Business Model

JUNE 4, 2010 • A little over a month after Warner Bros. Interactive Ent. acquired MMO maker Turbine Inc., the latter announced that it was quickly transitioning its Lord of the Rings Online [...]

MAY 26, 2010 • THQ Inc. launches THQ Partners. The move is intended to bring in additional titles from select developers into THQ’s global retail and online publishing network. If successful, [...]

MAY 21, 2010 • Following the successful introduction of a virtual item riding mount in World of Warcraft, Sony Online Ent. introduced three EverQuest II virtual item mounts. The three Prowler [...]

APRIL 29, 2010 • Playdom is a developer and publisher of what is commonly referred to as social games, but more accurately described as games delivered via social networks. What sets Playdom [...]

APRIL 19, 2010 • Plenty has been written about the rise of online games in South Korea, India and China during the last 10 years. One Asian market that hasn’t gotten much press by comparison is [...]