Ngmoco Acquires Miraphonic, Creator of 'Epic Pet Wars'
posted by arn on November 4th, 2009 5:05 PM EST in News, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Ngmoco announced today that they had acquired iPhone developer Miraphonic, the developer of Epic Pet Wars [App Store].
Epic Pet Wars is one of the Mafia-type MMO games on the App Store that revolves around picking a pet, training and leveling it up for battle. The game is offered for free and makes money based on the sale of add-on pet races and respect points. The game has a loyal following on our forums and seems to fit right in with Ngmoco's recent push into Free + Paid DLC business model with Eliminate Pro and Touch Pets.
We've never provided much coverage to these types of games here on TouchArcade, but they do seem to have a large following amongst App Store customers.
Quite an acquisition…. but it is just more, or are these type of games realllly reallly stupid?
Yes they are very stupid. It one of those game types I wish could be erased and never return.
Sometimes the stupidest things in life make the most money.
Sad but very true. At my old office we called those games "Menu Quest", press a button and see what happens.
how much?
"Has a loyal following on our forum." Yep it does. A following that throws rocks and spits in the ground wherever they go.
I officially don't like ngmoco:( anymore. (like my opinion matters
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as childish as it sounds i have also lost a lot of respect for ngmoco ..
but there ya have it, this is the future of iphone gaming, and quite possibly games as a whole.
other than the C64 emulator DLC for for full games, i find this current trend of buying your progress or extra levels quite disturbing.
Well, i think it's nice that they're getting a new developer, Eliminate is great, if we can have even more guys working on it, it'll be the best!.. well it already is, but.. you know…
oh boy, so they are really turning into the 'EA of the iPhone' like everyone suspected they would. can't make good games on your own so you go and acquire game developers (yes eliminate *might* be the exception to the rule). but this game is dumb, seriously ngmoco you wasted our time and your money.
I thought ngmoco was just a publisher, not a developer, much like chillingo. So their job is to acquire game developers? Now I might be confused but I don't see your point.
They're both, like a mini-gameloft. They published Rolando but made Touchpets, Eliminate, Topple, etc.
oh well bit of a shame if it detracts from developing good stuff instead of working on 'Mafia-type MMO games'
I see those games as the HERPES of software development
but, hey, what do I know…
Knew this day was coming. They were constantly posting ads on Twitter and their free Plus+ games.
You want herpes? Stroll over to the Storm8/Godfather/Playmesh camps… at least this game they acquired isn't all just UIWebViews and all that muck. "Girl wars, girls only."… seriously?
OMG if anyone has any interest in investing in companies, please PM me on the forums. Seriously! EA is publicly traded, why not a startup?
if social network games are herpes of the app industry, the Khalid Shaikh is AIDS, albeit more obnoxious and damaging
Any chance if we backlash early enough ngmoco might straighten up their act?