Entries in 'bigpoint' (30)

Bigpoint breaks through 300m user barrier

Bigpoint breaks through 300m user barrier

Online games maker Bigpoint has surpassed 300 million registered users.

Aaron Lee
by Aaron Lee
on Dec 6th 2012 at 12:48PM in News
What does free-to-play mean for retail?

What does free-to-play mean for retail?

There’s no hiding the impact that digital games is having on retail.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Nov 8th 2012 at 9:27AM in News
Hubertz quits as Bigpoint cuts 120 jobs

Hubertz quits as Bigpoint cuts 120 jobs

Heiko Hubertz has left his role as CEO as German online gaming giant Bigpoint cuts over 120 jobs.

by Seth Tipps
on Oct 24th 2012 at 9:21AM in News

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Bigpoint sending trio of titles to retail

Bigpoint sending trio of titles to retail

Online games specialist Bigpoint is to bring three of its titles to retail.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 1st 2012 at 12:02PM in News
PayPal veteran joins Bigpoint

PayPal veteran joins Bigpoint

Online games giant Bigpoint has hired PayPal veteran Jochen Siegert as head of payment.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Aug 1st 2012 at 5:00PM in News
Bigpoint bags Ice Age deal from 20th Century Fox

Bigpoint bags Ice Age deal from 20th Century Fox

A free-to-play browser game based on the Ice Age franchise is on the way from Bigpoint.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 12th 2012 at 3:31PM in News
Square Enix and Bigpoint team up for "new project"

Square Enix and Bigpoint team up for "new project"

Expanding games publisher Square Enix and online publishing powerhouse Bigpoint have joined forces on a mystery new title.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 5th 2012 at 11:31AM in News

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Bigpoint to open UK office

Bigpoint to open UK office

Online social games expert Bigpoint is to open an office in the UK, creating between five and ten jobs in the process.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 6th 2012 at 1:00PM in News
Artplant-chief Jack Wulff with Game of Thrones-author George R.R. Martin. PHOTO: Artplant

Artplant creates Game of Thrones MMO

BigPoint has announced an upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online RPG based on the popular HBO-series Game of Thrones, with Norwegian studio Artplant on development duties.

Jon Cato
by Jon Cato
on Mar 2nd 2012 at 4:00PM in News
BigPoint lashes out following Facebook Euro growth

BigPoint lashes out following Facebook Euro growth

It speaks volumes that online games publisher and developer BigPoint has proactively been sending statements to news sites offering a response to recent reports of Facebook creating a dedicated team ...

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Feb 27th 2012 at 8:52AM in News
Bigpoint hits 250m-player milestone

Bigpoint hits 250m-player milestone

More than 250m users have signed up for Bigpoint’s free-to-play PC browser games in the ten years it has been producing them. 

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Feb 1st 2012 at 10:22AM in News

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Fourth acquisition in 18 months for Bigpoint

Fourth acquisition in 18 months for Bigpoint

Online games provider Bigpoint has today acquired console sports entertainment studio 49Games.

Craig Chapple
by Craig Chapple
on Sep 12th 2011 at 3:04PM in News
Bigpoint and Spil strike surprise partnership

Bigpoint and Spil strike surprise partnership

Two leading companies in the highly factionalised social games space have negotiated a surprise partnership.

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on Jul 11th 2011 at 2:21PM in News
New owners at Bigpoint

New owners at Bigpoint

The majority shareholders of social games giant Bigpoint have sold a large portion of their stock in a deal valued at $350 million.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 26th 2011 at 3:47PM in News
Bigpoint hires Euro CEO

Bigpoint hires Euro CEO

Free-to-play online games publisher Bigpoint has hired a second CEO to handle business at the firm’s Hamburg office.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 5th 2011 at 2:30PM in News

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EA and Bigpoint strike F2P deal

EA and Bigpoint strike F2P deal

EA and Bigpoint have announced a ‘strategic relationship’ to distribute certain titles from within EA’s Play4Free online platform.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 2nd 2011 at 8:26AM in News
Bigpoint content heading to iPhone

Bigpoint content heading to iPhone

Online gaming firm Bigpoint is bringing some of its most popular titles to iPhone, iPad and Android devices in the first half of this year.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 5th 2011 at 12:21PM in News
Bigpoint tops 1bn daily transactions

Bigpoint tops 1bn daily transactions

Bigpoint has announced that its network of browser-based games now generates over one billion transactions every day.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Dec 16th 2010 at 11:18AM in News
Bigpoint's Facebook warning

Bigpoint's Facebook warning

For someone leading a cutting edge web games firm, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz has a surprising love-hate relationship with Facebook.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 29th 2010 at 3:30PM in News
Bigpoint aims for Call of Duty

Bigpoint aims for Call of Duty

Heiko Hubertz, the CEO of Bigpoint, has told MCV that his company’s upcoming browser shooter Ruined could threaten the stability of the console FPS market.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 29th 2010 at 11:22AM in News
Bigpoint plots UK expansion

Bigpoint plots UK expansion

Call of Duty may be the game of the moment – but online giant Bigpoint wants to steal the game’s audience away to high-end titles played via web browsers.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 18th 2010 at 9:31AM in News
LGC 2010: Old Republic ‘will never be profitable’

LGC 2010: Old Republic ‘will never be profitable’

Speaking to the audience at last night London Games Conference, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz has warned that upcoming high-profile MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will never produce a profit ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 5th 2010 at 10:54AM in News
LGC 2010: ‘Zynga bigger than EU top five combined’ – Hubertz

LGC 2010: ‘Zynga bigger than EU top five combined’ – Hubertz

This year’s London Games Conference opened with a startling signal of how fast social game firm Zynga is growing.

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on Nov 4th 2010 at 11:08PM in News
150m users for Bigpoint

150m users for Bigpoint

Bigpoint, the games portal site and developer, has reached 150m registered users, an expansion of fifty per cent on the 100m users it had in January of this year.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 25th 2010 at 1:46PM in News