socalTECH
JUNE 30, 2011
Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Gamzee (www.gamzee.com), a new game company founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision and Acclaim Games, announced a seed round of funding. Are you finding Gamzee is different that what you've previously done at Activision and Acclaim? What is Gamzee all about?
socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2022
Santa Monica-based video game publisher Activision Blizzard is planning a new, yet-to-be-named survival game, which it calls "Unannounced Survival Game", it announced in looking to recruit people to work on the new project. The announcement linked to a Blizzard job postings page, and included a few pieces of conceptual art.
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socalTECH
APRIL 25, 2011
Even though write once and run anywhere has been the holy grail, I think it's the false prophet. I learned that from Bob Kotick, when I joined Activision to work with him, and we did that when we put together the team at Jamdat, and we're applying that same philosophy at GOGII. Back to textPlus, tell us where you are now with the app?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. I was an early investor in a company called Harmonics which ended creating Guitar Hero … that got bought by Activision and then the rest of the company got bought by MTV and they created RockBand. “. Or, as always, summary notes available below. Is that when it became big?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. In our regions? Fuggetaboutit – show me the money ! And of course you have Hollywood.
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 30, 2012
We write and create our own content for the game. Created by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision, and Paul Kessler, one of the most prolific investors in Los Angeles, Start Engine will provide local startups with the essential resources and counsel they need to become successful, self-directed businesses.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Scott was one of the first employees at Activision and was VP of their Studio Business. Mostly, I love writing. But the product is called textPlus, not textFree.
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