Vivox Voice Chat To Appear In Bloodline Champions

By On January 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Funcom has announced that its Stunlock Studios-developed freemium MMORPG, Bloodline Champions, has launched featuring Vivox integrated voice chat support. Bloodline Champions launched last week, on January 13, after a beta period that began last November. Bloodline Champions is a game that focuses exclusively on player-versus-player team battles. Players will be able to use Vivox’s voice [...]

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GMG Entertainment Partners With Funcom

By On November 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Prepaid card distributor GMG Entertainment has partnered exclusively with MMORPG developer Funcom to distribute a line of prepaid virtual currency cards for Bloodline Champions to retail locations in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, and Australia. GMG says it is a proven leader in the virtual currency card category.  GMG has offered collections of freemium online games [...]

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Funcom Launches Bloodline Champions In Beta

By On November 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Funcom is launching its freemium MMORPG Bloodline Champions in closed beta. Bloodline Champions is developed by Stunlock Studios. Over 100,000 players are already participating in the game’s beta phase. Bloodline Champions will be an “arena” game that emphasizes player vs. player combat. Bloodline Champions is launching in closed beta simultaneously in the US, UK, France, [...]

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Funcom Appoints CEO To Montreal Studio

By On January 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today Funcom appointed Miguel Caron the CEO of its new Montreal Studio, Funcom Games Canada. Funcom COO Ole Schreiner was initially announced for the position, but Funcom appears to have chosen Caron instead. Caron comes to Funcom from a background in the IT sector, where he claims 15 years of experience with companies like BCM International, NoWire [...]

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Virtual Goods Wrap-Up For The Week Of December 11

By On December 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Goods News Wrap-Up for the week of December 11, 2009. The Wrap-Up is where VGN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual goods industry. FishVille: The Most Hardcore Game Of 2009 IGN examines the basic game mechanics of Zynga's FishVille [...]

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Hardcore Game Publisher Goes Casual, Social

By On December 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Funcom, the Swedish developer of popular hardcore games such as Age of Conan and Anarchy Online, has announced an initiative to develop a suite of casual games and will launch its move into the casual and social space with Pets vs. Monsters later this month. The title, from internal studio SweetRobot, gets a pubic beta [...]

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Funcom Q3 Revenue Down 69%

By On November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Norwegian MMO developer Funcom announced disappointing financial results for Q3 2009 this week, with revenue down 68.5% year-over-year to $5.7 million. Funcom attributes the losses to the continuing decline of its flagship MMORPG, Age of Conan, as well as the decline of its Anarchy Online MMORPG. Funcom has made moves to try and stabilize Age [...]

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Funcom Awarded Freemium Development Grant

By On November 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This week Funcom was awarded a $262,000 (NOK 1.5 million) grant by the Norwegian government's Norsk Filminstitutt to aid in the development of a freemium winter sports title. The game is called On the Edge of the World in some reports, but Funcom Director of Communications Erling Ellingsen referred to it as Board with the [...]

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Funcom Awarded Freemium Development Grant

By On November 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This week Funcom was awarded a $262,000 (NOK 1.5 million) grant by the Norwegian government's Norsk Filminstitutt to aid in the development of a freemium winter sports title. The game is called On the Edge of the World in some reports, but Funcom Director of Communications Erling Ellingsen referred to it as Board with the [...]

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Funcom Layoffs Come On Heels of Stalled Growth

By On September 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Funcom has announced that it will layoff 20% of its workforce as a cost-cutting measure. The heaviest cuts will happen in Funcom's Norwegian home offices. The layoffs are expected to delay the company's next major subscription MMO project, The Secret World. It is not known what, if any, effect this will have on the development [...]

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