Category Archives: Playdom

Playdom To Acclaim: It's Not You, It's Me

After purchasing Acclaim 3 months ago, Playdom shuts down everything they run… um… somewhat abruptly.

We regret to inform you that all Acclaim games will no longer be in service effective August 26, 2010

ACCLAIM COINS

OTHER GAMES


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Probably the most abrupt studio closing in quite a while.

If you’re a 9Dragons player your strategy for porting your game account to the new owners? Um… screenshots.

The Casual Gaming Market Goes Literally Insane

"Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it."

Kongregate, the home of about 3 million flash games, gets bought by Gamestop after realizing that literally no one is buying games in stores any more except for nine year olds that want the old hackable version of GTA San Andreas.  Playdom (which some of you may know chiefly for acquiring Raph Koster’s company, because you never admit to playing any Facebook games ever) gets bought by Disney for almost eight hundred million dollars. Zynga is acquired by the European Community in exchange for Mark Pincus being granted Slovenia as a feudal overlord, its people now subject to his every mad whim and forced to wear YoVille-branded jester hats on “casual Fridays“.

I may have made one of those news entries up. I think.

Playdom Acquires Acclaim

Social game developer buys Asian MMO importer and agrees: being black is kinda awesome.

The larger trend is interesting. As the traditional video game industry slows down, its assets, its people, and even the names of its institutions are being taken over by the new gaming industry.

Well, that’s nice.