| Paltalk Gets in the Game with Game Trust -- 100,000 PalTalk Members Play Online in the First Month of New Game Service
New York, NY (PRWeb) February 5, 2007 -- Paltalk, the largest online video chat community in the world, generated more than 500,000 games played and 100,000 active players within the first 30 days of launching 13 online multiplayer titles from Game Trust. Paltalk added the Game Trust platform in December of 2006 to lengthen sessions, increase impressions, and offer new premium services. Paltalk users can now enter and play popular casual games, such as 8 Ball pool, while watching real-time video and chatting with their opponents as they play -- all with no additional sign-up or download. .
Spotlight: Fashionable game of pretend
There is a phenomenon sweeping the country, from television to bookstores and on the street as youngsters follow the adventures of their anime idols and their fashions. NURDIANA HANIM and NATASHA JOAN NORONHA have the story.
THERE is a new realm of fantasy for youngsters in Malaysia and all over the world. Japanese animation and manga have swept the world and caught legions of passionate fans. Not only do they read the books and watch anime on television, youngsters have started to dress like their anime idols. The beauty of anime lies in its artistic value, and the interest is sparked by original story line and cute characters. Children as young as 10 and adults in their 20s are fans. As the anime fever has grown here, so has the industry surrounding it. The merchandise includes figurines, DVDs and costumes, all imported from Japan, Hong Kong, Korea and the United States.
Beijing Perfect World Deciphers the Riddle Surrounding the ...
BEIJING, March 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Beijing Perfect World Technology Co., Ltd., a renowned China-based online game company, provided today what they believe are the reasons for their success in 2006, both in domestic and overseas markets, with particular focus on the Company's extremely successful ''Wulin2''. ''Wulin2'' is based on the human character in ''Jiang Hu''. The game allows gamers to become the leading roles, and the addition of numerous comedy elements in to the game make it the first online game with a comedy genre. The Company believes that it is this diversity that has allowed them to continually meet the needs of gamers better than many other game developers. With two of mainland China's most popular online games in 2006, ''Wulin2'' and ''Perfect World -- International Edition," to their credit, the CEO of Beijing Perfect World indicated that the Company will continue to do their best to increase the available game content and playing styles, so as to allow players to fully feel the games.
Knicks All-Star Nate Robinson Loves Xbox Live
LAS VEGAS--New York Knicks star Nate Robinson, who won the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game, took some time during the NBA All-Star Weekend to play videogames at the 2K Sports booth. He joined fellow NBA All-Star Dwitch Howard of the Orlando Magic in competing with the two winners of the 2K Sports NBA 2K7 Online Challenge. The two best Xbox Live NBA 2K7 players got the chance to share the spotlight with these two NBA greats and play a game on a big screen on stage in front of a large crowd of spectators. Before the competition took place, Robinson talked about on of his favorite topics—videogames. "It’s great how they’ve put it all together," said Robinson. "The whole NBA All-Star Weekend tied into the NBA 2K7 videogames. There are a lot of people across the world that play videogames online, and I’m one of them.
Namco-Bandai launching Space Station Tycoon on Wii
It seems every so often developers like to spring new games for the Wii, and today its Namco-Bandais turn. They have revealed Space Station Tycoon the next game in the Tycoon line and its heading just to the Wii. The game is being developed by Wahoo Studios who made a game of a similar nature for the Xbox Live Arcade. However this one has been built from scratch and will use the Wii Remote to its full abilities. More Inside .
PopCap Games(R) Launches Peggle(R) for PC
SEATTLE, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- PopCap Games(R), the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced the launch of Peggle(R), a new type of video game to enthrall players of any age or gender. Peggle combines elements of pinball, pool and pachinko to create a completely different kind of game experience. The game challenges players to use skill, strategy and luck to clear progressively more difficult levels of orange pegs by firing a small silver ball from the top of the screen. Stationary and moving obstacles along with numerous power-ups and special effects combine with dynamically- assigned peg colors to make each level unique every time it's played. Peggle carries a retail price of US$19.95, and a free trial of the deluxe version is available for download at http://www.popcap.com/ and will be available on other leading game portals, including RealArcade.com, MSN's Game Zone and Yahoo! Games, next week.
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