And they stand out in terms of the ability to communicate and play with other players at the same time, despite the computing limitations of games on Facebook.
But the games do feature some very cool and realistic still frame art, like those pictured in this story. Kabam’s games aren’t graphically awesome in terms of moving animations, but they are very social, with many players joining alliances and fight simultaneous battles in real-time. It won’t be easy for Kabam to take on Mafia Wars, which has more than 20 million monthly active users. About 90 percent of the players play six or seven days a week, with average session time lasting four hours. Kabam’s audience is under 10 million users, but those players tend to spend a lot of money on virtual goods in the games. Kabam is a good company to undertake this game because it has had great success reaching hardcore gamers on Facebook with other empire-building games such as Glory of Rome, Global Warfare, Dragons of Atlantis, and Edgeworld on Facebook. “We’re taking our players back to 1930s New York.” “We want this game to be very authentic,” said Koh, who previously worked on The Godfather games at Electronic Arts. 2 on the American Film Institute’s list, “100 years … 100 movies.” The films won nine Academy Awards, including two for Best Picture. The browser-based online multiplayer game is set in the Prohibition era, preceding the timeline of the films. The Godfather theme has been overlaid on a crime family expansion game set in 1930s New York City, with art that accurately depicts that period in history, Koh said.
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And the timing for the license worked out well since Paramount was looking for a way to introduce the film to younger viewers via social networks. But Facebook games can be made for a lot less money. “We felt there was an opportunity for a true massively multiplayer online game,” Koh said.įilm-based video games have largely fallen out of favor with fans, who have become tired of superhero games, and with publishers, who balk at the costs of making the games and security the license. That’s why Kabam has pulled out the stops on the game, dedicating a large team to work on the title over the past six to nine months, said Larry Koh, general manager of one of Kabam’s game studios in San Francisco and executive producer of the game, in an interview. About 4.8 million of those users have become fans on the Facebook Godfather page. Electronic Arts made two high-profile video games based on the Godfather series, but this is the first time such games will be made on Facebook, the largest social network with more than 750 million users. So Kabam secured an official license from Paramount Digital Entertainment, the owner of the Oscar-winning Godfather films created by Francis Ford Coppola starting in 1972. But this Godfather title is going up some very established competition such as Zynga’s Mafia Wars game on Facebook. The title is a big departure for Kabam, which has relied to date on its own original titles.
The new game is called The Godfather: Five Families and it will debut later this fall. The hardcore Facebook game publisher is announcing today that it has a deal with Paramount to make an empire-building social game based on the Godfather mafia films. Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here.
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