Normally we wouldn’t need a lot of encouragement to go see James Bond, Indiana Jones, flying saucers, and cowboys all blended up together in a frothy popcorn-flavored summer movie cocktail … after all, we’re the guys that made Darkwatch! But this week’s pending release of Cowboys & Aliens has a special connection to Appy Entertainment. [...]

A few weeks back we ran the announcement of the new Transformers game being developed by our old pals over at High Moon Studios. Now a few more details have emerged — the game will feature separate Autobot and Decepticon campaigns, and the story will delve into how Megatron’s quest for power turned him into [...]

Our friends and colleagues over at High Moon Studios can finally unveil what they’ve been creating behind closed doors: High Moon’s original take on Transformers goes beyond the movies to present a slick and original look at the Transformers universe. Click HERE to check out the jaw-dropping movie sneak over at Game Trailers! We’re delighted [...]

Fans of Appy’s own Farzad Varahramyan (and really, who ISN’T a fan of fantastic Farzad?) will be interested to know that our resident artistic maestro is teaming with several other industry luminaries to serve as a judge for the Dressed 2 Kill exhibition at the Laguna College of Art and Design. The juried exhibition of [...]

Have zombies become too mainstream? Has the horror gone out of the undead? Several weeks ago, Privateer Press man of mystery and Militant Optimist Matt Wilson visited the Secret Worldwide Headquarters of Appy Entertainment, and as you might expect, we got to drinking and the conversation soon turned to zombies and the living dead. With [...]

Word came late last week that our friends at BrainZoo Studios received a well-deserved Sports Emmy Award for their design and animation work on Fox Sports News “Sports Science” series. BrainZoo CEO Mo Davoudian Farzad & Em go way back with Mo, so we are especially proud to see BrainZoo earn this recognition. Of course, [...]

Sorry, Meelad, but the camera doesn’t lie — that’s clearly some Apple goodness in your right hand. Have you finally ditched your Crackberry? Say it isn’t so! But say it IS so that the singular Meelad Sadat has signed on with Appy Entertainment (in a freelance capacity) to assist in the launch of our first [...]

(Note: First-time visitors click here for more game culture, startup stories, development tales, movie and book reviews, and more …) Sometimes I like to take things slow. I love extra innings with Vin Scully, I indulge in long-winded blog posts, and I’m the kind of guy that takes a Russian novel to the men’s room. [...]

(Note: First-time visitors to Appy Place click here for more game culture, startup stories, development tales, movie and book reviews, and more …) Big kudos to friend-of-Appy Dave Wilkins and creative partner Kevin Munroe on news that their Dark Horse comic series El Zombo is headed to the silver screen! Dave was a stand-out 3D [...]

I was reading about the grim prospects of Fox’s Australia over at Advertising Age, and it started me thinking on movie marketing, and how it differs from videogames. (sourced from Welt Online, but you bet your boots it came from the Australia movie site) In movie marketing, they aim for the fabled four-quandrant movie … [...]