Battlefield 3: 8 Million Pound Gorilla
EA can be proud of Battlefield 3. It may not have been the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 killer they wanted it to be. Rather EA now has a title in the war/fps genre that can compete. Mind you Battlefield has always been a great franchise, but EA has this bad habit of letting their franchises go. What I mean is that they tend to get complacent. This was the case with Battlefield. Dice always does a great job in their defense, but previous titles were missing something. What Battlefield 3 has done is get the franchise back to basics. Focusing on the fun aspects of being a soldier. At the same time pushing things technically to make the title stand out, or stand toe to toe with other titles. All of the tlc that EA/Dice put into Battlefield 3 has turned the title into 8 million units sold, and counting. In a crazy game filled universe we live in now from mobile to console. It’s a battlefield out there (Pun totally intended). With the marketing campaign bread that was spent on Battlefield 3, EA needed to make sure the bacon fried right. We must say Battlefield is mighty tasty. Good job EA…
The Award winning Paper Camera App has just received a major update. Paper Camera 2.0 for Android has just been released, adding video recording functionality. The new 2.0 version supports video recording on many high end devices, records video clips using all your favourite comic/sketch/neon artistic effects and even allows you to change settings or switch filters while recording! Paper Camera encodes video in real-time, using the WebM open video format, making it ideal to quickly capture and share clips in YouTube, via email or in any other way.Â
Other additions to this version include: Android Beam support, improvements to the way pictures and clips are organised and a few minor bug fixes.
Full feature list:
- Video recording (on most Android 4.0 and 2.3 devices, WebM format)
- Android Beam support (on Android 4.0 devices, requires NFC permission)
- Pictures and videos are now saved in separate folders
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Kwalee - Vegemite:Social Game Development
Mobile game developer Kwalee are using social media to communicate with gamer’s the process of developing their new game. The Kwalee blog, can be found on kwalee.com. The developer current post ”Tales from the code mines” goes deep into the process showing off statistics and stylized visuals. Pretty slick stuff going on. The twitter page @VegemiteDevlog can be followed for updates, and it has been doing really well to the point that followers are engaging with questions. This interaction offers up a level of engagement from potential customers that marketeers would have/had to spend millions on. Kwalee’s CEO, David Darling speaks on how this process is impacting their view of social media as a marketing, communication tool. “Twitter is a great, modern way to interact with the world. With millions of people signed up to Twitter, many of which are from the gaming world, we are eager to keep everyone in the know about Kwalee and our projects.” You can follow Kwalee for more on their upcoming title.
Pocket Bracket + NCAA March Madness = Better Bracketology
March Madness is almost upon us in NCAA basketball. With that comes all the guess work for those that play in brackets and pools. Now a new app will make it that much more fun, and easier to get into the madness. Louisville based Pure Concepts, LLC PocketBracket 2012 for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices is here to be a game changer in Bracketology. This is genius and on time. If you are a sports college sports nut, love bracket pools, and ‘friendly’ wagers then PocketBracket app needs to be downloaded on release. The app allows you to create unlimited brackets, organize pools, and follow the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. You can compete against other users on the PocketBracket Network. From your friends, family, and coworkers. PocketBracket is amazing, it is the first, and only March Madness application to features that make Bracketology more sophisticated in one platform. This makes it easier to play, participate, and keep track of how your bracket is going.
The way the app works is Brackets are automatically scored and ranked. Players will be able to create, and join pools. They can then follow the tournament games and scores up-to-the minute. PocketBracket is pretty intelligent an application. It’s a game within a game. The features in this application has the potential to be applied in other sports, and areas.
PocketBracket comes pre-loaded with 2011 NCAA® Men’s Basketball Tournament data so you can test drive the application before the the 2012 NCAA® tournament. The 2012 data will be available on Selection Sunday, March 11, at 8:15pm ET. At that time PocketBracket will automatically update and remove your sample brackets so you are ready for March Madness®. PocketBracket 2012 is available for $0.99 (USD) on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices.