Day: March 12, 2013

CocoaChina/Chukong Riding Fishing Joy Revenue Wave into GDC

cocoachinaCompany’s Flagship Mobile Franchise Generating Over $6 Million in Monthly Revenue Worldwide

SAN FRANCISCO — March 12, 2013—In advance of the Game Developers Conference(GDC) 2013 in San Francisco, international mobile game developer and publisher CocoaChina/Chukong has shared new revenue statistics about their flagship Fishing Joy franchise: the series is generating $6.28 million in monthly revenue with more than 10 million daily active users (DAU). In the last two months alone, the popular mobile game has doubled its monthly revenue. The franchise’s continued success is attributed to CocoaChina’s expanding distribution and continual optimization of the game, as well as an explosive growth of the Chinese smartphone user base. Continue reading CocoaChina/Chukong Riding Fishing Joy Revenue Wave into GDC

Prepared for a Scare? Outlast Playable at PAX East

Indie Survival-Horror Game Playable for the First Time Ever at the PAX East Indie MEGABOOTH, March 22-24 in Boston

MONTREAL – March 12,2013 – Red Barrels, an independent game development studio based in Montreal, today announced that its first title – PC survival-horror experience, Outlast – will be playable for the first time as part of the PAX East Indie MEGABOOTH in Boston, March 22-24. Attendees will be given a chance to walk the corridors of Mount Massive Asylum in the shoes of investigative reporter Miles Upshur as he tries to escape the evils that roam the complex’s halls. For a preview of what horrors are in store, check out the teaser trailer here:

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SoftKinetic Brings Full Body Tracking to Television Broadcasting

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Gesture Control Leader Powering Innovative New Way to Report on the Weather

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – March 12, 2013 – SoftKinetic, the world’s leading 3D gesture recognition software and solution provider, today announced that its iisu® middleware technology is being used to power an innovative new weather report by the Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium. Broadcasters at RTBF are now able to move around and trigger 3D animations with gestures in a virtual set that is more interactive and dynamic than ever before. To see the weather report in action, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6KdkVG9-Rg.

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