GameSalad Accelerator – Take Your Game Design Career to a Whole New Level

November 23 2010, 4:31pm

Hey, everybody! After announcing our new “Free to Make” model on Saturday, we’ve received a number of questions regarding our plans for publishing or if we were doing away with the idea all together. Not at all. Today, we’re officially launching a new publishing option called GameSalad Accelerator. The primary goal of Accelerator is to bring top development talent from the GameSalad community together with established brands in order to create exciting, innovative games for iOS devices. At launch, we’ve assembled a list of partners that includes R.R. Kidz, headed by Levar Burton, Famigo Games, and Boom! Studios. “GameSalad Accelerator is about bringing together indie talent and established market presence,” said GameSalad CEO Steve Felter. “We’ve lined up an exciting team of partners for the launch of this one-of-a-kind program.” Concurrently, GameSalad and Boom! Studios is pleased to announce the release of Stan Lee’s The Traveler in Split Second Mayhem, the premiere title of the Accelerator program. Split Second Mayhem was produced as a collaborative effort by Boom! Studios, GameSalad and POW! Entertainment, developed by D7 Studios, and published through GameSalad Accelerator. “Stan Lee is the gold standard in the comics world,” Steve Felter said. “And Boom! Studios has been on the forefront of bringing comics into the digital arena. We couldn’t be more thrilled with this partnership.” A lite version of Stan Lee’s The Traveler in Split Second Mayhem is live on the App Store and available now! The full, paid version of the app will be available soon. But, wait! There’s more… In addition, GameSalad will also allow independent GameSalad developers to submit their own original titles for publishing under the Accelerator brand. Select titles that have applied for publishing will be reviewed and invited to participate in the program. “Some people just want to make great games. They don’t want to deal with marketing, P.R., or the business side of the industry.” said Michael Agustin, Chief Product Officer at GameSalad. “Accelerator allows independent developers a great chance to get their games published and a new way to establish themselves as top-notch game designers.” GameSalad developers interested in applying for the Accelerator program can contact us through the GameSalad Accelerator homepage, launching today. What should you check out now?

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