fatfoogoo - There is Money in Your Game

Double Fusion turns up the IGA heat with Jana Friedman

Dan Taylor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:35:36 +0000

Double Fusion is turning up the heat with promotion of Media and Advertising veteran Jana Friedman to Senior VP of Worldwide Advertising Sales.

Holiday 2008 online video game sales top brick and mortar

Dan Taylor — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:09:48 +0000

Comscore has recently released figures comparing holiday spending 2007 vs. 2008 revealing that both online sales of Sports and Fitness equipment and Video Games increased and outperformed offline sales during the holiday 2008 season.

Nintendo to bring microtransactions to Wii

Dan Taylor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:43:59 +0000

Nintendo has recently released a bit more information about their plans to join Microsoft and Sony and bring video on demand to connected Wii owners via ad agency Dentsu.

Turbine seeks microtransactions manager

Dan Taylor — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:12:46 +0000

With more and more Western development companies starting to see the light, or at least investigate and test the waters of microtransactions, 2009 looks like it might very well be the year of RMT and/or MTX. More and more western developers simply can’t ignore Nexon’s run away success, doubling and tripling revenues from the previous [...]

Facebook shelves in-house microtransactions system

Dan Taylor — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:46:24 +0000

Facebook has indefinitely put their development of an in-platform monetization tool on hold. Bad news for Facebook, good news for fatfoogoo.

OGPlanet open US beta testing of Cabal Online

Dan Taylor — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:29:31 +0000

OGPlanet recently announced the open beta testing period for their newest free-to-play title; Cabal Online. With almost 1 M players already enjoying the game across Europe and Asia, this much anticipated online action game now arrives on American shores. The beta period opens today, January 2nd through to the official launch planned for February 21st.

fatfoogoo – a year in review

Dan Taylor — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:58:24 +0000

2008 has been an outstanding year for fatfoogoo. Let's take a look back at some selected highlights and a look forward at some VERY exciting developments we're currently working on.

SOE talks RMT with DC Universe Online

Dan Taylor — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:59:11 +0000

Earlier this year, Brendon Sheffield from Gamasutra sat down with DC Universe Online's senior producer Wes Yangani to discuss the title. One of the issues discussed was whether DC Universe Online will enact a subscription or microtransaction monetization model.

Red 5 Studios talks Monetization

Dan Taylor — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:58:05 +0000

Red 5 Studios is a collective of former Blizzard and World of Warcraft alums that have been developing the hottest MMO you've never heard of over the past 3 years. Here, CCO Mark Kern, and now CEO Michael Weingartner discuss Red 5 and monetization.

Acclaim announces new free-to-play – Knight’s Blood

Dan Taylor — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:42:14 +0000

Just in time for holiday adventure, Free-to-play magnet Acclaim releases their newest offering: Knight's Blood.