User blog:Sim533/Funcom 3Q13 Presentation

Today, the presentation was presented for the 3rd quarter of this year. As usual, a little bit news is presented each time.

Interesting facts of the presentation:
 * "Tablet version of the game remains on schedule with first playable to be delivered in December"


 * "Invitations to the first externals to participate in the closed beta phase will be sent this week"

in New York. The results of the focus testing were extremely positive: " «I would never stop playing this game, unless I have to go to the bathroom» Boy (8) « You can build stuff, switch weapons and switch characters, cool to see LEGO figures coming to life! » Boy (10) « It’s like they transported LEGO’s into the real world. The world suddenly turned into LEGO’s! » Boy (8) «I would play this more than Minecraft, and I LOVE Minecraft!» Boy (9) « I could do this for ten days and never stop! » Boy (9)
 * "In September DeLevie Group Research conducted focus testing of the game

This is a licensed game where a normal license deal applies between the Company and LEGO®. Under these circumstances Funcom assumes the investment and development risk and keeps most of the revenues in return."
 * "The licensed LEGO® Minifigures online game produced in Oslo is on schedule to release in Open Beta summer 2014 with several significant deliveries during 3Q13 preparations for the first Beta with external testers being the most important.