Tap Tap Revenge 3 To Feature Avatars, Virtual Goods

By On September 25, 2009 · 5 Comments

Today iPhone developer Tapulous announced that Apple was currently reviewing its latest title, the rhythm game Tap Tap Revenge 3. The $.99 app will monetize through a blend of advertising, sponsorships, affiliate programs, and also direct sale of virtual goods. Users will be able to purchase customized avatars for use in-game in addition to extra [...]

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Onverse Adds Gaming Features with IceFall and Virtual Pets

By On September 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

Onverse is updating its free virtual world with fresh additions that solidify the company’s desire to augment its game features. The company's founder and CEO, Steve Pierce, said the new virtual pets and an action/shooter game called IceFall demonstrate not only the company’s goals for its virtual world, which is only three months into beta, but [...]

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Engage! Expo 2009: No Love Lost on iPhone

By On September 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

SAN JOSE, CA — Apple became the target of game companies’ ire at the Engage! Expo during a panel conversation about how to leverage the iPhone for a virtual goods win. Of all iPhone apps, fully 20 percent, or 16,598, are games, and something like 72 percent of those, or 11,931, are paid games. Developers [...]

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Engage! Expo 2009: No Love Lost on iPhone

By On September 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

SAN JOSE, CA — Apple became the target of game companies’ ire at the Engage! Expo during a panel conversation about how to leverage the iPhone for a virtual goods win. Of all iPhone apps, fully 20 percent, or 16,598, are games, and something like 72 percent of those, or 11,931, are paid games. Developers [...]

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Quepasa Partners With TwoFish For Virtual Currency, Gifts

By On September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This week the Latino social network Quepasa announced that it would incorporate virtual currency and virtual gifting into its monetization strategy and partner with the LiveGamer-owned TwoFish to handle its analytics and other virtual economy needs. Quepasa's plans include two separate currencies: QDollars that can only be purchased and QPoints that can only be earned [...]

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Quepasa Partners With TwoFish For Virtual Currency, Gifts

By On September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This week the Latino social network Quepasa announced that it would incorporate virtual currency and virtual gifting into its monetization strategy and partner with the LiveGamer-owned TwoFish to handle its analytics and other virtual economy needs. Quepasa's plans include two separate currencies: QDollars that can only be purchased and QPoints that can only be earned [...]

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The Amazing Society Selects Unity for Marvel MMO

By On September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Amazing Society, a sub-studio of Gazillion Entertainment, will use the Unity game engine from Unity Technologies for its <upcoming MMO Marvel Super Hero Squad. Unity is rapidly gaining recognition as an integrated development system for browser-based 3D games, and as a multiplatform tool it is also used for iPhone, Wii, PC, and Mac games as well. [...]

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The Amazing Society Selects Unity for Marvel MMO

By On September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Amazing Society, a sub-studio of Gazillion Entertainment, will use the Unity game engine from Unity Technologies for its <upcoming MMO Marvel Super Hero Squad. Unity is rapidly gaining recognition as an integrated development system for browser-based 3D games, and as a multiplatform tool it is also used for iPhone, Wii, PC, and Mac games as well. [...]

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Topps and Total Immersion Tackle Augmented Reality Football Cards

By On September 24, 2009 · 1 Comment

Topps and Total Immersion have teamed up again, this time to introduce Topps 3D Live augmented reality football cards.  Both Topps and rival card maker Upper Deck have been exploring ways to shore up the flagging card collecting hobby by using digital technologies such as MMOs, virtual worlds, and augmented reality to attract kids back into the sports [...]

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Miami Dolphins Kick Off with Cisco TelePresence

By On September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League have become the first professional sports franchise to install Cisco’s TelePresence technology at their home field, Land Shark Stadium located at Miami Gardens, FL. The Dolphins organization has also announced that it is complementing TelePresence by deploying Cisco’s StadiumVision, as well. "The sports industry is in a market transition, and [...]

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