Badgeville powers gamified reality TV show Escape Routes
Gamification, the use of game-like rewards in non-game applications, is moving into reality TV. Badgeville will provide gamified achievements to the multiplatform reality TV...
Kiip expands beyond games to rewarding fitness “moments”
Kiip has gained a large following of game developers who are connecting its real-world rewards network to mobile-game achievements. When you hit a big...
Bunchball personalizes “Flamethrower” gamification for each user
Bunchball has made a name for itself by gamifying web sites and business applications so that users are more engaged. Now, the company is...
Badgeville adds social fabric analysis to its gamification suite
Gamification company Badgeville has made a big splash in the past year by helping web sites better engage visitors through game-like features such as leaderboards...
Bunchball gamifies Salesforce.com and launches game widgets
Bunchball is trying to “gamify” every web site in the world via tools that make sites more game-like. Its new Nitro for Salesforce.com uses game-like...
Venture capitalist Tim Chang describes the white-hot landscape of game investments
The emerging landscape of games is attracting a lot of money, thanks in part to excitement about Zynga’s upcoming initial public offering and some...
Badgeville raises $12M to lead the way in gamification
Gamification startup Badgeville has raised $12 million in a second round of funding to add game-like features to non-game applications. Kris Duggan, chief executive of...
Gigya launches gamification suite to make web sites more fun (exclusive)
Gigya has made its mark by making web sites more social. Now it’s going to gamify them too. The company is announcing today that...