Posts Tagged ‘ Dream Heights ’

Zynga Removes Facebook Log In Requirement

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Zynga Removes Facebook Log In Requirement

Zynga Removes Facebook Log In Requirement By Roy Choi | March 21, 2013 + Share More about Zynga Former Zynga Employee Talks Good and Bad about Company Zynga’s been wrapped up in a whole lot of not-so-awesome news as of late. The tumble in the eyes of gamers restarted most recently when… Spotted: $194,000...
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Best of British: Has the age of the App Store helped or hindered game design …

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Best of British: Has the age of the App Store helped or hindered game design …

Catalin Alexandru is a game designer and consultant with five years of industry experience who has worked with companies like EA, Mind Candy and Beatnik on franchises ranging from Star Trek to Moshi Monsters. He’s also the founder of Darkest Timeline Studios, a three-person indie developer. The word ‘innovation’ is, at best, an utter...
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The Charticle: Just how successful are clones on the App Store anyway?

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Last week, Spry Fox’s legal battle with 6waves came to a close.  The case centred around the question of whether 6waves had infringed Spry Fox’s copyright by releasing a supposed Triple Town clone – Yeti Town - following early access to Spry Fox’s title when it was seeking out a publisher. After 6waves’ motion to...
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Zynga’s Decline Points To Much Bigger Problems

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Zynga’s Decline Points To Much Bigger Problems

Zynga Keeps Crashing, But Mark Pincus Is Having A Great Year Nathan Vardi Forbes Staff ... more at article source
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The gloves are off: EA vs. Zynga over copyright infringment

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The gloves are off: EA vs. Zynga over copyright infringment

Zynga has been copying games from smaller developers and creating their own versions of it. One developer, Nimblebit, wasn’t too pleased. They released a sarcastic image dedicated to Zynga (which you can see below) when Zynga took “inspiration” from their Tiny Tower game and created Dream Heights. Zynga wasn’t done taking “inspiration” from games....
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It’s sad to see Zynga cloning games, says Nimblebit

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It’s sad to see developers at Zynga working on copycat games rather than creating original content, Nimblebit’s David Marsh has said. Speaking to Mobile Pie’s Will Luton in an interview for Develop, the Tiny Tower creator said he was surprised that the social games giant did not often let designers create their own ideas,...
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A Photo Retrospective of the Games Developers Claim Zynga Has Cloned

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A Photo Retrospective of the Games Developers Claim Zynga Has Cloned

Last week, EA filed a lawsuit against Zynga, claiming that the mobile giant’s title The Ville directly takes elements from their own popular game, The Sims Social, infringing on EA’s intellectual property. But they’re hardly the first company to make that claim. For years now, nearly every new Zynga release has come with allegations...
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Once Again, EA Is Trying To Be The Big Friend On Video Gaming’s Playground

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Once Again, EA Is Trying To Be The Big Friend On Video Gaming’s Playground

This little exchange yesterday on Twitter says a lot about why Electronic Arts is suing the Facebook gaming giant Zynga, and how the publishing giant really sees itself in doing so. Nimblebit is the outfit behind Tiny Tower, which Zynga blatantly ripped off with Dream Heights earlier this year, and did little more than...
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Once Again, EA is Trying to be the Big Friend on Video Gaming’s Playground

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Once Again, EA is Trying to be the Big Friend on Video Gaming’s Playground

Owen Good View Profile Email Facebook Twitter AIM Google Plus RSS This little exchange yesterday on Twitter says a lot about why Electronic Arts is suing the Facebook gaming giant Zynga, and how the publishing giant really sees itself in doing so. Nimblebit is the outfit behind Tiny Tower, which Zynga blatantly ripped off...
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