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In one year, BATTLE BEARS reaches 4m download mark
The team at SkyVu Pictures is hitting milestones, once again. In addition to celebrating the one year anniversary of the release of their first BATTLE BEARS game, they recently hit the four million paid and free download mark for their entire BATTLE BEARS game franchise. In the company of the original BATTLE BEARS, is BATTLE…
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Prairie Moves: Allied Strategy, Phenomblue, Dwolla & more
(Photo by IndigoValley via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…
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Thanks for the shout out SkyVu Pictures
A couple weeks ago we received an email from Benjamin Vu that he had included Silicon Prairie News in the Special Thanks section of BATTLE BEARS -1. We appreciate this shout out immensely and we’re excited by the success Benjamin’s animation studio, SkyVu Pictures, has had with its line…
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BATTLE BEARS -1 is out, ‘huggable’ spotted at College World Series
The popular free iPhone app BATTLE BEARS, a game created by Omaha-based SkyVu Pictures, now has an official prequel, BATTLE BEARS -1. Unlike previous versions, the new gameplay allows you to move the main characters, OLIVER and RIGGS, throughout the playing area as they defend the Ursa Major ship from invaders. Benjamin Vu, creator of…
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Looking Up: SkyVu Pictures reaches great heights
The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area’s culture. | Things are looking up for Omaha’s SkyVu Pictures Inc. The animation studio, originator of BATTLE BEARS (currently the No. 1 adventure game in 50 countries), specializes in mobile games…
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SPN In-Depth: The fate of Midwest game development
Video games have come a long way in the past three decades. They’ve gone from austere collections of pixels and 8-bit sound effects to a widely recognized artistic medium proudly standing toe-to-toe (and sometimes beating out) the film and music industries. Around the United States, local governments have taken notice of video games’ profit potential,…
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SPN interviews Bejamin Vu and Melissa Ledger of SkyVu Pictures
It has been a few weeks since Omaha-based SkyVu Pictures released their iPhone game, Battle Bears, and things seem to be going well even still. After covering the story of their iPhone game, I had the chance to visit them at their new offices. SkyVu actually has three teams: one based in Omaha, lead by…
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SkyVu Pictures releases Battle Bears iPhone app
As a lifelong gamer, I’m very excited about Omaha’s newest contribution to the App Store. SkyVu Pictures, an Omaha-based animation studio, has released their newest project, Battle Bears, in both full and lite versions. Battle Bears is a 3D action shooter rated 9+ for “Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence,” so for you SPN readers who…