Who Has The Biggest Brain? Explained

Released:2009
Developer:Playfish
Publisher:Playfish

Who Has The Biggest Brain? is a brain training social video game by Playfish and published on Facebook Connect.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It was Playfish's first game.[6] The game, along with other Playfish titles like Word Challenge and Geo Challenge, were rolled out onto iOS.[7] [8] [9] [10] EA acquired the rights to the game in 2009 after acquiring Playfish.[11] [12] [13]

The title sees the player work through memory, math, and spatial games to get a brain score.[14] The game consisted of 4 minigames, 60 seconds each.[15] The leaderboard showed both the player's Facebook photo and score and that of their nearest competitors.[16]

By March 2009, the game had been played over 500 million times by over 15 million people[17] [18] with current monthly active player base of nearly 4.2 million people.[19]

On August 30, 2011, it was the announced the game along with other Playfish titles would be axed on September 30.[20]

Critical reception

Pocket Gamer deemed it "excellent and frighteningly addictive".[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dredge. Stuart. How Facebook Connect works for iPhone games. 2021-04-23. www.pocketgamer.com. en.
  2. Web site: Dredge. Stuart. Who Has The Biggest Brain comes to iPhone. 2021-04-23. www.pocketgamer.com. en.
  3. Web site: Who Has The Biggest Brain. 2021-04-23. Facebook. en.
  4. News: Cowan. Matt. 2009-11-04. Playfish sees social games as industry driver. en. Reuters. 2021-04-23.
  5. Web site: Playfish sign for State of Independence. 2021-04-23. GamesIndustry.biz. en.
  6. Web site: Dredge. Stuart. Mobile veterans launch casual gaming start-up. 2021-04-23. www.pocketgamer.com. en.
  7. Web site: Dredge. Stuart. Editor. Contributing. Playfish talks iPhone games and Facebook Connect. 2021-04-23. pocketgamer.biz.
  8. Web site: Mehta. Prakash. 2009-03-17. Who Has The Biggest Brain? for iPhone and iPod Touch Launched by Playfish - GameGuru. 2021-04-23. Game Guru. en-US.
  9. Web site: Dredge. Stuart. Video: Who Has The Biggest Brain? for iPhone. 2021-04-23. www.pocketgamer.com. en.
  10. Web site: Lazar. Lonnie. 2009-03-14. Playfish Brings Social Gaming to Apple Mobile Users. 2021-04-23. Cult of Mac. en-us.
  11. Web site: Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million. 2021-04-23. phys.org. en.
  12. Web site: Not Playing Around. EA Buys Playfish For $300 Million, Plus a $100 Million Earnout.. 2021-04-23. TechCrunch. en-US.
  13. Web site: Electronics Arts buys game maker Playfish. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423061832/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33797766. dead. April 23, 2021. 2021-04-23. NBC News. en.
  14. Q&A: Facebook's Biggest Brain Tells All. en-US. Wired. 2021-04-23. 1059-1028.
  15. Web site: Playfish: The Social Gaming Provocateurs. 2021-04-23. www.gamasutra.com. en.
  16. Web site: Who Has the Biggest Brain?. 2021-04-23. en-US.
  17. Web site: Segerstrale. Kristian. 2009-03-14. We're live on iPhone and iPod touch!. 2021-04-23. Life at Playfish. en.
  18. Web site: Terdiman. Daniel. Lessons to glean from social gaming. 2021-04-23. CNET. en.
  19. Web site: Dredge. Stuart. Editor. Contributing. Playfish launches first iPhone game... with Facebook Connect. 2021-04-23. pocketgamer.biz.
  20. Web site: A. O. L. Staff. Playfish says goodbye to Hotel City, My Empire and four more games. 2021-04-23. www.aol.com. en-US.
  21. Web site: Who Has the Biggest Brain?. 2021-04-23. www.pocketgamer.com. en.

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