Social Zone for Mobile Apps Launched by Viximo 04/02/2012
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Client News.Tags: social gaming, social zone, viximo
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On March 1st, MBBP client Viximo, Inc. announced the launch of their new Social Zone platform which helps make mobile apps more social. In an article on VentureBeat, the author describes Social Zone as a platform that lets “publishers publish games to multiple channels and send messages across those channels. It can create a real-time presence solution and cross-promote games across the whole network. Developers using it should be able to attract more players, make their games more social, and drive higher revenue, without letting someone else get between their brand and the customer.” Dale Strang, chief executive of Viximo, helps to explain his company’s new interface:
The other networks were made for downloadable games. Ours is made for the freemium world. They have leaderboards and achievements. They’re monolithic platforms. Ours is designed to be purely social. You can add more features and customize it. The options for social mechanics are in the hands of developers.
Please visit Viximo to learn more about their Social Zone.
Four MBBP Clients on 2010 AlwaysOn East Top 100 Companies List 06/17/2010
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Client News, MBBP news.Tags: AlwaysOn, Citysquares, LeoStream, Pixtronix, viximo
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On June 9th, AlwaysOn Networking released their list of the 2010 AlwaysOn East Top 100 Companies. This list represents the top emerging companies on the East Coast that are “demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in on-demand computing, digital media, and greentech.” Featured on the AOE100 list are four MBBP clients:
LeoStream Corporation provides critical connection broker technology for delivering virtual desktop solutions.
Citysquares Online, Inc. provides small, independent businesses the ability to reach a qualified, local consumer audience through a search engine optimized profile on it’s highly trafficked, consumer-facing website.
Viximo, Inc. provides solutions to publishers (social networks, dating sites, gaming sites, etc) and content creators (brands, media, digital artists) that drive revenue and engagement.
Pixtronix, Inc. develops and markets the world’s lowest power consumption, highest optical performance flat panel display modules.
For the full list of the Top 100, please visit AlwaysOn Networking.
Viximo Provides Smaller Social Networks With New Gaming Platform 06/11/2010
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Client News.Tags: social game, social network, viximo
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On June 9th, MBBP client Viximo, Inc. announced the launch of a social game platform that will aid in expending gaming to smaller social networks. This platform will allow game developers to integrate their games to Viximo’s social networking partners which include IGG, Playtaki, Frosmo, Synapse Games and Mob Science. Viximo President and CEO, Dale Strang discusses the platform in a recent blog posting.
Social game developers see both need and opportunity to expand beyond one dominant community, but until now it has been difficult and costly for them to manage their own distribution and integration across multiple communities. Viximo’s solution seamlessly integrates social games across our network of communities, enabling game developers to quickly and easily expand onto more sites while providing our social networking partners with content that drives revenue and user engagement.
For more information, please see Viximo’s article on VentureBeat.
Boston Game Industry Scores at MIT BiG Conference 04/20/2010
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Events.Tags: blue fang games, Fire Hose Games, MIT, video games, viximo
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Friday, April 16th, MBBP Co-Sponsored the second annual MIT Sloan Business in Gaming (BiG) Conference boasting nearly 300 attendees at the Microsoft N.E.R.D. Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The conference was broken into eight different panel discussions including topics such as “Gaming Companies Financial Analytics” and “Hollywood, Music and Gaming.” Some of the panelists included executives from three MBBP clients: Brian Balfour, VP of Product Marketing from Viximo, Eduardo Baraf, Director of Blue Fang Games, and Eitan Glinert, Founder of Fire Hose Games, as well as former Red Sox pitcher and current Founder and Chairman of 38 Studios, Curt Schilling.
A post-conference reception was hosted by the MIT New England Games SIG, of which MBBP’s Mike Cavaretta is chairperson.
Viximo Welcomes New CEO 01/11/2010
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Client News.Tags: video games, viximo
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MBBP client Viximo hired Dale Strang as its new CEO. Viximo provides white-label virtual goods selling software for media publishers, including micro-payments, virtual currency, analytics and virtual-goods content. With over 13 years experience in the industry, Strang previously held an executive position at IGN Entertainment, a company known for its online reviews of new videogames, and led the company to more than 300% revenue growth in two years.
We look forward to seeing him put his expertise to work for Viximo!
For more information on Viximo’s new CEO, please read the full article at Mass High Tech.
