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Virtual World Earth Day 2010 Video Project
In Celebration of Earth Day 2010, The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World will make a video project and they need your help! Below is a picture of the Amazon Forest– what it can turn into 20 years from now if nothing is done to stop the current rate of deforestation. To raise awareness, WW is [...]
Continue reading...Forum on the Future of Social and Mobile Gaming at GDC 2010
24. February 2010
Senior executives from top social and mobile gaming companies share their visions of the future Offerpal Media, the leader in virtual world currency payment alternatives, today announced it will be hosting a forum during the Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco, CA. The half-day forum, titled “Social and Mobile Gaming: What’s Next?,” brings together many [...]
Continue reading...Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World Helps in Haiti Relief Efforts
16. January 2010
On 12th January 2010, a severe earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti, a country located in the Caribbean. The initial estimated number of victims exceeds 100,000 and millions were made homeless. In order to do their part in helping Haiti, the development team of The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World put aside [...]
Continue reading...Mediafreaks Invites You to First Facebook MMORPG: City of Eternals (100 Ohais Up for Grabs)
17. December 2009
The 3D animation team of Media Freaks received an exclusive invite to the launching this December of the City of Eternals, the first MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) to be set in a world of modern vampires. We are happy to return the favor by handing out holiday gifts to all the readers [...]
Continue reading...Sesame Street Wins Emmy For Use Of New Media To Reach Viewers
7. September 2009
SESAME STREET, which celebrates 40 years this November, was honored with an Emmy Award for New Approaches — Daytime Entertainment recognizing the use of new media (associated websites, webcasts, and interactivity). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winner at the 36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards on Sunday, August 30th. Entries, [...]
Continue reading...Twilight Now in the Virtual World of Habbo
4. September 2009
Now, Twilight fans get to anticipate something more than the new film New Moon. Summit Entertainment and Habbo, the largest virtual world for teenagers, today announced an exclusive, first-time global partnership that will extend the Twilight film franchise and brand experience to the online virtual community of Habbo. The deal will provide Habbo licensing rights to [...]
Continue reading...World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Announced!
22. August 2009
Fresh from BlizzCon 2009, Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the third and latest installment in the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The gaming virtual world which everyone has loved returns to deliver a strong punch once again for its loyal and devoted fan base as a follow up to “Wrath of [...]
Continue reading...Travel Prospects in Virtual Worlds
22. August 2009
With the increasing demand to watch our carbon footprint, many people are considering putting off their plane ride tickets to help ease their carbon emissions. But don’t let that stop your travelling experience! That’s what virtual worlds are for. The Brisbane Times writes that at the national Tourism Futures conference at the Gold Coast on Wednesday, [...]
Continue reading...Swine Flu and Virtual Worlds
20. August 2009
The flu is always seen as an afterthought disease which will just subside after a few days of rest, water therapy and a good dose of paracetamol. But when news of the dreaded swine flu broke out a few months ago, the entire world was caught in hysteria and paranoia. After all past strains of [...]
Continue reading...Ozzy Osbourne To Rock BlizzCon 2009
19. August 2009
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, will headline the closing concert at this year’s BlizzCon®, which will take place August 21-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center. While tickets to the convention sold out in minutes, a live Pay Per View event will be available on DIRECTV and via Internet [...]
Continue reading...Architecture in Virtual Worlds: Rebuilding a Castle
19. August 2009
Is there a limit to the things which you cannot do in virtual worlds? The World Wide Web is slowly and surely getting all the possibilities inside these online 3D environments and social communities. We have the emergence of Facebook and Twitter as a must-use social utility which will render you behind the times if [...]
Continue reading...Ramadan Sessions in Second Life
18. August 2009
Yet another example of how virtual communities are strongly gaining acceptance in the real world is its pivotal role in the coming holy celebration of Ramadan for our Muslim brethren. A sermon entitled “Ramadan, oh youth!” is set to be delivered inside the virtual world of Second Life. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, the Mecca director of the [...]
Continue reading...40 Years Later: The 1969 Woodstock in Second Life
16. August 2009
There has been much criticism about 3D virtual environments as just an exact reflection of real life which could not just cope with the thrills of real life. But there is also something commercial and free virtual worlds can do that can never be done in real life: they can turn back time in their [...]
Continue reading...What’s With 230? The Transformers’ Chevy Volt/Jolt!
12. August 2009
We know how hard General Motors had it with the recession in the United States and still they are fighting tooth and claw to survive. Their first signs of life, apart from President Barack Obama’s bailout package, were the product placements of the character Jolt in the recent 3D animation-powered blockbuster Transformers Revenge of the [...]
Continue reading...Activision Blizzard’s Surprising Second Quarter
12. August 2009
Activision Blizzard, Inc. today announced better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter 2009. For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, Activision Blizzard’s GAAP net revenues were $1,038 million, and its non-GAAP net revenues were $801 million. The company’s prior GAAP net revenue outlook for the quarter was $1 billion. On a non-GAAP basis, the company’s net [...]
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21. April 2010
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