Source
These charts of the Top 5 Collectible Games Over-all, Top 5 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games reflect sales in Q2 2010. The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.
Top 5 Mass Channel Collectible Games -- Q2 2010
1
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
Konami Digital Entertainment
2
Magic: The Gathering
Wizards of the Coast
3
Pokemon TCG
Pokemon USA
4
Naruto TCG
Bandai America
5
World of Warcraft
Cryptozoic
Top 5 Collectible Games Over-all -- Q2 2010
1
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
Konami Digital Entertainment
2
Magic: The Gathering
Wizards of the Coast
3
Pokemon TCG
Pokemon USA
4
HeroClix
WizKids
5
World of Warcraft
Cryptozoic
Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games — Q2 2010
Title Publisher
1 Magic: The Gathering Wizards of the Coast
2 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Konami Digital Entertainment
3 HeroClix WizKids
4 World of Warcraft Cryptozoic
5 Pokemon TCG Pokemon USA
6 Star Wars CMG Wizards of the Coast
7 Legend of the Five Rings CCG Alderac Entertainment
8 Axis & Allies Wizards of the Coast
9 D&D Miniatures Wizards of the Coast
10 Naruto CCG Bandai America
Top 5 Roleplaying Games — Q2 2010
Title Publisher
1 Dungeons & Dragons Wizards of the Coast
2 Pathfinder Paizo Publishing
3 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fantasy Flight Games
4 ShadowRun Catlyst Game Labs
5 Rogue Trader/Dark Heresy Fantasy Flight Games
Where´s VTES in those Top list? Anyone Knows?
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
WoD MMORPG
That´s all the info that I´ve founded right now:
This video shows the new clothing and animation technology they are going to use for both the avatar focused portion of EVE online and the World of Darkness game. It looks quite good.
Here a compiled list of what can be read on the stickies (2008)
Locations? (yellow)
secondhand bookstore
military surplus store
salvation army clothing store
illegal gun shop
penthouse clubs
pet store
American city: gated neighborhoods, helter skelter (unsure) in every school, if you're black (??)
European city: nude (??), pedophile clubs, soccer hooligans
airplanes and helicopters flying overhead
opera house
dirty 7-11
End of the world (??)
huge libraries
A guy/gay(?) club
Old playgrounds in disrepair
End of the world cults (???)
Trash on the streets, piling up, flies, rats, (???)
Lots of rats (???)
Subway stops out of service and (???) inhabited by riff raff
A large ferris wheel out of order
European city: nude beaches, pedophile clubs, soccer hooligans
American city: Gated Neighborhoods, Metal checker in every school, if you're black (??) double LOS
Sanctified altar
Hear arguments (?) when walking past a (???)
Stuff that makes the world tick? (pink)
conversations overheard that lead to something
death sentences
"Times Square"
able to enter every generic building
half built houses, (??)
swimming pools by (??)
NPCs addicted to drugs while human
overgrown gothic (??)
atheists denying everything
home for the retards lonely people (unsure)
prisons
Amish families
Underground mazes!
Theater
Kittens =^.^=
Space dragons
Home for the retards (?) 2 crazy people (unsure too)
Overgrown gothic garden (?)
Swimming pools by mansions
Underground mazes! Water pump, abandoned (???)
Toxic waste (???)
Archeological museum (?)
More details? (orange)
Identification papers
"Venice" canals
Clearly due to the quality of the images the ? mean we are not 100% sure we read that correctly.
Interview:
"I am the senior producer for the World of Darkness MMO that we are working on. Thanks. Glad you guys are excited about it. But I'm not going to talk about that today, unfortunately. I know it's a horrible tease, right? But the fact is, before we talk about the World of Darkness MMO, we want it to be right, and we're spending millions of dollars getting it right and we want to make sure that when we are ready to show it, we are ready to show it. And the one thing I can tell you is that we absolutely will be taking the attitude of a company like Blizzard – without making World of Warcraft with fangs- but we won't do this until is right, we won't release it until it's right." (0:22)
"(...) that's Reynir Harðarson, he is our creative director on Vampire... and... sorry, excuse me, the World of Darkness MMO." (5:28)
"(...) and I still feel passionately about storytelling, I still feel passionately about the whole World of Darkness setting, and that is going to carry through to the community that we want to build, because people are building this relationships online and in real life like this, and we want to find a way to make sure that all those things coexist in a way that makes everybody feel comfortable and everybody feel a part of the process and focuses on storytelling and quality, and that's what we're going to do." (8:03)
This video shows the new clothing and animation technology they are going to use for both the avatar focused portion of EVE online and the World of Darkness game. It looks quite good.
Here a compiled list of what can be read on the stickies (2008)
Locations? (yellow)
secondhand bookstore
military surplus store
salvation army clothing store
illegal gun shop
penthouse clubs
pet store
American city: gated neighborhoods, helter skelter (unsure) in every school, if you're black (??)
European city: nude (??), pedophile clubs, soccer hooligans
airplanes and helicopters flying overhead
opera house
dirty 7-11
End of the world (??)
huge libraries
A guy/gay(?) club
Old playgrounds in disrepair
End of the world cults (???)
Trash on the streets, piling up, flies, rats, (???)
Lots of rats (???)
Subway stops out of service and (???) inhabited by riff raff
A large ferris wheel out of order
European city: nude beaches, pedophile clubs, soccer hooligans
American city: Gated Neighborhoods, Metal checker in every school, if you're black (??) double LOS
Sanctified altar
Hear arguments (?) when walking past a (???)
Stuff that makes the world tick? (pink)
conversations overheard that lead to something
death sentences
"Times Square"
able to enter every generic building
half built houses, (??)
swimming pools by (??)
NPCs addicted to drugs while human
overgrown gothic (??)
atheists denying everything
home for the retards lonely people (unsure)
prisons
Amish families
Underground mazes!
Theater
Kittens =^.^=
Space dragons
Home for the retards (?) 2 crazy people (unsure too)
Overgrown gothic garden (?)
Swimming pools by mansions
Underground mazes! Water pump, abandoned (???)
Toxic waste (???)
Archeological museum (?)
More details? (orange)
Identification papers
"Venice" canals
Clearly due to the quality of the images the ? mean we are not 100% sure we read that correctly.
Interview:
"I am the senior producer for the World of Darkness MMO that we are working on. Thanks. Glad you guys are excited about it. But I'm not going to talk about that today, unfortunately. I know it's a horrible tease, right? But the fact is, before we talk about the World of Darkness MMO, we want it to be right, and we're spending millions of dollars getting it right and we want to make sure that when we are ready to show it, we are ready to show it. And the one thing I can tell you is that we absolutely will be taking the attitude of a company like Blizzard – without making World of Warcraft with fangs- but we won't do this until is right, we won't release it until it's right." (0:22)
"(...) that's Reynir Harðarson, he is our creative director on Vampire... and... sorry, excuse me, the World of Darkness MMO." (5:28)
"(...) and I still feel passionately about storytelling, I still feel passionately about the whole World of Darkness setting, and that is going to carry through to the community that we want to build, because people are building this relationships online and in real life like this, and we want to find a way to make sure that all those things coexist in a way that makes everybody feel comfortable and everybody feel a part of the process and focuses on storytelling and quality, and that's what we're going to do." (8:03)
Monday, April 26, 2010
WoW, Magic y Vtes Vs WoW Raid Decks
Nose si conocéis los raid decks del WoW... He hablado varias veces de ellos en mi blog. Son mazos tuneados que juega un jugador y 3 o mas jugadores se enfrentan a él con pocas opciones de éxito, lo que lo hace un desafío. En un juego de cartas del palo 1vs1, tener este tipo de alternativas es algo refrescante. El caso es que la moda de jugar al WoW TCG en mi grupo de amigos ha pasado y otros hobbies están comiéndole terreno, con lo que no puedo jugar los mazos raid que tanto me gustan. Me he puesto a pensar en lo mucho que se parecen magic y wow y la idea llegó sola. Jugar los mazos raid contra mazos del wow o magic.
Así podría llevar los raid deck al pueblo (allí solo juegan magic) y que Onyxia desayune planeswalkers.
He estado pensado en reglas opcionales para aunar los dos sistemas y a la conclusión que he llegado es que según cada cual juegue magic o wow se le aplicarán las reglas de sus respectivos juegos. Por lo que la dificultad de mezclarlos en mínima.
Las vidas de los jugadores serán 30 en el caso de que juegue magic y las que tenga el héroe si es de wow. En el caso de magic si el daño no es letal se curaría, en wow se acumula.
Se podría meter también en esta loca mezcla Vampiro? Lo veo complicado, por el sistema de combate y sigilo/intercept. Una solucion sería jugar sin modificadores ni reacciones. O que el máximo de sigilo/intercept que pueda conseguir un minion sea 1, que sería el equivalente de vuelo en magic.
La próxima vez que vaya pienso probarlo, ya os contaré.
Leyenda:
WoW-------------Magic----------------VTES
Heroe-----------Planeswalker---------Pool?
Ally------------Creature-------------Vampiros/Aliados?
Ability---------Sorcery--------------Acciones/Combate?
Instant Ability-Instant--------------Modificadores/Reacciones?
Ongoing---------Enchantment----------Masters y Retainers?
Equipos---------Equipos--------------Equipos
Curar Heroe-----Ganar Vidas----------Ganar pool
Atacar----------Atacar---------------Bleed
Recursos--------Mana (al darse la vuelta dan incoloro)----Zona no controlada¿?¿?
Friday, April 16, 2010
New WoW TCG Set: Wrathgate
You can find the source at http://www.cryptozoic.com/press.php
Cryptozoic Entertainment Announces Release Date for Wrathgate!
Cryptozoic supports hobby stores with exclusive promo card!
Irvine, CA - (April 12, 2010) – Cryptozoic Entertainment, home of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (TCG), is pleased to announce the worldwide release of the Wrathgate expansion on May 25, 2010. Wrathgate is the second of three sets in the Wrath of the Lich King block.
The 11th set in the World of Warcraft TCG, Wrathgate features 220 new cards straight from Northrend and the new Argent Crusade faction. Yes, players can recruit figures from Warcraft lore like Highlord Tirion Fordring for the battle against the Scourge. Also, players can use new Wrathgate crafting materials to forge brand new gear for their TCG heroes.
Each booster pack contains 19 game cards. As with previous sets, players have a chance to open one of three new Loot cards randomly inserted into Wrathgate booster packs. The codes on the Loot cards are redeemed for cosmetic upgrades to World of Warcraft® MMORPG characters. The loot cards in Wrathgate are Landro’s Gift, Statue Generator, and Blazing Hippogryph. The latter is another TCG exclusive mount—a flying hippogryph to set the skies on fire.
Additionally, hobby stores that order from an authorized Cryptozoic distributor can take part in the Buy-A-Box program. Players who purchase a Wrathgate booster box from participating hobby stores will receive an exclusive extended art Torch of Holy Fire just for supporting their local hobby store. Supplies are limited, so reserve yours today!
Cryptozoic Entertainment Announces Release Date for Wrathgate!
Cryptozoic supports hobby stores with exclusive promo card!
Irvine, CA - (April 12, 2010) – Cryptozoic Entertainment, home of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (TCG), is pleased to announce the worldwide release of the Wrathgate expansion on May 25, 2010. Wrathgate is the second of three sets in the Wrath of the Lich King block.
The 11th set in the World of Warcraft TCG, Wrathgate features 220 new cards straight from Northrend and the new Argent Crusade faction. Yes, players can recruit figures from Warcraft lore like Highlord Tirion Fordring for the battle against the Scourge. Also, players can use new Wrathgate crafting materials to forge brand new gear for their TCG heroes.
Each booster pack contains 19 game cards. As with previous sets, players have a chance to open one of three new Loot cards randomly inserted into Wrathgate booster packs. The codes on the Loot cards are redeemed for cosmetic upgrades to World of Warcraft® MMORPG characters. The loot cards in Wrathgate are Landro’s Gift, Statue Generator, and Blazing Hippogryph. The latter is another TCG exclusive mount—a flying hippogryph to set the skies on fire.
Additionally, hobby stores that order from an authorized Cryptozoic distributor can take part in the Buy-A-Box program. Players who purchase a Wrathgate booster box from participating hobby stores will receive an exclusive extended art Torch of Holy Fire just for supporting their local hobby store. Supplies are limited, so reserve yours today!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
No al cierre de Webs
Quería sumarme a la defensa de los derechos fundamentales que como internautas tenemos y que, a mi modo de ver, vamos a perder paulatinamente a partir de ahora.
Os dejo un video que está colgado en Series Yonkis y me resultó bastante interesante.
A título personal opino que el gobierno la está cagando de forma salvaje. Como si la justicia estuviera tan ociosa que hay llenarla de casos contra la propiedad intelectual. Es de locos. Los esfuerzos deberían ir en reformar el sistema judicial. Luego preocúpate de la propiedad intelectual. Ni pies ni cabeza.
Punset es una persona que admiro profundamente. Y como persona mucho más instruida que yo, intento escucharle siempre que puedo. Aquí replica a la ministra de cultura:
Os dejo un video que está colgado en Series Yonkis y me resultó bastante interesante.
A título personal opino que el gobierno la está cagando de forma salvaje. Como si la justicia estuviera tan ociosa que hay llenarla de casos contra la propiedad intelectual. Es de locos. Los esfuerzos deberían ir en reformar el sistema judicial. Luego preocúpate de la propiedad intelectual. Ni pies ni cabeza.
Punset es una persona que admiro profundamente. Y como persona mucho más instruida que yo, intento escucharle siempre que puedo. Aquí replica a la ministra de cultura:
WoW TCG has developer: Cryptozoic
Copied from their blog site "cryptozoic.com":
This is the place where we will give you a glimpse behind the scenes of what goes on at Cryptozoic. We’ll cover everything from the latest happenings in R&D and Organized Play to fun stuff like contests, interviews with staff and players, and even features on some of the best hobby shops to play the World of Warcraft TCG at.
Now I’m sure you’re thinking, “well that’s all well and good, but we want information now! What’s taking so long?” So that’s what we’ll focus on today. Simply put, these things take time. There’s a lot to do to support a TCG and we do ask that you have a little patience and we promise you that when everything is said and done, we think you’re going to be pleased with the results.
So to keep you all in the loop, here’s a short list of some of our priorities over the next 60 days:
Finalize locations for the Continental Championships in North America and Europe. (That’s right! The EU is getting a Continental Championship!)
Get Battleground kits back on track in April. We are going to be putting a lot of focus on supporting hobby shops and this is just the first step!
Launch a brand spanking new web site for the World of Warcraft TCG.
Start to rebuild our support in Europe, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Australia. We know you guys are hurting. All we ask is that you give us some time.
Launch a new volunteer program to help promote and support the TCG.
Launch the Wrathgate Booster expansion. (Class decks will follow shortly after)
Finalize the design of a super top-secret new product.
Get a little sleep sometime in between all this.
Schedule Darkmoon Faires around the world.
Update this blog at least 3 times per week.
This list is certainly not all-inclusive but we wanted to give you a taste of what we have on our plate. There are literally hundreds of items on our “to do” list. Obviously we will be busy and we are sure many of you love this game just as much as we do and are thinking to yourselves “I wish I could help”. Well, you can.
Get out there and promote the game! Teach someone new how to play, talk to your game shop owner and run a Battlegrounds league for them, and most importantly have fun!
Epicly,
The Cryptozoic Staff
This is the place where we will give you a glimpse behind the scenes of what goes on at Cryptozoic. We’ll cover everything from the latest happenings in R&D and Organized Play to fun stuff like contests, interviews with staff and players, and even features on some of the best hobby shops to play the World of Warcraft TCG at.
Now I’m sure you’re thinking, “well that’s all well and good, but we want information now! What’s taking so long?” So that’s what we’ll focus on today. Simply put, these things take time. There’s a lot to do to support a TCG and we do ask that you have a little patience and we promise you that when everything is said and done, we think you’re going to be pleased with the results.
So to keep you all in the loop, here’s a short list of some of our priorities over the next 60 days:
Finalize locations for the Continental Championships in North America and Europe. (That’s right! The EU is getting a Continental Championship!)
Get Battleground kits back on track in April. We are going to be putting a lot of focus on supporting hobby shops and this is just the first step!
Launch a brand spanking new web site for the World of Warcraft TCG.
Start to rebuild our support in Europe, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Australia. We know you guys are hurting. All we ask is that you give us some time.
Launch a new volunteer program to help promote and support the TCG.
Launch the Wrathgate Booster expansion. (Class decks will follow shortly after)
Finalize the design of a super top-secret new product.
Get a little sleep sometime in between all this.
Schedule Darkmoon Faires around the world.
Update this blog at least 3 times per week.
This list is certainly not all-inclusive but we wanted to give you a taste of what we have on our plate. There are literally hundreds of items on our “to do” list. Obviously we will be busy and we are sure many of you love this game just as much as we do and are thinking to yourselves “I wish I could help”. Well, you can.
Get out there and promote the game! Teach someone new how to play, talk to your game shop owner and run a Battlegrounds league for them, and most importantly have fun!
Epicly,
The Cryptozoic Staff
Sunday, March 28, 2010
WHICH OF THE NEW INFERNAL "DISCIPLINES" DO YOU LIKE MORE?
The "WHICH OF THE NEW INFERNAL "DISCIPLINES" DO YOU LIKE MORE?" poll has ended.
Here are the results:
Maleficia 24 Votes 50%
No one 14 Votes 29%
Striga 10 Votes 20%
I have curiosity, the people who has voted the "No one" option has voted that because:
1.- Those "disciplines" are useless
2.- Are overpowered
3.- Are too weak
4.- You don´t like infernal vampires at all
I voted maleficia. Because it has "evil eye", "barrenness" and "Psalm of the Damned", three powerfull cards that mix very well.
Here are the results:
Maleficia 24 Votes 50%
No one 14 Votes 29%
Striga 10 Votes 20%
I have curiosity, the people who has voted the "No one" option has voted that because:
1.- Those "disciplines" are useless
2.- Are overpowered
3.- Are too weak
4.- You don´t like infernal vampires at all
I voted maleficia. Because it has "evil eye", "barrenness" and "Psalm of the Damned", three powerfull cards that mix very well.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Diabolic Lure
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I love this card, and I´m gonna tell you why:1.- The aus effect is really usefull.
2.- There are a lot of winnie decks in tournaments.
3.- You let other methuselah know how the baali feels
4.- Each block = 1 pool. I love it. Mix it with Condemnation: Doomed, and he will burn two pool each block.
5.- No cost
I don´t like this card, and I´m gonna tell you why:
1.- I don´t have any xD.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Freak Combo
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Put in play Nergal (normal version)Put him 2 maleficia.
Stay untapped.
Play 1 Evil Eye each turn of each oppossing methuselah for free.
Let "The Beast" disarm+decapitate Nergal, you deserve it.
Crypt
5x Nergal
Library
40x Evil Eye
10x Maleficia
Enjoy the Evil.
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