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Thứ Năm, 2 tháng 2, 2012

Island Paradise: Dress for a zombie invasion or vampire attack

Island Paradise Vampire and Zombie costumes
Yesterday, Island Paradise rolled out the beginning of their new Halloween theme. Tonight the tropical game has just launched two Halloween costumes, giving players the last-minute chance to buy outfits to dress up in for the creepy holiday on Sunday. The two available costumes are the Vampire and the Zombie, and there are matching outfits for both males and females. There are also many other outfits that would work great for Halloween costumes, including the pumpkin shirt, pirate outfits, skeleton shirts, Egyptian garb, and other tattered clothing. Some of these costumes may not actually be intended for Halloween, but they will still make a good fit.

The price for the Zombie and Vampire costumes comes out to be about 15,000 coins total. The costumes come in more than one piece though, so they can be mixed and matched. Want a vampire head and a zombie body? No problem! Head into Island Paradise to see these new costumes and get your hands on some festive fare.

Thứ Năm, 15 tháng 12, 2011

Meteor Games axes almost all staff, shutters social Neopets [Report]

And the company couldn't have better timing. Inside Social Games reports that Meteor Games, the social game developer behind Facebook games like Island Paradise and Serf Wars, has laid off 90 percent of its staff. Anonymous sources told the website that the terribly unfortunate move was made because the company couldn't raise funding for find an interested buyer.

Along with loosing nearly all of its staff, Meteor Games also opted to shut down Neopets: Treasure Keepers, which as of this writing welcomes just 30,000 monthly players and 3,000 daily players, according to AppData. Meteor Games made the announcement on the game's Facebook Wall just yesterday that the game would close today. As an apology for the short notice, Meteor Games gave players some items to use within the game before it closes.

ISG reports that the game peaked in September to the tune of 300,000 monthly players and 35,000 daily players, but it plummeted soon after. Sadly, Meteor Games isn't looking so hot across the board, as its total monthly player base is a hair above 900,000.

The website also confirms that company CEO Zac Brandenberg, left 4-year-old Meteor Games in November. Our best wishes go to those that may have lost their jobs at such an unfortunate time. We've reached out to Meteor Games for comment.

Were you a fan of Neopets: Treasure Keepers? What do you think this news might mean for other smaller social game makers?