3 Recommendations for Good Cover Design

This week, Scott's ICV2 column looked at three things that go into making a good game box cover.

The Background of Pokemon Go

Amazing how Pokemon Go has gotten millions of people outside to walk millions of miles and interact with millions of strangers.

 Niantic Labs, the spin-off from Google nee Alphabet, first built their Ingress game based on the Android system with the idea that groups playing the game would use GPS co-ordinates and Google Maps to converge on public spaces and battle for control of them. Millions of players attracted the attention of Nintendo and the Pokemon Company Group, who approached Niantic with the proposal to take Ingress and layer a Pokemon skin on top of it.

The game is generating $1.8 million per day for the two companies, since,while you can play Pokemon Go for free, in-game apps such as lures and incense cost pokecoins, which you have to purchase for real dollars and enough people are willing to do so that Nintendo's stock price has increased 8 to 25%, depending on who you talk to, since the game released last week.

Pre-release Info

Here is info on what you get in the pre-release packs this weekend:

3 Problems with Pathfinder (from the Retailer's Point of View)

Scott's column on ICV2 this week discusses the problem with selling Pathfinder releases in the local game storel

GW Horus Heresy

Games Workshop has announced it will release the figures in its Horus Heresy game as individual pieces on July 16:

FFG July Releases

Here is what Fantasy Flight Games has releasing this month:

New Releases:

ADN37	Android: Netrunner LCG: Blood Money	$14.95
CPT01	Captain Sonar	$49.99
HZR01	Hit Z Road	$39.99
SP734	Spot It: Fire & Ice	$18.99

A Look at Pre-release Pricing

In this week's ICV2 column, Scott takes a look at the economics of pre-release pricing.