Last winter, Planet Cazmo hosted a concert series with three artists from Sony Epic Records and Interscope Geffen A&M Records. Today it announced that Jive Label Group's Ciara would be joining in with a concert this Saturday to support her upcoming album "Fantasy Ride." The concerts are pre-recorded, but seem to be a hit with [...]
With the addition of a virtual world, Build-A-Bear Workshop didn't get just a marketing and loyalty vehicle for its customizable plush animals. It also got, in the words of CEO Maxine Clark, a whole new "category of merchandise that generates real revenues and real margin contribution" with virtual goods and subscriptions. In the initial launch of pre-paid [...]
Rumors and speculation about just how much money Facebook social gaming giant Zynga is making annually have flown throughout 2009, with numbers usually quoted in the $40-50 million dollar range. This figure may have seriously undervalued Zynga's money-making potential. Sources now report that Zynga's annual income figures are actually $100 million per year, according to [...]
Last fall, Linden Lab announced the inaugural Linden Prize, a $10,000 award for projects that help make Second Life practical for the real world. Today Linden announced that Studio Wikitecture and Virtual Ability had tied for the prize, and each will be receiving $10,000 worth of Linden dollars. dtsv.dtse_post_3326_permalink = ‘http://www.engagedigital.com/blog/2009/04/30/linden-gives-out-20k-in-prizes-for-second-life-projects/’; dtsv.dtse_post_3326_title = ‘Linden Gives Out $20k [...]
Today Electronic Arts confirmed that the PC and Mac versions of The Sims 3 would in fact ship with a virtual goods item shop built in to the game's online functionality. We already knew that the iPhone version of Sims 3 would contain a virtual goods mechanic thanks to the reveal of Apple's in-app payments, [...]
Today Cepstral announced a partnership with Anshe Chung Studios to package its VoiceForge technology with the latter's virtual goods business. Cepstral previously brought VoiceForge to IMVU last year, adding a widget that let users translate text chat into different voices. Anshe Chung is one of the larger virtual good creators in IMVU, among other worlds, [...]
Today Cepstral announced a partnership with Anshe Chung Studios to package its VoiceForge technology with the latter's virtual goods business. Cepstral previously brought VoiceForge to IMVU last year, adding a widget that let users translate text chat into different voices. Anshe Chung is one of the larger virtual good creators in IMVU, among other worlds, [...]
Today Offerpal Media officially announced what Virtual Goods News discovered at the beginning of the month: that the company was partnering with Legends of Zork developer Jolt Online to bring its managed offer platform into the game. This allows users of the freemium text RPG to acquire the game's RMT currency, Coconuts, by simply accepting [...]
KingsIsle Entertainment announced today that its Wizard101 virtual world had registered over 2 million unique users. To support those users–and monetize them–the company is also launching $10 prepaid cards in 7-Eleven stores across the nation. KingsIsle sells Wizard101 in a variety of ways, whether in virtual goods, subscriptions, or new territories, as explained in this case [...]
Today virtual events provider Unisfair and Cramer, a digital marketing and events agency, partnered to provide better custom events to clients. Unisfair has hosted over 600 events in its 3D setting and has been prepping for growth as the down economy forces organizations to look for alternatives to physical travel and meetings. That same environment [...]
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