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Calling itself a "social browser MMO," virtual world Star Fever Agency is ready for its close-up, says developer The Rabbit Hole . And as part of the launch, "The Agency will be giving away a total worth of 15 million in Star Fever Agency Dollars, Privilege Points, Limited Edition and Unique ...
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The Agency
Calling
ExpatFinder.com and 3D Mirror World Twinity have joined forces to offer individuals moving to Berlin a suite of virtual relocation services inside the Twinity landscape. The idea is to acquaint future Berlin residents with the city's layout and some of its features. Berlin, along with London ...
Gaming
Asia-focused weblog Asiajin today is reporting that popular Japanese virtual world Ameba Pigg from Cyberagent will make its way to Facebook next spring via a localized, English-language version. CyberAgent says they will Americanize Ameba Pigg by offering users more possibilities to change the ...
Gaming
The latest offline brand to "go immersive" is a toy sensation called Zhu Zhu Pets. While not a virtual world-scale jump into the digital realm, the company behind the physical world sensation, Cepia, commissioned toy industry veterans Marc Rosenberg and Bill Goodman, and casual games maker Tilt ...
Gaming
Intel CTO Justin Rattner says the technologies that go into the creation of many virtual worlds -- ones that create ways for people to interact with each other and new platforms for businesses to test products -- are ultimately going to "save" the high-performance computing industry "from its ...
Gaming
Abandon Interactive Entertainment today said it had entered into an exclusive deal with Hallmark Gold Crown stores to distribute its new Freaky Pets plush doll starting in 2010. Targeting children ages four and up, Freaky Pets is a line of reversible plush toys with a web browser-based 3D ...
Gaming
Three brands which VirtualWorldsNews.com has reported on over the past year -- Harumika/Harumika Online from Bandai, Liv Dolls/Liv World from Spin Master, and Techno Source's Printies Design Studio -- have come in for nomination nods from the Toy Industry Association in its annual Toy of the ...
Gaming
Farmville developer Zynga lays claim today to another user milestone, this time announcing that more than 100 million unique users play its games every month.
The company points to user stats for its two most recent launches, Café World and FishVille -- Café World, launched in September, ...
Gaming
The Mark
A new survey from Gamesindustry.com titled "Todays Gamers MMO Focus Report," suggests MMO players spend more time playing their favorite titles than both console and casual gamers. Reportedly, the study found that nearly 15 percent of all time chalked to game playing, across all age groups and ...
Gaming
If you are interested in participating in the exploding eco-system surrounding iPhone App development, look no further than Cupertino, CA. There, at Apple Inc.'s headquarters, the company is apparently putting together a "small highly motivated team to work on interactive multimedia ...
Gaming
iPhone
If you are interested in participating in the exploding eco-system surrounding iPhone App development, look no further than Cupertino, CA. There, at Apple Inc.'s headquarters, the company is apparently putting together a "small highly motivated team to work on interactive multimedia ...
Gaming
iPhone
A new survey from Gamesindustry.com titled "Todays Gamers MMO Focus Report," suggests MMO players spend more time playing their favorite titles than both console and casual gamers. Reportedly, the study found that nearly 15 percent of all time chalked to game playing, across all age groups and ...
Gaming
This week a federal class action lawsuit was filed that names both social game operator Zynga and the social network Facebook
as defendants. The suit seeks to obtain upwards of $5 million in
damages for users of social network games who lost money as a result of
accepting misleading or ...
Gaming
Sesame Workshop, the enduring nonprofit educational organization responsible for a vast array of educational TV shows for kids, including Sesame Street, is teaming up with design firm IDEO and will launch the production company's first-ever iPhone/iPod touch app. Titled Grover's Number ...
Gaming
iPhone
Just three weeks after announcing its presence as developer of social games, Gravity Bear has revealed its first Facebook game, Battle Punks. Calling it a "3D social game" the title is slated for an open beta on Facebook by the end of the year. Says the company: "In Battle Punks, players can ...
Gaming
Gravity
Calling
Not every virtual world or social games start-up looks for or accepts venture capital. Some are boot-strapped in a way for business owners to retain maximum ownership, however there are plenty who seek capital in order to more rapidly scale. For the latter group, today's news that venture ...
Gaming
The Federal Trade Commission will release its Congressionally-mandated study of virtual worlds on December 10. The study will includes best practices for industry, parents and youth, but, according to one web site, the FTC was given little guidance from Congress except to look at "explicit ...
Gaming
Social games developer CrowdStar, founded last year by Suren Markosian and Jeffrey Tseng, says its just-released Facebook title Happy Pets is nearing the one million active daily users threshold. Happy Pets, released last Thursday, is the company's second title and commences a release ...
Gaming
Social network app developer and ad platform RockYou says it has raised an additional $50 million in a Series D round of funding. The money comes from existing investor Softbank and caps a total of $119 millions raised since its 2005 launch. There are reportedly 213 million monthly users of ...
Gaming
Along with other ubiquitous and trend-setting brands such as Jet Blue, Snuggie, and 'The Beatles: Rock Band video game, Zynga was recognized today in trade magazine Advertising Age America's Hottest Brands issue. The social games developer was recognized for it standing as "on of the early ...
