Wordfeud
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Wordfeud | |
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Developer(s) | Bertheussen IT |
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Release | iOS: April 4, 2011[1] Android: November 10, 2011[1] |
Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Wordfeudis amultiplayer mobileword gamedeveloped by Håkon Bertheussen in 2010. Based on the principle ofScrabble,it allows players to play games with up to 30 friends and random opponents simultaneously. It received positive reviews fromTechRadarandPCWorld.[2][3]
By 2011, the game had nearly eight million users worldwide.[4]In July 2020, Norwegian news siteDagens Næringslivreported that the game had made Bertheussen a multimillionaire.[5]
Reactions
[edit]The game sometimes requires so much attention that conversations are cut off and interrupted when a player makes a move. In September 2011, a café inZwolle,the Netherlands, sought publicity by banning the game in the café.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Wordfeud (2011) release dates".MobyGames.com.
- ^December 2010, PC Plus 28 (28 December 2010)."Wordfeud review".TechRadar.com.
{{cite web}}
:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^"WordFeud FREE".PCWorld.com.August 31, 2010.
- ^"Wordfeud: Swedes' latest smartphone addiction".The Local Sweden.23 November 2011.Retrieved28 November2021.
- ^Hollum, Jantra (July 8, 2020)."Drømmeår for Wordfeud-gründer".Dn.no.
- ^"A WordFeud ban in a Dutch café".www.findallwords.com.Retrieved2024-03-26.
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