Posted on July 28, 2008 - Filed Under Flash, Industry News, Online Gaming |
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AddictingGames.com is a portal for flash games and was created in 2002. They were one of the first places to host online flash games and Atom Entertainment thought they were worth purchasing, so they gobbled them up. Along game Nickolodeon and purchased Atom Entertainment, which brings us back to Nickolodeon owning AddictingGames.com.
AddictingGames.com gets about 10 million visits a month and they are looking for more engaging games. Nickolodeon announced a competition, if you will. The developers that are featured in the top 25 games for that quarter will get paid for their popularity. The math is a bit confusing to read, but we will give it a try. The developer is paid a pro-rated rate on the number of visitors his/her game attracted. If the top 25 games were able to pull in 25 million plays combined and a developer of one of the top 25 games, pulled in 5 million of those plays, then the developer would get 5% of the total bonus pool. Nickolodeon has not said what a “typical” bonus would be. The rewards program will start operating some time in Q3.
The rewards program was not the only announcement from Nickolodeon regarding their online games. They also announced a gaming awards show. MTV Network will be hosting the Most AddictingGames Award Show, the name is a working title, and the show is said to be a multiplatform event, not just for TV.
Interesting take Nickolodeon has on the online games. The awards program is a great incentive for flash developers to make “addicting” games. The more plays their games achieve the more they are paid. The situation is a win win for everyone involved. The flash programmers get paid and AddictingGames.com gets higher quality games on their portal.
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