Planetwide playing on bigger stage thanks to deal with geographic.VIDEO game and software developer Planetwide Games Inc. has teamed up with the National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. to launch its Comic Book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. Creator software with National Geographic content. The small Aliso Viejo studio has about 25 employees working on its Web-based multiplayer games See multiplayer gaming. , as well as animation and comic book software. The licensing venture with National Geographic could vault the company into a new realm. Planetwide's comic book creator will be promoted to the 330 million people worldwide who receive National Geographic's magazines, read the Web site or participate in school-based educational programs. It's a vast audience for a company that cleared just over $50 million in revenues last year. "For families, National Geographic is the gold standard brand," said Planetwide President Kevin Donovan Kevin Donovan (born December 17, 1971 in Halifax) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town, West Bromwich Albion, Grimsby Town, Barnsley, Rochdale & York City. , an avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia magazine reader with a National Geographic collection stretching back to 1925. Donovan has been a member of the society for 28 years. "I knew if there was a way that I could personally contribute to that brand and blend it in to my business, that would be a good thing," he said. Planetwide is best-known for its "RYL Path of the Emperor" online game, and its original "Comic Book Creator" software, which allows users to make frame-by-frame comic books, using images and animation, and self-publish or share them. The "National Geographic Comic Book Creator" will give users access to National Geographic Society's library of graphic images, maps, photos and digital renderings--think sea monsters--in creating their own storylines and adventures. The financial details are still being worked out, but Donovan said it is a multiyear licensing agreement and will involve online collaborations with National Geographic programs and content, as well as integration into National Geographic's educational curriculum. Planetwide Games is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of becoming a public company. Donovan expects the new Planetwide Games Corp. to trade on the Nasdaq exchange under a ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors to be unveiled in April. Staff reporter Hilary Potkewitz can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 226, or at hpotkewitz@labusinessjournal.com. |
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