Approximately 30 of the games in the WildTangent catalog were produced by the company's own WildTangent Game Studios. The rest of the games on the WildTangent game network are from other game developers and publishers. This includes games like Mall World which the company has represented to integrate major brands like Levis.[2]
Criticismedit
Users have complained that the company's products have an adverse effect on their PC's performance or are intrusive to the user's experience.[citation needed]PC Magazine wrote in 2004 that although the program was "not very" evil, some privacy complaints were justified as the program's user manual states that it may collect name, address, phone number, e-mail, and other contact information and could distribute the collected information with the user's consent. Concerns were also raised about the software's self-updating feature.[3] In 2003, antispyware programSpybot classified WildTangent's original WebDriver as a potentially unwanted program.[4][5]
In 2011, WildTangent challenged a patent infringement ruling against Hulu and itself by Ultramercial, LLC, which contended that the two companies had violated its 2001 patent US 7346545, "Method and system for payment of intellectual property royalties by interposed sponsor on behalf of consumer over a telecommunications network", alleging that the patent was too abstract. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld Ultramercial's patent, stating that it "does not simply claim the age-old idea that advertising can serve as currency. Instead [it] discloses a practical application of this idea." The court also asserted that the technical elements required to implement the system described were intricate enough to not be abstract. On June 21, 2013, after being ordered by the Supreme Court to re-examine the case, the Federal Circuit upheld its decision and ruled that Ultramercial's patents were valid.[6][7][8] However, the 2014 Supreme Court ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l narrowed patent eligibility for software, and the Supreme Court subsequently sent Ultramercial's case back to the Federal Circuit. In November 2014, the Federal Circuit invalidated Ultramercial's patent in light of the ruling in Alice, undoing two of its own previous rulings and freeing WildTangent from liability.[9]
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^Festa, Paul (January 2, 2002). "Short Take: WildTangent acquires 3D firm". CNET. from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^Gibson, Nick (February 20, 2012). "Christian FPS Games". Hardcore Gaming 101. p. 2. from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
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External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
wildtangent, gamigo, trade, name, american, video, game, developer, based, bellevue, washington, april, 2019, acquired, german, games, company, gamigo, gamigo, trade, namecompany, typesubsidiaryindustryvideo, gamesfounded1998, years, 1998, foundersalex, johnje. Gamigo Inc trade name WildTangent is an American video game developer based in Bellevue Washington In April 2019 it was acquired by the German games company Gamigo de 1 Gamigo Inc Trade nameWildTangentCompany typeSubsidiaryIndustryVideo gamesFounded1998 26 years ago 1998 FoundersAlex St JohnJeremy KenyonHeadquartersBellevue Washington USKey peopleJens Knauber CEO ProductsSee List of WildTangent gamesParentGamigo de 2019 present Websitecompany wbr wildtangent wbr com Contents 1 Games 2 Criticism 3 Genesis3D 4 References 5 External linksGames editMain article List of WildTangent games Approximately 30 of the games in the WildTangent catalog were produced by the company s own WildTangent Game Studios The rest of the games on the WildTangent game network are from other game developers and publishers This includes games like Mall World which the company has represented to integrate major brands like Levis 2 Criticism editUsers have complained that the company s products have an adverse effect on their PC s performance or are intrusive to the user s experience citation needed PC Magazine wrote in 2004 that although the program was not very evil some privacy complaints were justified as the program s user manual states that it may collect name address phone number e mail and other contact information and could distribute the collected information with the user s consent Concerns were also raised about the software s self updating feature 3 In 2003 antispyware program Spybot classified WildTangent s original WebDriver as a potentially unwanted program 4 5 In 2011 WildTangent challenged a patent infringement ruling against Hulu and itself by Ultramercial LLC which contended that the two companies had violated its 2001 patent US 7346545 Method and system for payment of intellectual property royalties by interposed sponsor on behalf of consumer over a telecommunications network alleging that the patent was too abstract The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld Ultramercial s patent stating that it does not simply claim the age old idea that advertising can serve as currency Instead it discloses a practical application of this idea The court also asserted that the technical elements required to implement the system described were intricate enough to not be abstract On June 21 2013 after being ordered by the Supreme Court to re examine the case the Federal Circuit upheld its decision and ruled that Ultramercial s patents were valid 6 7 8 However the 2014 Supreme Court ruling in Alice Corp v CLS Bank Int l narrowed patent eligibility for software and the Supreme Court subsequently sent Ultramercial s case back to the Federal Circuit In November 2014 the Federal Circuit invalidated Ultramercial s patent in light of the ruling in Alice undoing two of its own previous rulings and freeing WildTangent from liability 9 Genesis3D editWildTangent owns the Genesis3D game engine created by Eclipse Entertainment in 1997 10 The engine was announced on July 4 1998 11 The first beta version was released on July 30 followed by release candidate 1 on March 2 1999 12 13 The engine was free and open source software under the Eclipse license requiring companies to pay 10 000 to make closed source changes In 1999 WildTangent acquired the assets for Genesis3D from Eclipse Entertainment to use for their web driver While working on improving the engine s source code Mark O Hara and his team decided to instead create a new engine Destiny3D from the obtained knowledge 10 WildTangent then acquired Eclipse Entertainment in January 2002 14 Notable games developed using Genesis3D include the first person shooter games Catechumen 2000 and its successor Ominous Horizons A Paladin s Calling 2001 15 Ethnic Cleansing 2002 16 and Special Force 2003 17 as well as the action adventure game Dragon s Lair 3D Return to the Lair 2002 18 References edit gamigo AG acquisition of the game publisher WildTangent Inc in the form of an asset deal leads to further profitable growth Archived 2020 09 22 at the Wayback Machine WildTangent Collaborates with the Levi s Brand to Bring Levi s Curve ID Product Line to Popular Facebook Game Mall World SFGate 2011 04 08 Retrieved 2012 12 27 Machrone Bill 2004 06 22 Spyware or Slyware PCMag com Archived from the original on 2011 06 06 Retrieved 2012 12 27 1 Archived April 27 2006 at the Wayback Machine 2 Archived June 5 2011 at the Wayback Machine Supreme Court orders do over on key software patent ruling Ars Technica 23 May 2012 Archived from the original on 30 June 2013 Retrieved 24 June 2013 One of the worst patents ever just got upheld in court The Washington Post Archived from the original on 24 June 2013 Retrieved 24 June 2013 Fisher Daniel Take That SCOTUS Appeals Court Reinstates Patent On Video Ad Technology Forbes Archived from the original on 24 June 2013 Retrieved 24 June 2013 Crouch Dennis Federal Circuit Novelty in Implementation of an Abstract Idea Insufficient to Overcome Alice Patently O Archived from the original on 19 December 2015 Retrieved 5 August 2015 a b Pedersen Roger E 2003 Game Design Foundations Wordware Publishing p 166 ISBN 9781556229732 Archived from the original on September 11 2023 Retrieved June 29 2020 via Google Books Heaslip Stephen July 4 1998 Cry Havoc Engine Demo Blue s News Archived from the original on September 11 2023 Retrieved September 11 2023 Heaslip Stephen July 29 1998 Genesis 3D SDK Blue s News Archived from the original on September 13 2021 Retrieved June 29 2020 Heaslip Stephen March 2 1999 Genesis 3D Engine Release Candidate News Blue s News Archived from the original on July 14 2019 Retrieved June 29 2020 Festa Paul January 2 2002 Short Take WildTangent acquires 3D firm CNET Archived from the original on July 14 2019 Retrieved June 29 2020 Gibson Nick February 20 2012 Christian FPS Games Hardcore Gaming 101 p 2 Archived from the original on October 1 2020 Retrieved August 30 2023 Becker David August 8 2002 Video games raise concerns over racism CNET Archived from the original on January 20 2021 Retrieved June 29 2020 Piasecki Stefan November 19 2003 Fur 8 50 Dollar in den Krieg gegen Israel To war against Israel for 8 50 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in German p 1 Archived from the original on September 26 2020 Retrieved September 10 2023 Moltenbrey Karen January 2003 A Knight to Remember Computer Graphic World Archived from the original on September 11 2023 Retrieved September 11 2023 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WildTangent amp oldid 1204515170 Genesis3D, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
