Zynga & Farmville 2

               

                   Zynga

Zynga games are free to play and mostly found on social networks. Players can however buy extra game credits from the zynga website, this can be done through a credit card or via a paypal account. Zynga also advertises through their games such as movies and other brands.

In June, 2012 Zynga started running Facebook advertisements and sponsored stories on their website.

                                                        Farmville 2

Farmbille 2  was announced at Zynga's Unleashed press event at its San Francisco headquarters. the new game has a 3D view point which will allow the player to see the game from different and more interesting angles. this first farmville was popular with fans, so the sequel to farmville will be a hit aswell. like the previous farmville players can buy coins through the store to purchase more products such as farm machinery.

Skylanders Giants

                          Skylanders

Skylanders Giants is the second game from the number 1 kids game of 2011 skylanders spyros adventures. Skylanders involves the use of mitire toys that produce a character in the game. this game is unique to any other by the way players can interact with the game by purchasing these toys. it was released on the 19th of October 2012 in europe, Skylanders Giants has 40 new characters in this sequel, some characters are larger then the original skylanders. the game has already been called a success due to its name Skylanders, and being the most rated toy of 2011. it has een said it will beat the previous skylanders game in sales over the festive season.

Skylanders Giants has been marketed widely over the internet, Skylanders has its own YouTube channel, so having this will help to boost awareness of the product and release dates. the channel is very popular as it releases new videos of new gameplay in the sequel Skylanders Giants. it has also been heavily advertised on TV, mainly on childrens channels such as Cartoon Network. Skylanders also advertises thoughout the internet on websites that sell the product such as Argos, Littlewoods and John Lewis. the game has gained alot of publicity throughout the past few months because since the first skylanders was so popular, the sequel was obviously going to drag up more publicity to see if it was better or worse then the first skylanders.

Skylanders has been released in 2 differtent packs. a starter pack which is £45.99, and the booster pack which is £37.21. for each individual character is £9.30. Skylanders Giants will be released on all familiar platforms such as Playstation 3, xbox 360, Nintendo 3ds, Ninendo Wii and the new Nintendo Wii U.

Notes

The tent pole business plan is the idea were a oublisher releases a blockbuster game, with heavy investment and marketing. the revenue raised from the blockbuster game supports for the devolopment of the next game which is more riskier for investors.

The HollyWood Model is the method were the game is contracted out to other companies in order to lower costs through out the design process.

Rockstar Studios

Rockstar Family Tree

Rockstar Leeds used to be called  Mobius Entertainment, it is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. they are more known for there hand held games on the game boy advance.

Rockstar London is mostly known for their part in Man Hunt 2. Rockstar London is located on Kings Road, London, in the same building as Rockstar's European publishing headquarters. in 2008 they were nominated  Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 in the category of Best New UK/European Studio.
Rockstar Toronto is a  is an in-house game development team for Rockstar games and Take-Twp Interactive.

Indie Games

                                                             Indie Games


Indie games are games aimed at a nieche market of gamers who tend to play games with a difference then the normal call of duty or fifa. They usually consist of a fantasy story and charactes in the game that will apeal to the gamers. They tend to be made by individuals or small teams of comapnies, Most indie games do not get alot of publicity or tend to advertise much due to the cost involved of advertising such a product to such an nieche market. Indie games started on the PC, that is where the majority of indie games are still found, this may to do with the cost of the package to set up these games.

Some indie games become popular within markets of different consoles however, an example of this would be Minecraft. this games was officially released on the 18th November 2011. it was a modest price considering the usual pricce for anew game was £40.00. it went on to shatter any previous sales records. the game is based around your own world were it is up to you to create your own surroundings i.e your house, the idea came from dungon master and other games near to the mark of minecraft.

World of  warcraft is another indie game that has exploded into the console market from PC. World of Warcraft takes place in a 3D representation of the Warcraft universe that players can interact with through their characters. The game world initially consisted of the two continents in Azeroth: Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.it took just under 5 years to fully finish world of warcraft and was finally released in 2001. ever since then it has grown bigger and bigger, it was one of the best known indie games to date, it still sells well due to the release of new expension packs and their advertising methods, they offer a free trial to persuade gamers to try their product.

1. Hot Coffee Mod is a minigame released in the game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas in 2005. this minigame shows the main character CJ having sexual intercourse with the characters girlfriend, the name Hot Coffee comes from when in the mod the girlfriend asks CJ if he wasnts to come in for some Coffee.

2. The minigame's discovery attracted considerable controversy from lawmakers and politicians, this prompted it to be re rated to be classed as an adult film,

3. Since the Hot Coffee mod in 2005, there has been an new updated verson without the patch, grand theft auto san andreas had to be recalled aswell from shops.