Posts tagged Virtual World
Sony’s Home virtual world hits 10M users, debuts cool 3-D game and embraces virtual goods
Dec 18th
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Sony’s PlayStation Home virtual world on the PlayStation 3’s online network has built an audience of 10 million gamers in the past year, largely by providing a social world where players can meet each other via 3-D avatars. They can play light casual games and visit promotional places in the world such as [...]
Multiverse’s Remix makes it easy to create Avatar spinoff games
Dec 17th
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James Cameron’s Avatar movie will have a ton of accompanying merchandise and spinoff products as the high-profile sci-fi film launches this Friday. And thanks to a small company called Multiverse, two big brands were able to easily create some spinoff web games based on the themes in the film.
Both Coca-Cola and McDonalds tapped [...]
Sony’s Home virtual world hits 10M users, debuts cool 3-D game, and embraces virtual goods
Dec 17th
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Sony’s PlayStation Home virtual world on the PlayStation 3’s online network has built an audience of 10 million gamers in the past year, largely by providing a social world where players can meet each other via 3-D avatars. They can play light casual games and visit promotional places in the world such as [...]
play, virtual goods business models gain steam in games
Dec 11th
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Consumers are embracing online games that are free to play, with options to buy virtual goods such as extra weapons or decorative clothing, a new survey confirms.
The survey by virtual goods platform maker PlaySpan and market researcher VGMarket shows 58 percent of players bought digital goods in a free-to-play game. In those games, [...]
play, virtual goods business models gaining steam in games
Dec 10th
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Consumers are embracing online games that are free to play, with options to buy virtual goods such as extra weapons or decorative clothing, a new survey confirms.
The survey by virtual goods platform maker PlaySpan and market researcher VGMarket shows 58 percent of players bought digital goods in a free-to-play game. In those games, [...]
