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
February 15, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
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, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com. 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
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
August 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by Nicholas_T 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact me at danny@siliconprairienews.com. 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
June 23, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha The popular free iPhone app BATTLE BEARS, a game created by Omaha-based SkyVu Pictures, now has an official prequel, BATTLE BEARS -1. Unlike previous versions, the new gameplay allows you to move the main characters, OLIVER and RIGGS, throughout the playing area as they defend the Ursa Major ship from invaders. Benjamin Vu, creator of BATTLE BEARS and founder of SkyVu, told email newsletter subscribers that the new… read more
June 9, 2010 by Jill Bruckner
Omaha The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area's culture. | Things are looking up for Omaha’s SkyVu Pictures Inc. The animation studio, originator of BATTLE BEARS (currently the No. 1 adventure game in 50 countries), specializes in mobile games and content, as well as film endeavors. “The BATTLE BEARS iPhone game was originally meant to be a proof of concept for our movie pitches,” said Benjamin Vu, who founded… read more