現在誰是最聰明的人？
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凱文?周：改寫社交游戲規則的人 ????對Zynga的社交網絡游戲FarmVille及其他在線游戲嗤之以鼻的鐵桿玩家應該拜會一下凱文?周。凱文?周的可視游戲公司Kabam使用網絡作為其主界面，但其目標用戶可不是那些所謂的“大眾/菜鳥玩家”。Kabam公司的第一款游戲《亞瑟王國》（Kingdoms of Camelot）就是給《文明》（Cilization）和《星際爭霸》（Starcraft）等復雜游戲的骨灰級玩家奉上的一份大禮。該公司已經推出了五款游戲，玩家數量總計已經達到了1,100萬人。平均每次登陸，他們的游戲時間都超過三個小時。最近的一輪融資中，Kabam公司從谷歌風投（Google Ventures）和其他投資者手中融資8,500萬美元，進一步證實了凱文?周成就一番事業的信念。 ????翻譯：喬樹靜/汪皓 |
Gaming: Kevin Chou ????Hard-core players who turn up their noses at social games -- like Zynga's FarmVille and other online fare -- should meet Kevin Chou. Chou's videogame company, Kabam, uses the web as its main interface, but it isn't for lightweights ("casual gamers," in industry parlance). Kabam's first game out of the gate, Kingdoms of Camelot, was intended as a valentine to veterans of complex games like Civilization and Starcraft. He's published five games and racked up 11 million players who average more than three hours of play per session. Kabam's latest investment round raised $85 million from Google Ventures and other backers, validating what Chou has known for some time now: He's on to something big. |
