`Start the Carnage' -- GameSpy Launches PlanetDOOM for Game Fans.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003 GameSpy, the leader in community site hosting for video games See video game console. , has launched PlanetDOOM (www.planetdoom.com), a dedicated community site for fans of the carnage-strewn DOOM(R) PC video game. The launch of the site coincides with QuakeCon, the premier multiplayer gaming Two or more people playing a game and competing with each other via computer. Although traditional card games such as bridge and poker are played online, games with a large number of people (massively multiplayer) mix real players with simulated environments that turn the computer into a event for id Software games such as DOOM, Quake Quake - A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. and Return to Castle Wolfenstein Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC) is a first person shooter computer game published by Activision and originally released on November 19, 2001. The single player game was developed by Gray Matter Interactive and Nerve Software developed its multiplayer mode. . QuakeCon takes place in Dallas, Aug. 14-17. PlanetDOOM is from the creators of PlanetQuake (www.planetquake.com), the world's number one Quake site since 1996. GameSpy is the community expert, building hosted sites that draw people in and support the natural growth of a game fan base with news, commentary, downloads, forums and much more. GameSpy's "Planet" brand of community hosted sites is synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as total game coverage, with popular locations such as PlanetQuake reaching more than 100,000 unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. per day. First released in 1993, DOOM became a phenomenon in PC gaming history and is widely recognized as the catalyst for the first-person action genre. It is one of the most popular video games of all time and led directly to what many consider the greatest first-person shooter  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. game ever, Quake.
"PlanetDOOM kicks off with a pile of QuakeCon coverage, right from the show floor," said David Kosak, director of publishing and community for GameSpy. "It's just like being there, except you won't get covered by flying chunks of putrefied zombie A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have been compromised and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user. brains." "With DOOM III just months away from release, we expect interest to build among die-hard fans. Our most popular community sites, PlanetQuake and PlanetHalfLife, can draw up to 100,000 unique visitors per day. Hard-core fans know gaming Planets are their go-to site for the latest on their favorite games," Kosak said. GameSpy is the leading provider of hosting services and management for more than 60 community sites focused on gaming, including some of the most popular community game sites on the Internet. The sites include PlanetQuake, PlanetHalfLife (www.planethalflife.com), and PlanetBattlefield (www.planetbattlefield.com), each focused on a popular game or game genre. In most cases these sites are the first ones game enthusiasts turn to for news, information, discussion, modifications, updates and other important game-centric information. GameSpy Web sites are the Internet's premier location for online information, entertainment and communities serving the connected gamer. GameSpy has 300,000 subscribers, 15 million unique visitors per month and 18 million registered users. GameSpy is also the leading provider of technology for online game play in video games, enabling more than 80 percent of today's titles that can be played online. Founded in 1995, privately held GameSpy is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. www.gamespy.com. GameSpy - Home of the Connected Gamer(TM) GameSpy Arcade This Article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. and GameSpy 3D are registered trademarks and GameSpy Industries and design are registered service marks of GameSpy Industries, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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