AtomShockwave Unveils Paid Gaming Initiative; Shockwave.com Offers Consumers Unique Gaming Experience With New Release Games and Classic Arcade Favorites.Business/High Tech Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001 Shockwave.com(TM), AtomShockwave Corp.'s interactive entertainment brand and the leader in online gaming See gaming. , today announced its direct-to-consumer, paid content initiative with the launch of two new game collections supported by the Shockmachine(TM) entertainment playback device. With the introduction of Midway(R) Classics and Shockwave.com Favorites game collections, Shockwave.com offers its audience of more than 40 million registered users the unique opportunity to download quality games, enjoying them offline from their desktop or laptop. This announcement solidifies AtomShockwave's paid content strategy -- to continue offering the best interactive entertainment while further maximizing and diversifying its revenue streams. The two collections, priced at $19.95 each or $29.95 for both, are available for download at www.shockwave.com. Shockwave.com's new game collections are available for download exclusively to Shockmachine, giving consumers complete offline access to popular game titles that were previously only available via the Shockwave.com Web site. The Midway Classics collection, co-developed by Shockwave.com and Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. and licensed from Midway, consists of ten carefully selected arcade games You can also check the Killer List of Videogames. This is a list of arcade games organized alphabetically by name. It does not include computer or console games unless they were also released in video arcades. See Lists of video games for related lists. , including the most popular and heavily played titles like Spy Hunter For other uses, see Spy Hunter (disambiguation). Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It was incredibly successful initially, and it has remained popular for many years. (R), Rampage(R) and Joust joust: see tournament. (R). The Shockwave.com Favorites collection is a selection of ten online hits like Deer Hunter(TM), and gameLab's Loop(TM), with internally developed new games including a full version of the award-nominated Tamale Tamale (təmä`lē), town (1984 pop. 136,828), capital of the Northern Region, N Ghana. It is a road junction and agricultural trade and education center. Loco(TM) and innovative DJ Fu(TM) Wax Attack, a unique music-mixing and Kung Fu kung fu Pinyin gongfu Chinese martial art that is simultaneously a spiritual and a physical discipline. It has been practiced at least since the Zhou dynasty (1111–255 BC). fighting game This article or section has multiple issues: * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It needs additional references or sources for verification. * It may be too technical for a general audience. Please help make it more accessible. . The game collections merge the casual online gaming environment Shockwave.com is known for with high quality new release and classic game titles. By bundling the selected games in two collections, Shockwave.com provides consumers with the opportunity to build a game library according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their tastes and preferences, while adding more depth to their gaming experience. According to International Data Corporation (IDC) over 40 million households will engage in online gaming by 2004. In addition, online marketing research firm Greenfield Online estimates that online gaming purchases are among the top five categories of e-commerce. With Shockmachine, the only platform providing offline support for Shockwave.com games, AtomShockwave Corp. takes advantage of this tremendous market opportunity. By eliminating delays associated with establishing an Internet connection and downloading games, and by offering full-screen and VCR-style capabilities, Shockmachine gives users total control over their gaming experience. Since its launch in August 1999, close to seven million people have already downloaded Shockmachine. The games that are included in the two new collections have been played online over 100 million times. In the future Shockwave.com will continue to work on enhancing its e-content offerings via Shockmachine to include additional game and interactive content collections as well as linear entertainment such as short films and animations. At the same time, the company will continue to add quality free games This article is about Free games. For other uses, see Free games (disambiguation). Free games are video games which are free software and contain exclusively free content. Because of this they are freely distributable and often cross-platform compatible. to its Web site. "With the launch of the Shockmachine premiere game collections, Shockwave.com's long-term relationship with its audience is approaching a new level as we offer a richer, more complete gaming experience," said Mike Edmunds, senior vice president of interactive products at AtomShockwave. "By being among the pioneers in offering paid content on the Web, Shockwave.com is again leading the industry, meeting consumers' demand for high quality casual games in a convenient offline environment." About AtomShockwave Corp. AtomShockwave Corp. is a leading entertainment provider for businesses and consumers worldwide. The company distributes world-class entertainment properties including games, films and animations, across traditional and emerging media platforms via the Internet, mobile devices, video-on-demand services, television broadcasters, airlines and more. AtomShockwave Corp. is a pioneer and innovator in technology and content. The company is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden with offices in Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , London and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.atomfilms.com and www.shockwave.com. AtomFilms(TM), Shockwave.com(TM), Shockmachine(TM), and AtomShockwave(TM) are trademarks and service marks of AtomShockwave Corp. or its licensors, and are registered in certain countries. The Shockmachine and associated content are subject to end user license agreements. Midway, Spy Hunter, Rampage and Joust are registered trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control used under license. |
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