Neverdie Launches Rocktropia, Virtual World For Rock Fans

By On May 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

This week saw Neverdie Studio launch a new virtual world: Rocktropia, a music-themed world for rock fans who want to indulge in heavy metal fantasy. Users can log in, deck their avatars out in rock star fashions, explore an album cover landscape, attend virtual concerts, and learn more about rock music. In some ways, Rocktropia [...]

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First Independent Partner Launches On Entropia

By On April 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today sees the launch of the first, third-party planet inside MindArk's Entropia Universe. In 2008  MindArk opened up its planets to third parties interested in developing new businesses and had partnered with or was in talks with 12 companies in early 2009. The first to come to light is "Rocktropia a music-themed adventure world  developed [...]

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MindArk Completes Euro Space Agency Study On Virtual Worlds

By On March 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

MindArk announced today that it had completed a study on the use of online game technology for space-related purposes, namely education, training, and public awareness. The study was supported by a contract from the European Space  Agency, but this isn't the first time MindArk has made a push into space and technology education: in 2008 [...]

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Planet Calypso Taps Hanne Gulbrandsen For Community Manager

By On February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

First Planet Company, the subsidiary of MindArk in charge of Planet Calypso, the game spinoff of Entropia, announced today that it had hired a new community manager. Hanne Gulbrandsen has already started in her project of helping players connect to the managing company and find their way through the virtual world. Gulbrandsen has a background [...]

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Virtual World Wrap-Up For The Week Of February 5

By On February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Worlds News Wrap-Up for the week of February 5, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where VWN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual worlds industry. Tweet

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Entropia Using HP Servers For Cry2 Upgrade

By On April 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

MindArk announced today that it would be using the latest HP BladeSystem c-Class servers in its data center as it upgrades Entropia Universe to the CryENGINE2 engine. The virtual world has been ramping up over the beginning of this year for a variety of changes and preparing to bring in more partners to its platform. "Understanding [...]

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MindArk Expanding Platform In Spite of Recession; Plans for IPO Delayed

By On December 18, 2008 · 2 Comments

In the face of a recession that has many companies in the virtual worlds space making cuts to save costs, MindArk is staffing up to finish rolling out the update to its virtual world, Entropia. In July 2007, the company announced that it had adopted CryEngine 2. The system was meant to go live late [...]

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Who’s New to Virtual Worlds – December 5, 2008, Wrap Up

By On December 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Ball State University, which has previously brought its libraries into Second Life, has expanded to create a space for architecture students in house and across 30 Latin American colleges collaborate on different designs. More info. Glasgow Caledonian University, which previously used Second Life to let prospective students explore the campus, will begin using it to [...]

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Who’s New to Virtual Worlds – December 5, 2008, Wrap Up

By On December 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Ball State University, which has previously brought its libraries into Second Life, has expanded to create a space for architecture students in house and across 30 Latin American colleges collaborate on different designs. More info. Glasgow Caledonian University, which previously used Second Life to let prospective students explore the campus, will begin using it to [...]

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Singer Kevin Rudolf Launching Virtual Goods Line in Entropia

By On December 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

MindArk announced today that singer/producer Kevin Rudolf will be staking out a space in Entropia Universe. MindArk will also be using Rudolf's single "Let It Rock" to promote Entropia's planned graphics update to CryEngine2. The company will host a contest for user-created music videos and use the song in exclusive promo videos. Rudolf will also [...]

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