THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
drinkrelaxplay Never thought I’d be in a position where I’m chatting to a Pan-European gaming distributor about coffee.
(James Dance, Loading) Thursday, February 9th
ad_uk @drinkrelaxplay Never thought I’d be in a position where I’m chatting to a coffee vendor as a buyer at a Pan-European gaming distributor ;) (Adam Harris, Link Distribution) Thursday, February 9th
sidshuman Double Fine killed in Kickstarter b/c the core team has earned decades of respect. Indies who see Kickstarter as ATM are asking for trouble. (Sid Shuman, Sony)
Thursday, February 9th
follioe Bloody hell @MCVonline is following me, must remember to sound intelligent.
(Eric Folliot, Activision) Friday, February 10th
DanHowdle Kudos to @nowgamer_nick and @imaginemd, whose tweets made it into MCV magazine. Mine never have. Perhaps I should talk less about flies.
(Dan Howdle, 360 Magazine) Friday, February 10th
kristanreed Congrats to the @HookshotInc guys. The market is wide open for decent coverage for cheaper games, and these are the men to do it. (Kristan Reed, Pocket Gamer) Monday, February 13th
giordanobc Hearing about lots of very young kids learning to code. They will likely start developing and publishing games. Will be interesting. (Giordano Contestabile, PopCap Games) Monday, February 13th
squidmania At this rate @TimOfLegend will get enough money that he can forget the adventure game and make a gritty AAA online FPS!
(Martin Gaston, VideoGamer) Friday, February 10th
TimOfLegend $1,661,375! Getting close to $1.666 million! Who will be the Backer of the BEAST??? (Tim Schafer, Double Fine) Monday, February 13th
IanHigton I wonder why 90% of the time games developers will make taps and toilets interactive in games when nothing else is.
(Ian Higton, Platform 32) Monday, February 13th
PRESENTS FACTS 5 SECOND
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
70%
Year-on-year sales increase at The Hut Group, which reported overall sales of £142m for its fiscal 2011
$400m
Revenue generated from sales of downloadable and other non-physical games in the US in January
20m
Worldwide sales of Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure toys to date
Putty is a classic character from the System 3 vault which appeared on Amiga and SNES to critical acclaim. 2012 marks Putty’s 21st birthday and now it’s being re-imagined on Vita.