While Electronic Arts and Zynga steal most of the headlines when it comes to the booming free-to-play games market and Blizzard Entertainment and NCsoft rule the roost in the massively multiplayer online (MMO) games space, KingsIsle Entertainment has managed to best all of these huge companies.
With 25 million registered users and 16 million unique monthly Web visitors, KingsIsle’s Wizard101 is one of the most popular online games for kids ages 8-12. The free-to-play game competes head-to-head with Nickelodeon and Disney online game properties, but does so with completely original characters in a non-licensed virtual world.
Todd Coleman, who serves as vice president and creative director at KingsIsle, as well as co-creator of Wizard101, talks about how this little company exploded into a global success story in this exclusive interview.
Recently Skewed and Reviewed got to speak with KingsIsle about Wizard 101 and what is to come for the game.
KingsIsle Entertainment and gamigo are pleased to announce the start of Wizard101’s European services transfer from Gameforge. Starting today, Wizards across the pond will be able to experience new magical updates at a much faster rate to ultimately sync up closer with their North American counterparts.
KingsIsle Entertainment and gamigo are pleased to announce European Wizard101 services will transition over from Gameforge to KingsIsle and gamigo starting the week of May 16.
