Slot machine giant International Game Technology last month indicated that it planned to push its newly-acquired Double Down Interactive unit deeper into mobile gaming, diversifying the Seattle unit beyond its base of Facebook-oriented games. “It is all about mobile, mobile, mobile for us in the Double Down area,” noted CEO Patti Hart. But IGT isn’t the only… Read More…
Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Among the entrepreneurs on the agenda are Box CEO Aaron Levie; Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens; and many others. It is going to be an informative and high-energy day for those in… Read More…
Todd Hooper’s Zipline Games has raised a new round of cash from existing investors as well as Ben Goux of Pioneer Venture Partners, bringing total financing in the company to just over $2 million. Hooper, who co-founded Zipline with gaming veteran Patrick Meehan, just passed more than 10,000 signups for its Moai development platform. The technology… Read More…
Kickstarter is revolutionizing the way that game companies raise cash as evidenced by the recent success of Harebrained Schemes (Shadowrun Returns just raised $1.8 million) and Double Fine Productions (Double Fine Adventure pulled in $3.3 million). But once the cash is raised, the developers need to get to work, delivering on the big promises made… Read More…
Valve Software co-founder Gabe Newell, DoubleDown Interactive CEO Greg Enell, ZipLine Games co-founder Todd Hooper and many others from Seattle’s burgeoning gaming business appear in a new special report from Northwest Cable News called Generation Gamer that explores in detail the impact of the video game industry. “I think now it is becoming incredibly obvious… Read More…
The significance of WolfToss isn’t necessarily the game itself — though Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper admits that he spent an inordinate amount of time over the Thanksgiving holiday slinging the Big Bad Wolf at pigs and boars. The real significance of the title, the first for Zipline using the open source Moai platform, is… Read More…
About three years ago, Jeffrey MacDuff and Dave McLauchlan designed an iPhone application called Buddy which allowed users to locate running, study or drinking buddies who were nearby. The free app never really took off, especially as services like Foursquare gained momentum. But the Microsoft managers — who worked on the app in their spare time —… Read More…
Shane Kim has helped put some of the most recognizable gaming titles on the map, including Halo and Gears of War. Now, the former corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios is lending his support to Zipline Games, a fast-growing 13-person gaming startup based in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Kim, who is joining Zipline’s board,… Read More…
What has Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper been building in the basement of Founder’s Co-op over the past few months? The Seattle entrepreneur — who previously co-founded Napera Networks and worked at WatchGuard — quite simply wants to change the way mobile games are developed. And his idea for doing that is a new platform… Read More…
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