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Fans create 1 million new games for CartoonNetwork.com

June 9, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand 3 Comments

cn.jpgHow do you score massive player adoption while adding more than a million new games to your immersive online environment in just one month? CartoonNetwork.com discovered the secret by inviting fans to help build the content themselves.

As of May 30, Ben 10: Alien Force Game Creator fans had created more than 1 million brand new custom games to share with friends and fellow CartoonNetwork.com visitors. This milestone occurred less than a month after the launch of Cartoon Network New Media’s newest game, the first to combine user-generated content, gaming and one of kids’ best loved franchises online. Those fans have played the Ben 10-themed games more than 77 million times in the same time period.

On May 5, Cartoon Network New Media launched the tools and animations fans need to build their own action-adventure game featuring the new series Ben 10: Alien Force. The Ben 10: Alien Force Game Creator lets users easily build their own online games and share them with fans everywhere. Players choose their own hero from four of Ben’s new aliens — Swampfire, Humongousaur, Jetray and Spidermonkey — each of which has unique powers and abilities that impact game play. Completed games can be shared with friends and sent to CartoonNetwork.com’s game gallery for other fans to play and rate.

Originally posted on June 2, 2008 @ 1:48 pm

Filed Under: Gaming, Online Gaming

Sohu.com’s online game services suspended for China’s national mourning

June 9, 2023 By Cristina Ledesma 1 Comment

Sohu.com, China’s leading online media, communications, search, online games and mobile value-added services company, announced that in response to the announcement by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China of a three-day national mourning for earthquake victims from May 19 to May 21, Sohu suspended its online game services on May 19, and will resume at 1:30AM on May 22.

Based on the latest operational trend of its online game business and taking the 3-day services suspension into consideration, Sohu estimates online game revenues for the second quarter of 2008 to be between US$43 million to US$45 million, unchanged from the company guidance issued on April 28, 2008.

Originally posted on May 20, 2008 @ 9:33 am

Filed Under: Online Gaming, Web

Online game emerges from Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’ at Blockbuster.Com

June 2, 2023 By Minic Rivera 4 Comments

“The Mist” is rolling in with Blockbuster Inc. by launching a free online game inspired by the Stephen King film. The game pits players against the predatory “Mist” creatures from the movie and highlights that Blockbuster will have exclusive rentals of The Weinstein Company film when it is released on DVD on March 25.

Now through April 8, “The Mist” game will give gamers a chance to live the movie. Players must defeat a series of predators, battling their way through three levels based on scenes in the film. Those who escape the mist and win the game get a sneak peak of an exclusive interview with Stephen King and director/screenwriter Frank Darabont.

Originally posted on March 18, 2008 @ 6:40 am

Filed Under: Online Games, Online Gaming

EU suspects discrimination in US Internet gambling laws

June 2, 2023 By Leo Blanco 3 Comments

online-gambling.gifDon’t discriminate us! That’s the cry of many European online gambling companies hurt by the decision of US in 2006 to bar American banks and credit card firms for transferring payments to online betting companies operating outside its territory.

According to a news article, the powerful 27-nation European Union is investigating the Internet US gambling laws for any sign of violation under world trade rules. This probe could lead to a formal lawsuit at the World Trade Organization. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 11, 2008 @ 10:28 am

Filed Under: Gaming, Online Games, Online Gaming

CDC Games releases Manga-style online video game in North America

May 29, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand Leave a Comment

CDC Games, the “free-to-play, pay for merchandise” model for online video games in China, announced today that its CDC Games International (CGI) business unit has launched Lunia, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the popular manga-style comic art form, for commercial availability in North America.

Lunia, which was developed by Korea-based ALLM Co., Ltd., is based on the manga-style of Japanese comics. Unlike many other MMORPGs currently on the market, Lunia is played much like an action arcade game, allowing players to move around using a keyboard’s arrow keys, rather than a mouse. The game can also be played with a console “D pad” style controller which makes the game familiar and easy to use for the millions of Xbox users throughout North America.

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Originally posted on February 22, 2008 @ 10:18 am

Filed Under: Online Gaming

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