The News Review:
- Myst Online to be released fully open-source
- ‘Left 4 Dead’ a shining star among online co-op games
- Nickelodeon to Launch Green-Themed Online Game
- To customize online games for brands: WPP Marketing Inc. Indigo …
- Backgammon Masters Casino Adds Single Deck Blackjack and Video …
Myst Online to be released fully open-source
CNET News CA
This will be an interesting experiment to see if a development community forms around the game. Unlike many open source projects that solve developer problems (and therefore have a direct audience) a game casts a broader net to a non-developer community. I also wonder about the operational aspects of a online game–like how many people actually know how to build and maintain the servers?The URU Live game itself has seen some tough times having been dropped by Ubisoft and GameTap until Cyan got the IP back. Now Cyan is throwing it over the fence to see if an open source approach makes sense. I’m not aware of any other efforts to open source an EOL game–let’s hope for the best.
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‘Left 4 Dead’ a shining star among online co-op games
New York Daily News NY
The game in stores now for PC and the Xbox 360 follows a group of four horror movie archetypes: the surly biker the grizzled Vietnam vet the perky college student and the nervous office worker. Either powered by a competent artificial intelligence what does that mean? or controlled by friends in an online co-op they must work together to survive. And who better to flee with from certain death than a group of your friends? ?Left 4 Dead? is to date the shining beacon of online co-op gameplay. The game demands teamwork. Watching each other?s backs is essential especially when a leaping zombie has you pinned to the ground while beating you senseless. Unlike most games charging off like Rambo will result in your survival rate quickly dropping to zero. ?Left 4 Dead? moves at a visceral and frenetic pace punctuated by moments of calm in elevators and safe rooms.
Nickelodeon to Launch Green-Themed Online Game
World Screen News NY
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To customize online games for brands: WPP Marketing Inc. Indigo …
Manila Bulletin Philippines
The new business unit is called Zzing!. Departing from usual advergaming practice which advertises within online games Zzing!?s thrust will be to customize online games around a brand product or concept. These games use the Flash and Shockwave platform to deliver a fully interactive experience. The youth-dominated and respectably Internet-savvy Philippine market already shows encouraging response to new advertising approaches that target gamers. Zzing! said that the number of advertisers of products targeting younger consumers are growing and advergaming as an industry is starting to take shape as it customizes innovative approaches to reach its target market. Onat Roldan Zzing! Player-1 noted that advertising through branded video games in the Philippine is picking up fast.
Backgammon Masters Casino Adds Single Deck Blackjack and Video …
MarketWatch
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