Sacred Seasons 2 launches on Heyzap Games!

Return to the awesome world of one of the most successful Flash MMORPGs ever with Sacred Seasons 2 from Emerald Games, now available to play on Heyzap Games!

Customise your character to Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter types to reflect your own personality and choose from a huge range of custom appearances. Fight the terrible enemies you encounter alone or with your friends in the world of Sacred Seasons 2!

For full details and to play now go to http://www.heyzap.com/games/sacred-seasons-2-mmorpg

Developers

The Heyzap API allows Sacred Seasons 2 to work anywhere on the web seamlessly, enabling players to use their account on any Heyzap Publisher Network site.

Do you have a Facebook social game or MMO? Do you want to bring your game to the wider web and to a wider audience? Start integrating your game now and expand the reach of your game like never before!
http://www.heyzap.com/developers/social_guide

Publishers

Sacred Seasons has had over 1 million gameplays since it’s recent launch on Kongregate and proven revenue streams through microtransactions which you can take a share of. Sacred Seasons 2 appeals to a wide audience and it has attracted loyal fans of all ages from diverse backgrounds. Engage users on your site for hours and get great new social games for your site now!

http://www.heyzap.com/publishers/get_games

If you have any questions about Heyzap and how it could help you, please feel free to email us at partners@heyzap.com

Vote Heyzap Into SXSW, See Co-founder in Spacesuit

The Heyzap crew is fighting off competition for a speaking position at the 2011 South by Southwest Conference. However, we need your help to get there!

If we win the panel spot for SXSW Interactive, Co-founder Jude Gomila will speak at the panel while wearing a spacesuit!

Panels for the SXSW Interactive Festival are decided by online votes. Co-founder Jude Gomila will be presenting on “Social Games Everywhere: How Media Sites Can Benefit” if Heyzap gets voted into the festival panel.

“Social Games Everywhere” discusses the pros and cons of having social games on media sites including: increasing user engagement, helping new user acquisition, improving viral loops in social mechanics, increasing user session time, and increasing revenue streams.

To vote Heyzap into the panel position at SXSW:

1. Create a PanelPicker account on SXSW.com (requires a name, email, and password).
2. Confirmation email (can take several minutes) & then follow the steps to validate your account.
3. Vote for the “Social games Everywhere” by clicking the thumbs up icon.

Voting ends August 29, so quickly enter your vote.

South by Southwest is a leading technology conference in Austin, Texas from March 11-20 celebrating original music, independent films, and emerging technologies.

We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Heyzap Blasts Social Gaming into HTML5

Today Heyzap becomes the first online games platform to support HTML5 games with the launch of our new in-game Javascript API.

With our easily integrated tools, HTML5 games can offer users the ability to login via their favorite social networks, share their in-game achievements, invite friends to join, and offer in-game payments to earn revenue. Websites get super-easy access to the hottest social HTML5 games as they are deployed to the Heyzap Network.

By supporting HTML5 games with the new JS API, Heyzap is also taking social gaming to mobile devices and the iPad. When game developers integrate to the Heyzap APIs they can have their social games accessible through the browsers on these devices and websites offering Flash games can expand their reach to mobile audiences.

If you’re an HTML5 game developer interested in using our new JS API or a website publisher ready to capture traffic and jump on the exciting HTML5 game train, talk to us at partners@heyzap.com.

Heyzap is Hiring for Business Development

Heyzap is looking for a business development genius to spearhead awesome partnerships with biggest names in the social games and online MMO space. You will be primarily in charge of targeting, initiating and building long lasting relationships with some of the most innovative companies in the gaming industry.

Heyzap works with the biggest game developers and websites including Bigpoint, Aeria Games, The Broth, Ning and Hi5 who serve millions of gameplays a month. We also have a growing network of 270,000 websites that take games from us. You will be part of building the client base of game developers.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with social game developers and MMOs
• Initiate, structure and maintain large partnerships with game developers- Be the primary point of contact between executive level and Heyzap’s Game developers
• Track and analyze the sales pipeline and communicate key updates to the executive team
• Be an evangelist for the Heyzap platform
• Head up Heyzap’s presence at game developer conferences and industry events
• Negotiate deals and contracts with potential partners
• Push partners through the process of integration and launch onto the Heyzap Network

Requirements

• BA/BS degree with excellent academic performance.
• Deep experience in the US market for social gaming and online MMOs
• A rolodex of social gaming and in-browser MMO contacts at executive or biz dev level
• Proven ability to pursue and close significant game developer deals
• Understand on how to sell intricate web APIs
• Ability to lead up sales pipeline development
• Ability to summarize complex issues in simple terms
• Huge passion for the gaming industry
• Deep understanding of the web and web trends
• Professional and creative email etiquette and technique
• Team player attitude and a huge sense of fun
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment
• Understanding of business models
• Understanding of legal contracts (partner contracts, NDAs, LOI etc)
• Positive, problem solving attitude
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Great Google/Office/ Keynote/powerpoint skills

If you know someone who fits this description or are looking for more information, visit our jobs page!

Bigpoint Bring MMOs to the Heyzap Network

Today we are announcing our exciting distribution partnership with Bigpoint, the global market leader in browser-based online games with 130 million users. Starting with the Bigpoint blockbuster Farmerama we will be placing their games onto our network of more than 260,000 websites including Ning, Webs, Cooliris, theChive, MeFeedia, and many more. Farmerama will soon be joined by two of Bigpoint’s best performing games of all time, DarkOrbit and Seafight, which already count more than 70 million registered users.

Ed Kim, director of business development at Bigpoint, commented, “Heyzap’s unique approach to game distribution is what drove our desire to partner with them. Integrating our content into their platform was a very straight-forward and painless process. We look forward to adding more games soon.”

If you are a game developer also interested in tapping into the Heyzap Network to grow your user base or a publisher looking to engage your visitors with hot titles like Farmerama, email us at partners@heyzap.com.

Heyzap Launches Instant Game Section

We’ve announced the launch of our newest online gaming innovation Heyzap Arcade! First integrated with social network Ning, Heyzap Arcade is the first online games tool that allows website publishers to instantly add an entire games section with one line of code. This pre-designed, prepackaged games portal gets Heyzap’s coolest content onto any website in seconds.

The Heyzap Arcade enables websites to engage users with our highest quality content, immersing them into a site’s games. This integration increases visitor retention rates and length of time on site. Additionally, our stream of social games allow users to share their in-game achievements or invite their friends which virally increase traffic to sites publishing the Arcade.

If you’re a website owner interested in adding the Heyzap Arcade to your website or a game developer interested in distributing their games through the Arcade and the rest of the Heyzap Network, get started now with our publisher wizard or email us at partners@heyzap.com.

Heyzap Comes to Casual Connect 2010

From Tuesday, July 20 through Thursday, July 22, the Heyzap team will be crash landing into Seattle for the Casual Connect conference where over 1,000 professionals in casual gaming will be sharing the latest innovations in the industry.

Cofounder Jude Gomila will be presenting on Thursday at 1 PM as part of the “Social Gaming Distribution 2.0: Life in the Post-Viral Era” panel alongside Albert Lai (Kontagent), Prita Uppal (Hooked Media Group), Josh Rose (Flying Wisdom Studios), and Jay Moore (BitRaider). Social game companies are looking for new methods for distribution in order to grow beyond a single channel. The Heyzap Network of websites and our sharing tools help developers increase users while website publishers get to reap the benefits of increased visitor retention.

If you will be attending Casual Connect and are a game developer wanting to spread your games in the post-viral era or are a website publisher interested in increasing your visitor engagement, we’d love to talk. Email us at partners@heyzap.com to set up a meeting.

EpicDuel launches on Heyzap’s Publisher Network!

Be part of the 100 million user strong community in the fantasy world of EpicDuel, an MMORPG now available to play free on Heyzap’s Publisher Network!

Customise your character to be a Tech Mage, Bounty Hunter or Mercenary and choose from a huge range of custom appearances. Then, prove your strength and fight any one of the millions of other players in the world of EpicDuel!

For full details and to play now go to http://www.heyzap.com/games/epicduel

Developers

The Heyzap Login and Payment APIs allow EpicDuel to work anywhere on the web, seamlessly, enabling players to use their account on any Heyzap Publisher Network site.

Do you have a Facebook social game or MMO like EpicDuel? Do you want to bring your game to the wider web and to a wider audience? Start integrating your game now and expand the reach of your game like never before!
http://www.heyzap.com/developers/social_guide

Publishers

EpicDuel has over 100 million registered accounts and generates revenue through microtransactions. With a proven track record backed by Artix Entertainment, one of the hottest MMO studios, you can take advantage of this amazing new revenue stream and select great new social games for your site now!

http://www.heyzap.com/publishers/get_games

If you have any questions about Heyzap and how it could help you, please feel free to email us at partners@heyzap.com

Superheroes Alliance Swings Into Action

Unleash your inner superhero with Superheroes Alliance, the latest social gaming sensation to join the Heyzap Network. Superheroes Alliance allows you to choose a superhero avatar, upgrade your character with virtual currency earned through world-saving missions along with inviting your Facebook friends to join.

Developers

Superheroes Alliance uses Heyzap Payments, which supports offers/surveys, PayPal, mobile and credit cards, to earn revenue through the sales of virtual goods. If you have a social game you would like to integrate with Heyzap and expand beyond Facebook, visit our Developer’s Social Game Integration Guide or send your questions to partners@heyzap.com.

Publishers

Superheroes Alliance joins Heyzap with an enormous existing user base meaning publishers will immediately be able to start earning real cash and increasing site traffic. Websites interested in boosting revenues and traffic can quickly offer social games by adding games to their sites using our publisher wizard, or get more details by emailing us at partners@heyzap.com.

Heyzap Raises $3,000,000

Today Heyzap is excited to announce a new round of funding to the value of $3 million led by Union Square Ventures, with investment from Naval Ravikant of HitForge and Chris Dixon of Founder Collective. Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger and Naval Ravikant (founder of Epinion.com, Vast.com and Partner at Hitforge) will be joining our board alongside founders Immad Akhund and Jude Gomila.

We want to take this opportunity to thank our investors for supporting Heyzap’s goals of spreading gaming across the web. With 30,000 games from 4,000 developers on our network of 220,000 websites, we will be now expanding even further into social and MMO game distribution. Game developers can begin integrating our developer tools or website owners can easily join our publisher network.

If you or anyone you know would vibe with our culture and is a coding or sales ninja, email us at jobs@heyzap.com. Anyone with other questions about the company and what we do can feel free to email us at info@heyzap.com.