Game News and Game Industry Trends
Hello and Happy Holidays! I just found out this morning that the game that I help create, Collapse! Blast, was ranked in the top 10 games of 2011 by Inside Social Games. Congratulations to my talented teammates, this is an incredible achievement. The fun part of making social games is that we get to update the content weekly and we will be working hard to make Collapse! Blast the best game we can in 2012….
Alex Mendelev Will Head Up the New Studio in Victoria, and Double the Team in 2012 GameHouse is expanding its social game studio to a new office in Victoria, BC, where we aim to double our staff to at least 45 people by the end of 2012. Alex Mendelev, GM, leads the team in our Victoria studio, and he told Vancouver Sun that, “Doubling in size is obviously extremely exciting in terms of us being…
There are two things I’m very passionate about: gaming, of course, and giving. So I immediately jumped at the opportunity to join Real Networks CMO, Judy Bitterli and Deborah Squires, Director of Community Engagement for Northwest Harvest on the shores of Lake Washington on Tuesday morning to celebrate a very important company milestone. I’m so proud to report that employees at GameHouse and Real raised over $63,000 for Northwest Harvest, which will create 282,000 warm…
GameHouse has become one of the top game makers on Facebook, and one of its newest games Bayou Blast is attracting thousands of new players each day on the world’s largest social network. In fact, Bayou Blast ranked as one of the top three emerging games on Facebook this week, according to Inside Social Games. Bayou Blast released on Facebook in November and has rapidly grown to more than 100,000 daily users in only a…
It’s Hard Work to Have This Much Fun! It’s hard to believe that I’ve been out of art school for 20 years. It was an important time for me and it led me into the career that I enjoy and love so much today. What have I been doing since I graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in the fall of 1990? I’ve been making video games! I thought this 20th year anniversary would…
Seattle-area TV broadcast station Northwest Cable News (@NWCNTech) ran a special series about the gaming industry this week, which included an interview with GameHouse President, Matt Hulett. Matt shares his take on the rise of casual gaming over the past 10 years, and the shift away from lengthy PC game downloads to instantgaming experiences, for everyone, everywhere. He also comments on other trends in the gaming market including free-to-play, social and mobile, adding “the smaller,…
To Commemorate, Google and GameHouse Offer a Dime per Download for the COLLAPSE! Mobile Game Google will end 2011 with a major milestone for its Android phones: 10 billion app downloads. To commemorate, the teams at Google and GameHouse are offering a dime per download for GameHouse’s popular mobile game — “Collapse!” “COLLAPSE!” is an award-winning game that puts your matching skills to the test, and will appease your craving for nonstop gaming entertainment. Download…
Play the latest in the award-winning Delicious series Thanksgiving may be over, but we’re still cookin’ up lots of fun now that Emily is back! That’s right fans, the big day is finally here: Delicious – Emily’s True Love Premium Edition is now available to play, both for PC and Mac, exclusively at GameHouse. Play and see for yourself why Gamezebo has awarded this game 5 stars, praising it as “an impressive addition to a…
It’s the holidays, and that means lots of chit-chat at dinners and parties all season long. We’re all familiar with the conversation-starter “If you were a celebrity, which celebrity would you be?” But at GameHouse, we’ve got games on the brain – so we asked ourselves, “which games would our favorite celebrities play?” Here’s what we decided: 1. Conan O’Brien With Conan’s keen wit and observational eye, he’s a natural hidden object games fan. But…
Don’t miss out on these Black Friday game deals This holiday, don’t be shy to go back for a second helping with our 2-for-1 Thanksgiving games sale. No need to count calories or worry about portion control – all of these exclusive, limited-edition PC bundles are guaranteed to be 100% fat free. Even better, members will save up to 65%. Not a member? Join today. Hurry though, these tasty bundles are limited edition and only…
