May 30, 2012 Update: The release of Minecraft on the 360 was met with strong sales, and even bumped Call of Duty from the Xbox charts. Call of Duty! Feb 20, 2012 Update: He had a big month, but with all the movement around him he stays put. The power he wields continues to be…
May 30, 2012 Update: Even after getting hit with a delay, the release of Max Payne 3 was received highly, including by us Feb 20, 2012 Update: Max Payne 3 slipped from March to May. Delays of Rockstar games usually lead to very good games, but they also tend to lengthen the wait for the…
July 3, 2012 Update: X-Com: Enemy Unkown was a stand-out at E3 and Borderlands 2 and NBA 2K13 looked good, but, overall, not a brilliant E3 for Take Two. No reason to bump him up the way we did the bosses at Square-Enix and Ubisoft. May 30, 2012 Update: Strauss moves down 3 positions, mainly…
July 3, 2012 Update: Suddenly, this guy is in desperate need of a hit. Zynga revealed FarmVille 2 and a new game called The Ville. But are the days when Zynga games ruled Facebook over? The company seems to be slipping as more competitors, big and small, fill the Facebook gaming charts. April 27, 2012…
July 3, 2012 Update: Dishonored is looking fantastic. But this is feeling like a quiet year for for company that brought us Skyrim and Fallout 3 May 30, 2012 Update: Earlier this month Zenimax revealed a big announcement: They will be releasing an Elder Scrolls MMO by the name of The Elder Scrolls Online Why…
May 30, 2012 Update: BioShock Infinite is delayed until 2013 Feb 20, 2012 Update: Down to notches, because, well, we think we over-rated his level of power last time. Our mistake. Sorry, Ken! Why He’s Powerful With Will Wright lowering his profile in the game development scene lately, Ken Levine has emerged as probably the…
Feb 20, 2012 Update: He got the city of Boston to sign on for the PAX East convention through 2023, and Penny Arcade‘s new games journalism wing, the PA Report has already come out swinging as a potential player in the gaming press. Why He’s Powerful Jerry “Tycho” Holkins and Mike “Gabe” Krahulik have created…
Feb 20, 2012 Update: It’s not entirely clear how recent dips in sale expectations will impact Nvidia’s future market, but the company cites an issue of a lack of disc drives due to a flood in Thailand. Sales of the Tegra chips have fallen an uncomfortable 42% while the company struggles with slow growth, but…
Why He’s Powerful Nexon hasn’t made a huge splash in America compared to some—although 21 million players in North America is nothing to sneeze at—but the Korean company’s free-to-play titles were years ahead from a revenue standpoint. Thirty-nine-year-old CEO Daniel Kim came from a design background (he worked with the original team that helped design…
July 3, 2012 Update: Strategy game Diamond Trust of London is finally coming out this year, thanks to none other than Kickstarter. Why He’s Powerful When people want to hang video game art in a museum, they hang Jason Rohrer’s games. His simple, short game Passage evokes more discussion and emotional reaction than most other…
July 3, 2012 Update: Tencent’s CEO goes up two placements for two reasons: 1) acquiring a stake in Epic Games, and 2) that new Call of Duty game they teamed up with Activision to make for China Feb 20, 2012 Update: Tencent will soon bring EA’s The Sims Social to China. Have fun, China! But…
Why He’s Powerful There was Ophir Lupu at the blackjack table a few years ago, a wad of bills in his hand. There was Patrice Desilets, then the creative director of the multi-million-selling Assassin’s Creed series, sitting next to him. Ophir wanted to play. It was time to make money. A few months later, Desilets…
Feb 20, 2012 Update: They did just post record Q4 sales. And they did sign a deal to bring their games to the platform of Power 40 powerhouse Gree. We’ll see how that goes. Not enough going on here for a move on the list. Not yet. Why He’s Powerful Michel Guillemot used to run…
July 3, 2012 Update: Adding UFC to EA Sports’ roster can’t hurt. Why He’s Powerful He’s only been on the job a year, so this listing may be more about the influence of the office than the man who holds it. For now. In years to come, Andrew Wilson’s priorities and the decisions he will…
July 3, 2012 Update: Rovio announces a new game and, get this, it stars a human and not birds. May 30, 2012 Update: Angry Birds Space hit 10 million downloads in three days. But as of May 9, Rovio announced that the game has been downloaded over one billion times. There are 7 billion people…
Why He’s Powerful David Perry was the founder of Shiny Entertainment, the studio behind games like Earthworm Jim, MDK and Enter The Matrix. But roughly a year after the company’s merger with The Collective to form Double Helix Games, Perry moved on to form Gaikai, a streaming service for games. Perry had big plans for…
July 3, 2012 Update: A less than stellar E3 from the company that brought us Batman: Arkham City last year. Their big holiday games are… a Lord of the Rings DoTA, another Lego game and Scribblenauts on the Wii U. It sure feels like something’s missing. May 30, 2012 Update: The president of WBIE moves…
May 30, 2012 Update: The Creative Director of Razer moves up one position due to the shift in this month’s list. Feb 20, 2012 Update: Razer’s vaunted Blade gaming laptop is now a reality. And, if you’re willing to spend for portability as much as you would for performance, you’d like it. But until we…
May 30, 2012 Update: Gree’s founder lost roughly $700 million after Japan outlawed the premium model used on their social games. Feb 20, 2012 Update: Gree’s social gaming platform is coming to the west in Q2 2012, so we’ll soon see what this company is all about and if they can be a contender outside…
July 3, 2012 Update: Jane McGonigal speaks at a Games for Change conference in NY, bringing up some interesting and powerful discussions May 30, 2012 Update: Jane McGonigal teams up with Oprah to make a game Feb 20, 2012 Update: She spoke at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in late January. No one else…
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