Turbine Launches D&D Online In French, German

By On April 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Turbine has announced the launch of its Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (DDO) freemium MMORPG in French and German. The new localized versions of the game are intended to serve European players. DDO was initially published in Europe by Codemasters, but Turbine chose to take over the European service itself last July. It’s worth [...]

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Android In-App Billing Exclusive To Android Marketplace

By On April 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

One of the features that distinguishes Android from iOS is Android’s willingness to support alternate app marketplaces like GetJar or the Amazon Appstore. Developers who choose to distribute their games through these alternative marketplaces won’t be able to integrate support for Android’s in-app billing system, which are being restricted to apps distributed through the official [...]

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Playdom Launches Goods-Free Japan Charity

By On April 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Social game developer Playdom has announced its own charity drive for survivors of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The developer has set up a page where users can make donations earmarked for Japan relief efforts directly to the American Red Cross. The drive will last for the next ten days. During that time, Playdom will [...]

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Engage Digital Wrap-Up For The Week Of April 1, 2011

By On April 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Engage Digital Wrap-Up for the week of April 1, 2011. The Wrap-Up is where Engage Digital spotlights stories that we didn’t get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the business of user engagement. Applifier Launches A Portal To Discover Social Games On Facebook: Applifier is launching Games on [...]

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Rise Of The Immortals Enters Closed Beta On April 5

By On March 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Petroglyph‘s latest freemium online game, Rise of the Immortals, will enter closed beta on April 5. The closed beta plans to support over 10,000 players, who will be rewarded for their participation with a custom skin for one of the game’s playable characters. Rise of the Imm0rtals is what Petroglyph calls a “multiplayer online battle [...]

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Social, MMO Games Raise Millions For Japan Relief

By On March 28, 2011 · 1 Comment

The online gaming industry continues to support survivors of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan with fund-raising initiatives driven by virtual goods and in-game donations. Zynga has raised over $2.5 million for Japan in conjunction with Save the Children and the Red Cross, with an additional $1.5 million directly donated by pop star Lady [...]

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Engage Digital Wrap-Up For The Week Of March 26, 2011

By On March 26, 2011 · 1 Comment

Welcome to the Engage Digital Wrap-Up for the week of March 26, 2011. The Wrap-Up is where Engage Digital spotlights stories that we didn’t get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the business of user engagement. APB Reloaded Beta Sees 250,000 Applicants: Reloaded Productions is reporting that it has received over [...]

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Android Launches In-App Purchases Next Week

By On March 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Google has sent in-app purchases for Android into its final testing phase, with plans to launch the feature to the public next week. Right now Google encourages developers to upload and test in-app microtransactions as soon as possible through the Developer Console. Google wants to make sure Android developers have secure billing implementations ready before [...]

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Rixty Announces March Madness Promo

By On March 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Alternative payment service Rixty has announced a special March Madness promotion it plans to run until April 17th. Users who purchase $25 or more in Rixty’s virtual currency will receive an additional $5 of virtual currency for free. Rixty’s universal virtual currency can be spent at over 1000 sites including online games and social networks. [...]

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Joymax Acquires IO Entertainment

By On March 24, 2011 · 1 Comment

Korean MMO developer Joymax has acquired rival developer IO Entertainment, creator of MMOs including Lost Saga and Survival Project. This acquisition comes roughly a month after Joymax’s merger with WeMade, creator of the Legend of Mir MMO series. IO Entertainment was founded in 2001 and specializes in games with action-oriented gameplay. IO’s Lost Saga is [...]

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