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
September 1, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 … read more
August 31, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha In August 2009, Ben Vu, founder and CEO of SkyVu Entertainment, came to us with a news pitch for an iOS game he described as " 'Care Bears' meets 'Black Hawk Down.' " Intrigued, we reviewed the app in a post titled "SkyVu Pictures releases Battle Bears iPhone app." Today, thanks to that first app … 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 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
December 20, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha This past September, SkyVu Pictures, the creators of the iPhone, iPod Touch and Android app BATTLE BEARS, announced that their download total for paid and unpaid apps reached 4 million. This month, that number surpassed 6 million. One iteration of the game, BATTLE BEARS -1, is currently the #3 Free Adventure Game in the iTunes App Store, in the Top 25 on the iPad, and in the Top 10 in ten other countries. The wildly successful… read more
November 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Earlier this month, the Midlands Business Journal, a weekly trade publication in Omaha, released its annual "40 Under 40" list recognizing 40… read more
November 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by Lauren Tucker via Flickr) Published every Tuesday, 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… read more
September 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha The team at SkyVu Pictures is hitting milestones, once again. In addition to celebrating the one year anniversary of the release of their first BATTLE BEARS game, they recently hit the four million paid and free download mark for their entire BATTLE BEARS game franchise. In the company of the original BATTLE BEARS, is BATTLE BEARS -1, BATTLE BEARS: ZOMBIES, and most recently, BATTLE BEARS GO for iPad. To celebrate with fans, SkyVu Pictures has teamed up with FreeAppADay.com to release BATTLE BEARS: ZOMBIES and BATTLE BEARS GO for iPad free for a limited time. Visit freeappaday.com to snag a copy for yourself. read more
July 20, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by IndigoValley via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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… read more