Comments on: Ngmoco Acquires Miraphonic, Creator of 'Epic Pet Wars'

By: MidianGTX

MidianGTX — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:25 +0000

Any chance if we backlash early enough ngmoco might straighten up their act?

By: arc417

arc417 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:13:54 +0000

if social network games are herpes of the app industry, the Khalid Shaikh is AIDS, albeit more obnoxious and damaging

By: GnarKill

GnarKill — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:51:46 +0000

Sad but very true. At my old office we called those games "Menu Quest", press a button and see what happens.

By: wegmans

wegmans — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:14:51 +0000

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?

By: Gregg

Gregg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:28:20 +0000

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?

By: STP_Tim

STP_Tim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:46:25 +0000

Knew this day was coming. They were constantly posting ads on Twitter and their free Plus+ games.

By: menom

menom — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:20:23 +0000

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…

By: Will090

Will090 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:19:48 +0000

They're both, like a mini-gameloft. They published Rolando but made Touchpets, Eliminate, Topple, etc.

By: Joker13z

Joker13z — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:46:42 +0000

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.

By: funkitron

funkitron — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:23:00 +0000

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.