With WYSIWYG level editors and a selection of built-in artwork, you can deploy games within minutes.
Visit - http://mongokong.com - for more information!
YoYo Games Announces Grave Maker HTML5 share
YoYo Games’ First Social Title, Will Support Microtransactions and Multiple Devices via GameMaker: Studio
London, UK – 22nd December 2011 - YoYo Games, the leading portal for user-generated game content, is pleased to announce that Grave Maker, its first ‘true’ social game, is available to demo in beta form on the YoYo Games website. Developed entirely with YoYo Games’ GameMaker platform, Grave Maker runs in HTML5 and will soon be available for web-based Facebook, iOS and Android devices, thanks to easy export functionality in GameMaker: Studio, the upcoming latest version of its widely acclaimed game development framework. A ten level beta demo of Grave Maker is available to try now at: http://yoyogames.com/gravemaker.
Grave Maker is a novel take on the social gaming template, blending several classic Facebook genres into one freemium title. Players take on the role of the grave digger, who has a surprising talent for bringing the recently deceased back to life, much to the enragement of the local townsfolk. With baying crowds knocking on the gates, players must build and manage their graveyards in order to raise an army of the undead capable of fending off the angry townsfolk. Running in HTML5, Grave Maker demonstrates the power and versatility of GameMaker, and, in a first for YoYo Games, Grave Maker will be launched simultaneously on three formats – Facebook, iOS and Android.Grave Maker is truly cross-platform in the most modern sense, with one account for all formats. This means that a game started on Facebook can be picked up on an Android or iOS device and vice versa.
Grave Maker’s cross-platform support is only possible thanks to GameMaker’sHTML5 support and GameMaker: Studio’s easy export pipeline, which allows a single code and asset base to be deployed to a wide range of current devices, platforms and standards. Game Maker: Studio will be launching in early 2012, soon after Grave Maker’s official launch in February 2012.
Stuart Poole, head of publishing, YoYo Games comments: “Grave Maker is a huge project for YoYo Games and in many ways, it represents the culmination of everything we’ve been working towards with the Game Maker package.” He continues, “Grave Maker is every bit a modern social game, but its cross-platform abilities and the power of GameMaker’s HTML5 support means that the player gets the same gameplay experience across all three platforms, with the game in play accessible from any of them, at any time.”
Grave Maker is currently in beta and available to try now at:http://yoyogames.com/gravemaker.
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About YoYo Games
YoYo Games was founded in 2007 by a group of leading Games and Entertainment industry executives including James North-Hearn, CEO Foundation9, Michel Cassius, ex European Marketing Director Xbox and Spencer Hyman, formerly COO Last.FM. The company, headed by CEO, Sandy Duncan (ex Vice President of Xbox Europe), was created to support the founders’ belief that a new generation of games development talent and devices was emerging and there was an opportunity to incubate and showcase some of the very best of this talent on these new and existing platforms.
YoYo Games is a leading publisher of mobile games on both IOS and Android. It is the publisher of the top 5 hit game on Android Market “They Need to be Fed” and the award winning “Mr Karoshi”. YoYo Games debuted in the top half of the Develop100 list of the world’s top games developers in 2011. All of the games published by YoYo Games are developed using GameMaker.
The free to use version of GameMaker, GameMaker: Lite is downloaded more than 1 million times every year from the company’s websitewww.yoyogames.com.
Angry Birds Seasons Wreck The Halls Gameplay Trailer share
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but the pigs are up to their usual tricks! Use your best puzzle skills on the Angry Birds holiday calendar — 25 new festive levels featuring gingerbread cookies, bells, twinkling lights, and candy canes. On the last day you’ll meet the big pig himself… It’s going to be an egg-citing holiday season!
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Transformers DVD gets Social Game share
The war for earth is coming to a town near you in the new TRANSFORMERS social networking application, TF3 Battle Zone! Choose your side between the AUTOBOTS or DECEPTICONS and defend your city by claiming real-world territory using the foursquare API. Turn any location into a BATTLE ZONE with this innovative social networking app and link TF3 Battle Zone to your foursquare, Twitter or Facebook profile to join the geo-social battle for world domination!
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is available on Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and for Digital Download and On Demand
DECEPTICONS have pulled into the lead for control of planet Earth! Join the fight today and help your side gain global dominance. The battle for earth is now available anytime, anywhere: TF3 Battle Zone!
Battle Zone for iPhone: http://j.mp/TF3BZios
Battle Zone for Android: http://j.mp/TF3BZaos
Battle Zone for Facebook: http://j.mp/TF3BZfb
Magic Land Island - wooga sets sail for Mobile Social Games share
wooga launches HTML5 game on Facebook’s new mobile app
First step into mobile gaming for the Social Game Developer
October 10, 2011 – wooga launches its first mobile game Magic Land Island on Facebook’s new mobile apps and mobile site (m.facebook.com). Magic Land Island is an HTML5 game, which is now accessible on all smartphones and tablets, allowing users to play wherever and whenever they want with their friends.
Magic Land Island is a mobile version of Magic Land, specifically designed for Facebook’s mobile site, which is integrated into Facebook’s iPhone and iPad app. Magic Land was launched mid-August on Facebook. Its engaging story combines medieval customs and legends in a mix of role-playing, city builder and adventure features. It has already fascinated about 4m monthly active players since its launch. Now Magic Land Island launches as a standalone game and will be connected to Magic Land soon.
Programmed in HTML5, Magic Land Island launches on Facebook’s newly updated mobile apps and mobile site, giving users the ability to play their favourite Facebook games and use Facebook apps on their smartphones and tablets.
“The rapid technological development and possibilities of HTML5 surprised us during the development process and we are really seeing a lot of potential for a new segment of mobile social games,” commented Philipp Moeser, wooga’s CTO, the launch today. wooga Founder and CEO, Jens Begemann added: “We are exited about the possibilities,especially the new social distribution channels, which come along with Facebook’s new mobile apps and mobile site. wooga has always focused on the social experience – to build games, which are inherently social. This new mobile technology allows us to take this expertise to awhole new level: social mobile. 70% of our users are female and many between 35 and 45.
They are also starting to look for mobile games which connect them to their friends wherever they are.” Technologically, Magic Land Island is one of the most sophisticated mobile HTML5 games so far. Its cross-device compatibility, allowing both iOS and Android device users to play the game, gives Magic Land Island an expanded reach and offers a unique social gaming experience. Magic Land Island enhances the joy of playing Social Games, as it turns the
adventurous magical world into an interactive mobile experience.
Highlights:
● One of the technologically most sophisticated mobile HTML5 games
● Cross-device compatibility (Currently optimized for iOS devices, runs also on modern Android devices)
● Social interaction embedded in the game – mobile social experience
About wooga
Founded in 2009 in Europe´s leading technology hub, Berlin, wooga – world of gaming is the third largest social game developer in the world. wooga creates high quality games for Facebook and iOS, with a specific focus on emotional character development, usability, and superb localization in seven languages.
wooga is committed to creating innovative and original game titles for players of all ages, bringing millions of users around the world together through a world of gaming.wooga´s free-to-play Facebook games are enjoyed by over forty million active players per
month – 70% of which are women. wooga´s games generate revenue by selling virtual goods: Monster World players, for example, have bought more than twenty-eight million magic wands so far – making wooga the biggest supplier of virtual magic equipment in the world.wooga is also a world leader in the development of cutting-edge technologies, enabling millions of users to compete with their friends.
For more information, please visit: www.wooga.com
Contact:
Sina Kaufmann, sina.kaufmann@wooga.com
Phone: +49 30 521 070 550
Analytics for HTML5 Gaming Apps share
Claritics Delivers Cross-Platform Analytics Solutions for HTML5 Application Developers
Provides developers with a single analytic framework to analyze user behavior and social data for HTML5 apps across Facebook, Android, iOS and other platforms.
Mountain View, CA – October 5, 2011 – Claritics (www.claritics.com), the leading Social Intelligence solution for social and mobile app developers, today announced full HTML5 support for its Social Intelligence Suite™. The release empowers application developers to create rapid adjustments to campaigns, app features and targeted content based on real-time data from HTML5 apps running across a variety of platforms, including Facebook, Android, iOS and others.
“With the rising tide of HTML5 and the number of applications being written in this quickly emerging language, many of our customers were asking to use our analytics for their HTML5 apps,” said Raj Pai, co-founder and CEO of Claritics, Inc. “By providing a single, easy-to-use analytics framework, we’ve empowered HTML5 app developers to quickly analyze and act on real-time data across multiple channels for profitable growth.”
Claritics already provides analytics solutions for social and mobile applications, but today’s announcement marks the first time app developers have had an analytics solution that helps track user behavioral and social interaction data across multiple platforms within a single framework.
By using the Claritics Social Intelligence Suite, HTML5 developers will gain insight into important trends and information such as:
· – Which platforms deliver the most engaged users at the lowest cost of acquisition?
· – How does user behavior differ across multiple platforms and devices?
· – What is the difference in Average Revenue Per User across different platforms?
· – Which content is most or least popular and how does consumption vary by platform?
These insights are crucial to the success of any new application and especially critical when launching an HTML5 app or a game and deciding how best to acquire new users and scale the business using data-driven user acquisition, retention and monetization campaigns.
HTML5 plays an increasingly important role in the application ecosystem because it allows developers to build an app once and deploy it across multiple platforms, enabling end-users to access the app from multiple platforms and devices.
The Claritics Social Intelligence Suite with native HTML5 support is currently available for developers by signing up for a free 30-day trial at www.claritics.com.
About Claritics
Claritics is a social intelligence company that improves user acquisition, engagement and monetization campaigns for social and mobile application developers and online advertisers. Claritics uses data-rich analytics to help its customers gain immediate, actionable insights into user behavior. Claritics’ cloud-based suite of social analytics applications track data from across multiple platforms in real-time to allow game publishers to improve an application’s overall reach, retention and revenue, while helping brand advertisers gain immediate value from their social media efforts. The company is the first solution of its kind to turn analytics into automated business processes that optimize app performance and ad campaigns on-the-fly. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Claritics is venture-capital backed and led by a seasoned management team with deep expertise in social media marketing and big data analytics. For more information, visitwww.claritics.com.
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