eRepublik Localizes For Turkey, Greece, Eastern Europe

By On March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today eRepublik announced that it would bring its social strategy game to players in Turkey, Greece, and Eastern Europe with a series of new localizations. The game has previously been available to players in these territories, but only in its original English. Now players throughout these regions can play eRepublik in Turkish, Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian, [...]

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Perfect World Announces $86M Revenue For Q3

By On November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today Chinese online gaming company Perfect World announced that it had generated $86.4 million in revenue for Q3. This is a 13.2% increase quarter-over-quarter and a 54.5% increase year-over-year. Net income for the company was $42.2 million, up 9.8% quarter-over-quarter and 45% year-over-year.  Average concurrent users (ACU) for Perfect World's games operations in mainland China [...]

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Come2Play Launches Comprehensive Virtual Currency Platform

By On September 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

The term "virtual currency monetization platform" is often used to describe ad offer networks like Offerpal and Super Rewards. Come2Play, which launched earlier this week, describes its offering the same way, but its new virtual currency system is a monetization platform in a far more literal sense of term. What Come2Play offers developers is a [...]

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NetDragon Websoft Profits Down 64%

By On August 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today Chinese MMORPG publisher and operator NetDragon announced results for the first six months of 2009, revealing a 63.9% quarter-over-quarter decline in profits for Q2. NetDragon's revenues were down only 6.3% quarter-over-quarter, to $24 million. Despite this, NetDragon made only $2.6 million in profits for Q2, as compared to $48 million in Q1 2009. The [...]

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Virtual Goods Wrap-Up For The Week Of August 21

By On August 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Goods News Wrap-Up for the week of August 21, 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. Gaming Firm Gala Hiring Staff As Free Model Pays OffThe Irish Times looks at the success [...]

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Mobsters Comes To iPhone, Connects To MySpace

By On July 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today the social gaming company Playdom announced that it would bring its Mobsters text RPG to iPhone as Mobsters: Big Apple. The iPhone app has the ability to connect to the MySpace version of the app, allowing players to use the iPhone app to make progress in already-existing MySpace accounts for the game. "I think [...]

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Fergie Jenkins Brings Charity To GamesCampus

By On July 21, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today GamesCampus, operator of the MLB Dugout Heroes online game, announced that it would partner with charity The Fergie Jenkins Foundation to raise funds for children's charities using virtual goods. The goods will be sold in MLB Dugout Heroes and the proceeds will go to benefit organizations including the American Cancer Society, Harlem Little League, [...]

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TrialPay Launches New Monetization Platform

By On July 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today ecommerce solutions provider TrialPay announced that it would move into the virtual goods space, launching a new monetization platform that would provide client applications with both virtual currency offers and direct payment solutions. Where TrialPay hopes to set itself apart in the increasingly crowded ad offer space is by leveraging its network of "blue [...]

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TrialPay Launches New Monetization Platform

By On July 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today ecommerce solutions provider TrialPay announced that it would move into the virtual goods space, launching a new monetization platform that would provide client applications with both virtual currency offers and direct payment solutions. Where TrialPay hopes to set itself apart in the increasingly crowded ad offer space is by leveraging its network of "blue [...]

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Virtual Goods Wrap-Up For The Week Of July 17

By On July 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Goods News Wrap-Up for the week of July 17, 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. Free Versus Cost: Why Basic Currency Is Just As Important To A Game's Success As Premium [...]

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