Peter Suciu
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Quick Hit out to tackle Madden football game market
As summer inches closer, Madden NFL Football from Electronic Arts is arriving in video game stores almost like clockwork. Lots of rivals have failed to tackle Madden, which has become a multi-billion-dollar franchise. But Jeff Anderson’s Quick Hit (previously named Play Hard Sports) has a decent chance of winning some fans, not with a long bomb but with a game for those with short attention spans. Anderson’s venture-funded team has designed Madden and other football… Continue Reading
Q&A with PlayFirst’s John Welch on making game consoles obsolete and making gamers out of everyone
PlayFirst co-found and CEO John Welch has done what many have tried, and few have succeeded. He’s managed to launch a company built around casual gaming and actually build established brands. And while Cooking Dash might not be as instantly recognizable as Mario just yet, the company has just started cookin’.
We sat down to talk to Welch, who co-founded the company in 2004, at the New York Game Conference.
VB: Where do you see the state… Continue Reading
Q&A with Sony Online Entertainment’s John Smedley on making online games
John Smedley grew up playing the “Dungeons & Dragons” fantasy-role playing board game during lunch. Today he’s president of Sony Online Entertainment. Smedley was in New York to give the keynote at the inaugural New York Games Conference, which was under extremely tight security. But it turned out they weren’t there to protect Smedley or the conference – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, was actually staying at the hotel across the street. That was… Continue Reading