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Naval Warfare MMO Inspired by Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” Franchise Now Available for iOS and Android (Seongnam, SOUTH KOREA) – May 11, 2017 – JOYCITY, a Korean game developer and publisher, and Disney today announced the launch of its mobile game, Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War. The new mobile strategy game is inspired by the popular Disney blockbuster series, “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and features characters, ships, and storylines based on the hit movies. The game is available for free download with in-app purchases on iOS at: goo.gl/OZ01ba and on Android at: goo.gl/6qSXrR . In the game, players become pirates in the world of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and will enjoy a full sea fight experience on their mobile devices. As they plan various strategies through building and ship construction and troops training, players can form an alliance to battle against each other or defeat common monsters that dwell in the sea! Players will also encounter familiar char...

SuperSuit Enables Kids To Play In The Modern Tech Era SuperSuit Glove and Body Unit (photo courtesy of SuperSuit) Maybe this will move the kids from bottle flipping to a new way of interacting? SuperSuit promises to add modern tech play and get our iPad couch potatoes to venture out. Introducing the World’s First Wearable Game, SuperSuit launched a few weeks ago on Indiegogo.  Players can act like stormtroopers, zapping, and invoking super powers. SuperSuit  comes in the form of a bundle that includes a vest, interactive glove and removable bot, bring in gaming into the real world.  On their Indiegogo page , they are offering a two-pack to get you started. The platform fills the gap left by virtual and augmented reality games, getting kids and people of all ages moving, away from screens, and engaged with others. After a successful debut at CES 2016, SuperSuit has been listed as one of the year’s coolest gear by WIRED and one of ...

Neil Young of N3TWORK Presents Guide to Market Adoption of Disruptive Products Everything You Know is Wrong - kinda At the last Casual Connect USA - a popular gaming conference, we attended their "Industry Insights" track where the movers and shakers in the gaming industry present their take on current and future state of the gaming industry. There was not anything casual was N3TWORK   Neil Young' s "Everything You Know is Wrong". A very bold statement indeed. As Neil Young was presenting this topic from the slant from a gaming perspective, I thought his advice on market adoption was globally adoptable in all markets and great advice for startups. Indie game developers are startups. Mr. Young takes two product categories - VR and Mobile games and shows how the model explains its market growth. We break down his presentation into four parts. 

Casual Connect USA Starts Today Casual Connect USA Starts Today The 2016 Casual Connect USA opens today in San Francisco.  Casual Connect USA is about matching the creativity of the games industry with new media innovation and investment. There will be many talented speakers at Casual Connect USA 2016, and today we’re highlighting some of the  Industry Insights track speakers . The Nerd Stalker team will be learning the inner workings and current trends of the games industry from those who know it best and will be reporting on this later. The Industry Insights track is designed to help people in all aspects of the gaming industry create more potent strategies with global and region-specific insights. Check them out below!

Nerd Stalker Supports Casual Connect as Media Sponsor  2016 Casual Connect is coming July 18 to San Francisco Casual Connect , game industry conference, is coming back to San Francisco on July 18-19 and Nerd Stalker is on board. We loved the event the last two years and we decided to become a media sponsor of the event.  With three days and nights of lectures, workshops, and networking parties to give you the edge in today's evolving games industry.  Inspiration comes from the most respected thought leaders in the games industry. King, Playtika,   Kabam , Glu, SGN, Scopely,  Zynga , The  Walt Disney Company ,  Blizzard Entertainment , Google, Fig, Wargaming and Facebook. Join 300 speakers over 11 tracks representing the leaders in the next generation of games. Register here .

Adolfo & Greg Talk About Trending Weekly Tech News Adolfo Foronda and Greg Viloria discuss the weekly tech news in their mind's eye. Check it out!

Andy OS attracts gamers and developers Did you wish your mobile gaming screen was much larger? Andy OS has solved the tough problem of moving a Android environment to your desktop without resolution loss. What Andy OS gives you is a fully functioning Android environment on your PC or Mac. Pretty exciting huh?  500 Mobile Collective , the 500 Startups fund focused on mobile, thinks it is but investing in Andy OS. We talk with Sean Murphy, co-founder and CEO of Andy OS about the product and a recently new feature release which allows keyboard mapping and PS and Xbox joystick integration. Check it out!

Nerd Stalker crew visited  the 10th Annual TechCrunch Annual Summer Party  at August Capital (2480 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA) on Friday, 7/31/2015. Their tickets were sold out. It looked like at least over 1,000 people attended the party. If you'd like to network with tech professionals and investors in the Bay Area, it's one of the best parties for you. Here are some photos from the party. Photos: Taiko Fujimura / Nerd Stalker Media   See you all at the TechCrunch Summer Party next year!

At this year's Game Developer's Conference, the noticeable uncertainty was the future of console vs. mobile vs. cloud gaming and which one will eventually win out. Forward to the 2015 Maker Faire, we caught up with Roblox , the biggest player in the cloud/online MMO gaming arena. Our, Greg Viloria (aka Social Greg), interviews Rick Silvestrini of Roblox on the current status of the game platform. Notably, what makes them a big player amongst young game developers and leader in the online gaming arena is the 5M active users and an active developers platform sporting $2M in payouts to date. Check out our interview!

Dark Deception is back on Kickstarter Help support their quest to build an amazing VR horror experience! Dark Deception has been completely rebuilt and is better than ever. They've added a ton of new features and levels, but they need your help to make sure they can deliver the best experience possible!   Go back them   and help spread the word to other gamers oh and enjoy the nightmares.

Nerd Stalker interview with Dan Shapiro inventor of Robot Turtles . Robot Turtles is a board game you play with your favorite 3-8 year old kids. It sneakily teaches the fundamentals of programming. Robot Turtles launched on Kickstarter, where it became the bestselling board game of all time. Which is pretty darn amazing. The Kickstarter campaign is over. 1,500 copies went up on the Make Magazine store and they sold out in 8 hours. Now there are a few copies at http://buy.robotturtles.com . For you Robot Turtle aficionados make sure to get the e-book here  and use the code " kickstarter " to get $5 off the ebook . We must admit that we secretly bought Robot Turtles under a private name so as to experience the whole fulfillment process like a general consumer would. We received it prior to the holidays despite the hot demand for the game. I sprung Robot Turtles on my six year old daughter who was thrilled with the game. In no time she ran through the basics t...

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I introduce to you the Graviton G6 high-end professional driving simulator which lets you experience real forces of an F1 car. The G6 is a head mounted force feedback interface. Simply put it is a driving simulator which lets you feel the forces of the car. They have found that most of the force is felt on the head that led them to design the G6, to give you an immersive feel of the virtual vehicle. This is because the weight of the head makes the neck muscles work harder, and this is also felt by the inner ear which is the main sensor of balance and movement of the human body. By not releasing a whole body solution they are able to reduce the price, offer larger force feedback, be more accurate with faster response time, and it can be integrated in any racing cockpit. They did extensive prototyping with professional and regular drivers. They found that most of the race car drivers did not like racing games because they did not provide enough realism compared to their ac...

Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Michael Domaguing, Director of Product Marketing at Jumpstart . Jumpstart is featuring a 3-D MMO RPG game called " School of Dragons " based on DreamWorks animated movie " How To Train A Dragon ". The game looks like a ton of fun, your kid can actually fly a dragon, multiple dragons really. Your child will recognize all the familiar characters from the movie. Believe it or not the game is free although there are monthly subscription options and in game purchase options. The game runs on the unity platform via any web browser (iOS and Android apps are coming) so no gaming hardware is needed. The game is ever-expanding and given that it is web-based you will see updates as they release them. At first we thought this was strictly entertainment but there is a science educational angle to the site as well. Under their resources section there are science worksheets, experiments, activities and a page on the scie...

Nerd Stalker interviews Michael Oxley, Founder of Foc.us , Foc.us is a headset that passes a small electric current through the prefrontal cortex of the wearer and claims increased performance. We've seen a great deal of interest from biohackers however Michael insists that although there may be other use cases for Foc.us they are squarely targeting gamers. I got to try the foc.us out at the O'reilly Bay Area Maker Faire and was very impressed with the actual sensation I felt across my brain note my odd serious stare is due to the sensation being in effect. I can't speak to increased focus as it was a quick test and not a full use case however we do plan on getting a review unit and giving our readers our thoughts when that happens in July. What we really love about the unit is the price ($249), Michael did say that the unit is aggressively priced on purpose and the fact that they are not seeking additional funding gives the founders the flexibility to make this smart b...

Episode 1 of Everybody Game is live! Watch it now and kudos to Carlos Rondela for getting this Kickstarter project off the ground and running.

Adolfo Foronda was a featured guest on the great Play This! podcast over at TechHive with hosts Carlos Rondela @onawa and Jason Cross @jasoncross00 have a listen, Have a listen: Or, if you prefer, download the  MP3 of this episode . " What do you get when you cross a traditional Japanese RPG with the creators of classic animated movies like   Spirited Away ,   Princess Mononoke , and   Howl's Moving Castle ? You get Ni no Kuni, which is weird, jeuvenile, and wonderful. We talk about that, Metal Gear, UFC, and much more on this week's show. We're joined by Adolfo Foronda from   Nerdstalker . Links from this week's episode: Why can't you download to  own  UFC matches? They're retnal only, typically. Ni no Kuni  is a polished, beautiful, but typical JRPG. But it has character design and animation from  Studio Ghibli . If you stick with it past the slow beginning, it gets great. Speaking of Studio Ghibli, almost...

Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Tech Hive's Carlos Rondela. Carlos talks about his entertainment/gaming tech history and his new Kickstarter campaign for " Everybody Game ". Carlos calls Everybody Game, "Pee-Wee's Playhouse meets a video game arcade. A web series about a fantastical arcade where everybody stops by to play games and chat". I've already contributed to his awesome endeavor you should consider doing the same, theres only a few days left so go contribute now . UPDATE: Congrats to Carlos Everybody Game has been fully funded on kickstarter.

Jam Legend seems like a web application that has massive potential, gaming + music + social+ internet = lots of $'s in my opinion. I can't remember the last time I've been this impressed with a web application, seriously. Nerd Stalker tracks down CEO Andrew Lee and Co-founder Arjun Lall. The give us their take on where the company is now and where it's going, very exciting stuff. BONUS, Jam Legend private beta invites available for Nerd Stalker viewers here .