Wild Ones (video game)

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Wild Ones
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Developer(s) Playdom
Publisher(s) Playdom
Platform(s) Google+, Facebook, MySpace, Playdom.com
Release18 December 2009
Genre(s) Multiplayer, action, arcade shooter

Wild Ones was a video game published by Playdom. It was released on 18 December 2009 and closed on 28 August 2013, becoming one of Playdom's most popular games.

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Gameplay

Wild Ones was a multiplayer action and arcade shooter game. It was available on Facebook, Google+ [1] [2] and since 2010, on MySpace. [3] Originally, it was a last man standing game. This was later changed, however. [4]

History

Wild Ones was released on 18 December 2009 by Playdom. During this period, it counted with around 300,000 monthly active users. [5] This number increased to 2,000,000 by 2010. [3] The game was inspired on the game Worms . [6] It also bore certain similarity to the game Crazy Planets . [7] It managed to become one of the three most popular games of Playdom. [8] It closed on 28 August 2013. [9]

Years later, Facebook admitted having tricked children and adults to spend money on several free-to-play games, including Wild Ones. [10]

Reception

Common Sense Media gave the game 4/5 stars and recommended it for persons older than 13. [11]

Aftermath

There were various projects to revive the game. The most popular one is Wild Ones Remake. It was released in 2016 by Evolved Digitals, a group made up by three Georgian and Tunisian developers. Up to 2,000,000 people have played their three main games, including Wild Ones Remake. [12] Another one is Wild Ones Ultimate. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Wild Ones - Playdom's Online Game". Urgametips. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Kerr, Ronny (12 August 2011). "It's war: Google+ gets a gaming platform". Vator. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 N. G., Jenny (10 March 2010). "Playdom brings Wild Ones to MySpace". AOL . Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Armero, Alexander (9 July 2010). "Wild Ones match selector lets players revert to old settings". AOL . Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Mack, Christopher (18 December 2009). "Another New Playdom Game Surfaces: Wild Ones, a Social Take On Worms" . Adweek . Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Feature: Redesigning Playdom's Wild Ones Into A Success". Gamasutra . 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  7. ↑ von Coelln, Eric (18 December 2009). "Quick hits: Playdom launches two titles; Mafia woes; "Game Friends" gains support". Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Playdom/Disney Interactive: Wild Ones". Willustration. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Wild Ones". Facebook . 19 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (26 January 2019). "Facebook admitted defrauding kids and parents of thousands of dollars in early free-to-play games". VentureBeat . Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  11. ↑ Raby, Mark. "Wild Ones". Common Sense Media . Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Evolved Digitals". Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Wild Ones Ultimate". Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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