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Tumblr Porn, Tim Cook and the Problem With Big Data — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week
The week in AllThingsD, in one convenient post. You’re welcome!
News Byte
Cloud Gaming Startup Happy Cloud Raises $4.25 Million Series A Round
The Happy Cloud, one of a slew of “cloud gaming” startups trying to bring videogames to new and different platforms, announced Wednesday it had raised a $4.25 million Series A round of venture capital. The round was led by Avalon Ventures and joined by Jesselson Capital and Shaman Ventures. The Happy Cloud has been in stealth mode since it launched in 2011, but claims that users who download games through its partnerships with publishers can start playing them almost instantly while the full game download finishes in the background. The company also announced the appointment of a new CEO, Tamir Buchler.News Byte
King Touts Latest Gaming Numbers: 70 Million Daily Players, 21 Billion Games Played Per Month
On the back of its hit Facebook/mobile game Candy Crush Saga, casual game studio King said in a press release that it has crossed the 70 million mark in daily active players across all platforms. That puts it within striking distance of Zynga’s all-time quarterly peak of 72 million daily active users (achieved in Q2 2012), and well beyond that competitor’s latest quarterly total of 52 million DAU, as reported last month. The company also said that its cross-platform games are now being played more than 21 billion times per month.Mobile Game Biz to Nintendo and Sony: Seasons? What Are Those?
A double whammy for the devices that used to define “mobile gaming.”
News Byte
Twitch App for Xbox 360 Will Let You Watch (But Not Stream) Game Videos
Videogame video-streaming service Twitch is getting an Xbox 360 app, the company announced today. The app will let owners of Microsoft’s console watch any of the site’s top 300 live channels, though it will not let them make their own videos, one of the features Sony has promised for its upcoming PlayStation 4. However, a Twitch spokesperson said Microsoft will show off the app in more detail shortly after its next-generation console event, “Xbox Revealed,” next week.News Byte
Want to Draw Your Own Videogames? There’s an App for That, and It’s Now Accepting Donations.
Readers who are nostalgic for the “good ol’ days” of videogames may have heard about Pixel Press around the Web last week. The in-development app, which lets users make their own platformer games by hand-drawing them on a special paper grid — no code required — is now live on Kickstarter, where creator Robin Rath is asking for a whopping $100,000. Rath told AllThingsD that he is “highly focused on education,” since Pixel Press teaches everyone from children to “thirtysomething geeks who played Mario” the mental skills of game design and testing the playability of what they make.Mind Games: Will Brain Power Be the Future of Play?
The search for a game-changer at a neurogaming conference this week in San Francisco.
Cheap Mobile Games? Bah! Meet zSpace’s $4,000 3-D Monitor.
Cool technology, but the future of video games? Even zSpace says it’s focusing on other stuff first.
Playing to the Crowd: Gamecasting Goes Mainstream
Video games have always been social, but now they’re getting hooked up to the social Web.
LucasArts Departs, Windows Phone Grows, and Why You Can’t Resell Your MP3s: The AllThingsD Week in Review 3/31/13 — 4/06/13
The Top 10 stories of the week, in one convenient serving.