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TEL-AVIV, Israel, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Come2Play http://www.come2play.com announced today the release of Come2Play Tokens, a virtual currency platform that shares revenue with publishers and game developers. Revenue is generated through the purchase of tokens integrated into every game on Come2Play's embeddable Multiplayer Gaming Network. In all of Come2Play's games, players challenge each other using virtual tokens. The winner of the game wins the total amount of challenged tokens. In...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, Inc., will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference on Monday, September 14th at 12:30 p.m. (PT) at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Mr. Kotick's remarks will be broadcast over the Internet. To access the webcast, please log on to www.activisionblizzard.com or:...
BEIJING, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- In spite of the fairly good performances of Chinese companies in producing online games, there is still a long way to go for them to catch up with those top international game producers. Of course, it is not to be denied that after years of operating games, the Chinese game companies have also accumulated lots of their own ideas and experience. At CGDC 2009, ideas and experience are presented and shared by major game developers in the international...
SEATTLE, Washington and DUBLIN, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced the immediate availability of ten all-new World of Warcraft-themed Peggle(TM) levels - available for free at http://www.popcap.com/promos/pegglewow. This all-new WoW-themed Peggle mash-up is a stand-alone version of Peggle, available for free and combining the sights, sounds and storyline of World of Warcraft with the rainbows and unicorns of...
SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- 3 Point Entertainment today announced the next stein in its World of Warcraft(R) Epic Collection series, Rise of the Lich King, is now available for shipment. The stein is third in the series of high-quality steins based on Blizzard Entertainment(R)'s massively multiplayer online role-playing game, and 3 Point is offering both an Epic Collection version and a variant edition branded the Legendary Collection. Illustrated by fantasy artist Alex Horley, the...
SHANGHAI, July 1 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) ("The9"or the "Company") filed a Form 12b-25, Notification of Late Filing, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission today regarding the late filing of its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008. On April 16, 2009, The9 announced that it had learned that Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft would be licensed to another China-based online game company following...
Competition Heats Up As 1,800 Programmers Are Narrowed Down to 50 Advancers to Onsite Finals in Beijing BEIJING and GLASTONBURY, Conn., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder(R), Inc., today announced that during yesterday's online elimination round of the NetEase/Youdao programming competition, 1,800 of China's brightest computer programmers have now been reduced to an elite 50 competitors. These finalists will be invited to compete live in Beijing in mid July for a share of more than $70,000...
BEIJING, May 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The organizing committee of the China Game Developers Conference (CGDC) 2009 and Howell International Trade Fair Ltd. recently announced the participation of 10 more outstanding representatives from domestic and overseas game companies as speakers or panellists. CGDC 2009 is going to be held on July 24-26, 2009 at the Shanghai International Convention Center, comprising a 3-day conference program with 47 general sessions. According to the...
BEIJING, May 21 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) ("The9"), a leading online game operator and developer in China, today announced the 3D Strategic turn-based Role Playing Game ("SRPG") Atlantica will begin its open beta test in Mainland China on June 3, 2009. The "Fire Travel in Nine Cities" campaign to search for the "Kings" in nine cities will also be launched on June 6, 2009. Atlantica is the first 3D SRPG of The9. Through the searching of the lost...
Blizzard, the inventor of World of Warcraft, is the world's most successful games creator, according to a new study. The online role playing game has 10 million users globally and the firm's profits top $1.34 billion yearly. Nintendo won 2nd place, Rockstar North, manufacturers of Grand Theft Auto, was third and Capcom fifth. The numbers were collected by Develop magazine and pulled from sales data, reviews and standing within the gaming industry. Develop's editor-in-chief Michael French...
