The call for speakers is open for the Engage! Expo at Toy Fair (Feb. 16-17, 2009 in NYC) closes Sept. 4th. Held simultaneously, Engage! and Toy Fair will bring together more than 25,000 attendees, including 1,000 members of the media. Engage! will bring together technology-savvy Internet professionals with the biggest names in the toy industry and children's [...]
The call for speakers is open for the Engage! Expo at Toy Fair (Feb. 16-17, 2009 in NYC) closes Sept. 4th. Held simultaneously, Engage! and Toy Fair will bring together more than 25,000 attendees, including 1,000 members of the media. Engage! will bring together technology-savvy Internet professionals with the biggest names in the toy industry and children's [...]
The call for speakers is open for the Engage! Expo at Toy Fair (Feb. 16-17, 2009 in NYC) closes Sept. 4th. Held simultaneously, Engage! and Toy Fair will bring together more than 25,000 attendees, including 1,000 members of the media. Engage! will bring together technology-savvy Internet professionals with the biggest names in the toy industry and children's [...]
The personalization and customization that takes place within virtual worlds is being applied to MTV's once-popular Jackass reality TV series. The new online-only campaign, dubbed "Be a Jackass" lets users superimpose their likeness (facial likeness only) onto one of the Jackass personalities as they engage in their signature brand of sometimes repulsive, almost always gross [...]
This month the casual game publisher Big Fish Games launched its first microtransaction-driven product, the "causal multiplayer online game" Faunasphere. Previously its revenue model always relied on giving away free trial versions and then asking users to pay for full version. Faunasphere's Lead Designer Toby Ragaini concedes that Faunasphere is much more like a social [...]
Linden Lab, creator of virtual world Second Life, today announced the appointment of a Vice President of Web Development. New in the role is Robin Ducot, previously at Adobe Systems where she held a post with the same title. The hire falls syncs squarely with Linden's expressed goal of "extending the value of Second Life [...]
Linden Lab, creator of virtual world Second Life, today announced the appointment of a Vice President of Web Development. New in the role is Robin Ducot, previously at Adobe Systems where she held a post with the same title. The hire falls syncs squarely with Linden's expressed goal of "extending the value of Second Life [...]
Virtual Space Entertainment, Inc. (VSE), the company behind the Blue Mars 2150 virtual world and upcoming Smithsonian Museum installations, today announced the appointment of Stephen Pomeroy to the post of Chief Executive Officer. Pomeroy replaces Richard Childers, VSE's founding Chief Executive who was named Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Officer. In announcing the move, VSE's [...]
Two of entertainment's biggest brands, The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Entertainment, are linking up in a merger of epic proportions. Announced just prior to the markets' opening today, Disney is slated to acquire Marvel for $4 billion in stock and cash. The boards of both companies have signed off on the deal; now it's [...]
Welcome to the Virtual Goods News Wrap-Up for the week of August 28, 2009. The Wrap-Up is where VGN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual goods industry. Nonprofits Next to Test Facebook Payment PlatformCharities Project Red, Kiva, Tom's Shoes, and the World Wildlife [...]
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