Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts

Sunday, August 7, 2011

The newly formed 6waves Lolapps is already making a big splash in the social gaming space, despite only recently joining forces. According to a report from VentureBeat, the new company will receive investment from none other than MapleStory developer Nexon.

Though the Korea-based Nexon is best known for the browser-based MMO MapleStory, the company recently expanded to Facebook with the launch of MapleStory Adventures. By teaming up with an established company like 6waves Lolapps, which currently boasts a monthly active usersbase of around 35 million, Nexon is clearly attemtping to expand its Facebook presence.

"We are thrilled to be teaming up with 6waves Lolapps in such a significant way," Nexon CEO Seung-woo Choi told VentureBeat. "By joining forces, we are combining 6waves Lolapps’ experience in publishing and developing social games with our extensive knowledge of free-to-play games and the microtransaction business model."

Details of the investment have not yet been disclosed.

The next big game to come out of 6waves Lolapps is Ravenshire Castle, the sequel to the hit Facebook game Ravenwood Fair.

MapleStory creator Nexon invests in 6waves Lolapps

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

The price of the Nintendo 3DS in the US is dropping precipitously August 12th from $249 to $169, with other regions getting a similar price break in their respective currency. Are you one of the 830,000~ US gamers that have already shelled out? Don't be too disappointed, the thank you gift for gamers that have logged into the eShop at least once before the price cut will be 10 free NES virtual console games September 1st, plus 10 more Game Boy Advance virtual console games -- that Nintendo is not planning on releasing to the general public -- before the end of the year. Left holding the bag for all this desperation generosity, are the company's investors. While pressure from the upcoming Vita is surely playing a part, Nintendo plans to sell 16 million 3DS units in the financial year, but still slashed its financial projections for the year from ¥110 billion to just ¥20 billion. Check out the financial PDFs at the source links below while you decide if 10 potentially-exclusive GBA games are worth paying $80 extra for.

Nintendo posts earnings, drops 3DS from $249 to $169 August 12th, current owners get 20 free games

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