Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn activision blizzard facebook games. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn activision blizzard facebook games. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng

Thứ Hai, 6 tháng 2, 2012

FarmVille Unreleased Riding Pony, Riding Foal, Tulips, Mystery Gift, German Home

A slew of FarmVille unreleased items were discovered this evening, including the Riding Pony (which you can see in the German loading screen), the Riding Pony Foal, Orange Tulips, Mystery Gift and the German Home. Looks like we're just getting started with the German Limited Edition items this evening.

   
   
   
Please note: These items are 'unreleased,' which means they are not yet live in FarmVille, and there is no guarantee that these items will be released in the future.

[Via FarmVille Freak, FV Fan]

What do you think about the new Riding Pony?

Thứ Sáu, 9 tháng 12, 2011

Look, Activision, do you want to make Facebook games or not?

Seriously, it's not a hard question. And yet, the omnipotent games publisher continues to flip-flop on the subject of social games. In October, Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty ring a bell?) CEO Bobby Kotick told Los Angeles Magazine that, while the company is at a point where it's ready to invest in Facebook games, it doesn't expect much to come of it. Here's an excerpt from Kotick's conversation:

    As of October Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick still wasn't ready. "If we can't put a creative foot forward, it's not interesting to us," he told me at the company's headquarters, which is tucked in an office complex on Ocean Park Avenue. In assessing Facebook, Kotick says he's been "trying to figure out what we could do that's different from what's being done. So now that they've gotten a large enough audience and we've done enough analysis of the opportunity, we can commit capital." He adds, however, "We don't have huge expectations."

Um, just curious ... what's the point then? Since then, Kotick spoke with Bloomberg, seeming refreshingly bullish on the prospect of Facebook games. Over the summer--before either interview--the Activision chief admitted that the company was into social games. But shortly after, other executives within the company made points to denounce Facebook gaming. What gives?

Here's the thing: If you're not going to go full bore into the social games space, then you're not going to get anywhere. Just look at EA, for instance. It's cost the company upwards of $2 billion in acquisitions to hit second place on the charts with 56.9 million monthly players, and that's not even close to the industry leader Zynga's 218 million. If Activision doesn't have "huge expectations" of its efforts in Facebook games, why even spend the cash? Hell, the publisher's own former game creators may beat it to the punch.

[Via LA Observed]

Is it even worth it for Activision Blizzard to get into Facebook games at this point? If so, what types of games would you like to see from the games publisher?