December 19, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha SkyVu Entertainment announced Tuesday that Battle Bears, its popular mobile game franchise that's on its way to becoming a television show, surpassed 20 million downloads. Originally released in 2009, Battle Bears is currently available in three iterations: Battle Bears -1, Battle Bears: Zombies! and the multiplayer Battle Bears Royale, for which SkyVu recently released an Android version. … read more
October 4, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha SkyVu Entertainment today announced it has signed a development deal with Wildbrain Entertainment to bring the characters of its popular mobile game franchise Battle Bears to the small screen. Wildbrain, a DHX Media Ltd. Company behind shows that air on Nickelodeon, Disney and HBO, is licensing the Battle Bears brand to develop a TV series and consumer products line. The series, according to SkyVu founder and CEO Ben Vu … read more
January 12, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha For your listening pleasure, here's SkyVu Entertainment founder Ben Vu's radio spot from Saturday on the Mulberry Lane Radio Show on 1290 KKAR in Omaha. Vu (left), who heads up SkyVu, the Omaha-based mobile games studio that brought the world Battle Bears, covered lots of ground in the course of an interview that ran just less than 12 minutes. He provided updates on SkyVu's team (now 14 strong) … read more
December 1, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha For hungry Battle Bears fans whose appetites we whet with the preview we provided of SkyVu Entertainment's latest project back in August, the feast has finally arrived. Omaha-based SkyVu today released Battle Bears Royale, its first multiplayer game, for free download in the App Store. "This is truly the best Battle … read more
August 5, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Fresh off a successful trip showing their wares at Comic-Con in San Diego, Ben Vu and the SkyVu team demonstrated two games to a hometown crowd on Thursday at Cornstalks Demo Night. First, they ran through their most recent release, Battle Bears Blast. Second, they showed off their next project on the horizon, Battle Bears Royale, which is … read more
August 5, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Reminder - Prairie Moves is now a bi-weekly series. Learn more in one of our recent Prairie Moves. What is Prairie Moves? Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit … read more
August 2, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha SkyVu Entertainment went to Comic-Con International July 21-24 in San Diego and came back empty-handed. Well, empty-handed in a literal sense, anyway. "We introduced our first Battle Bears toy, two new T-shirts, an exclusive comic book," SkyVu founder Ben Vu said in an email, "and we sold out of everything." But that the team from the Omaha-based animation studio couldn't seem to hang on to any of its merchandise while in San … read more
July 6, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more
June 22, 2011 by Danny Schreiber & Brittany Mascio
Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these … read more
March 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any… read more
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