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Read More »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. The web specialist has reached an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox to produce the game, which will feature characters and locations from the franchise’s four movies. Players will assume the role of a sloth …
Read More »Bigpoint teams with Fox for free-to-play Ice Age title
Movie tie-in to include social features such as friend lists and leaderboards
Read More »Square Enix teams with Bigpoint for new social title
Unannounced game 'to encourage user-generated content' and is set to be revealed 'within the next few weeks'
Read More »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. The game is apparently well into development” at Square Enix and will be published and marketed by Bigpoint in both Europe and North America on Bigpoint’s new portal. Virtually nothing is known …
Read More »GDC: Bigpoint opens offices in London and Paris
New Italian and Spanish branches to open later this year as part of European expansion
Read More »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. It will be doing the same in Paris, too, as the company looks to radically expand its Western European operations. The new teams will be chiefly tasked with …
Read More »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. Artplant, best known in Norway for various games for children based on popular television shows, has expanded heavily in the last two years, and broke through …
Read More »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 ofFacebook creating a dedicated teamto work alongside developers in Europe. BigPoint CEO Heiko Hubertz expresses that Facebook’s interest in the region is confirmation that it’s currently …
Read More »BigPoint: Don’t be blinkered by Facebook EU push
Hubertz: Social networks are not the only route to success
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