The News Review:
- LGIN Lobby Social Network for nline Game Professionals Launched
- Epic Games to show off new Unreal 3 Engine at GDC
- Facebook connects with iPhone – in a big way
LGIN Lobby Social Network for nline Game Professionals Launched
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- March 16 2009 – Where will some of the best and the brightest game developers consultants executives media and other professionals in the online game industry connect before the kick-off of the 2009 LGIN Conference on May 11th? The answer is the LGIN Lobby a social network on Ning designed exclusively for leaders in the interactive online entertainment business. The LGIN Lobby enables subscribers to interact with a growing community of fellow game industry veterans through blogs notes applications forum posts private messages and more communications tools. “The LGIN Lobby further reflects Evergreen Events’ commitment to create connections between the business and development leaders of the international game industry. Ultimately we believe this networking will extend to more meaningful and more valuable interactions at the networking-oriented 2009 LGIN Conference” said Peter Freese Conference Director of the 2009 LGIN Conference. To join the LGIN Lobby visit this link:.
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Epic Games to show off new Unreal 3 Engine at GDC
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8 million hours of online player time Unreal MCP seriously ups the ante for game engines" says Mark Rein vice president of Epic Games. "The online infrastructure required for a modern triple-A game represents man-years of work and all of this is now included in Unreal Engine 3. "In addition Epic Games China will share details regarding its integrated massively multiplayer online game (MMG) backend solution for Unreal Engine 3. Licensees of the Unreal Engine can take advantage of free training sessions on topics including game optimization content and programming tips rendering animation physics and visuals as well as workflows for the Unreal Editor level design and tools at GDC. Hours for Epic’s booth are the same as expo hours: Wednesday March 25 10:00 a.
Facebook connects with iPhone – in a big way
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Facebook developer Playfish a company with five of the tenmost popular social games on Facebook right now with more than 60 millionregistered players has just released Who Has The Biggest Brain? as theirfirst-ever iPhone game utilizing Facebook Connect to enable iPhoneand Facebook users to play an addictive brain training gamesimultaneously. Agency Wars: Assassinate your real-life Facebook friends (in the game of course)SGN’s Agency Wars which hit the App Store thispast Saturday takes the experience to a totally separate level. It has to be the killer Facebook-enabled iPhone game rightnow. -Editor] Described as the best massively multiplayer online game for iPhone the title lets the player serve the world’s intelligence agencies like the CIAFBI KGB MI6 and others. The game utilizes iPhone’s geolocation features to let the player leave clues and set traps in specific real-worldlocations. r you can even assassinate players next to you in yourreal-world locations using your iPhone’s GPS geometry.