Playnet Expands Global Games (G2) Network.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers E3Expo 2000 BEDFORD, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 Playnet Inc. (Playnet) today announced the addition of three websites to its Global Games In economics and game theory, global games are games of incomplete information where players receive possibly-correlated signals of the underlying state of the world. Global games were originally defined by Carlsson and van Damme (1993). (G2) Network(TM) in anticipation of the launch later this summer of a new online entertainment and gaming service, playnet.com (www.playnet.com). The additions include two resource sites for the massively multiplayer game See multiplayer gaming. , World War II Online(TM) (www.wwiionline.com), which will be available exclusively through playnet.com and a content site aimed at the simulation enthusiast. Tech Pubs TECH PUBS Technical Publications (www.techpubs.wwiionline.com), a game resource site focusing on vehicle and weapon information surrounding World War II Online(TM), is being coordinated by Duane Godwin, a longtime content contributor to the gaming industry. The site will provide in-depth statistics, historical data and original artwork covering the vehicles used during World War II. For those players interested in technical information and history of the actual aircraft, infantry weapons, naval craft, and armored vehicles of WWII WWII abbr. World War II WWII World War Two , Tech Pubs will provide detailed information, specifications, and illustrations for each vehicle or weapon that will be modeled in WWII Online(TM). Tech Pubs will be offering each article as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF. (TM) PDF file See PDF. . Players will be able to be print these articles and collect them in a portfolio of information. All articles will be based on real-life incidents of WWII and will feature color illustrations researched by the artist, Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. . The second game resource site announced will provide players the tools and information to more effectively research, plan and participate in the virtual game world of World War II Online(TM). OKW OKW Old Key West (Disney Resort) OKW Ober-Kommando der Wehrmacht (WWII German) OKW Old King William's (College alumni) (www.okw.wwiionline.com), founded by Adam Toering and Tom Farnsworth, is another example of the growing community interest and support for the as-yet-unreleased game being developed by Playnet's in-house software studio, Cornered Raft Software (www.corneredrat.com). "We are proud to be part of the fast-growing World War II Online(TM) community," said Tom Farnsworth. "In the coming weeks, expect much expansion of our site with more and more resource material becoming available that's associated with various aspects of the German High Command. We're really jazzed about providing this support to the community, and the OKW will strive to facilitate all of the German players' needs." The third addition announced today is the acquisition by Playnet of Dogfighter dog·fight n. 1. a. A violent fight between or as if between dogs. b. An illegal, organized fight between dogs, arranged for spectator entertainment and betting. 2. Network (www.dogfighter.com) and its affiliated web sites. The award-winning webzine A magazine published on the Web. Pronounced "web-zeen," and also called a "zine." See e-zine. provides news, game reviews, interviews and community support tools focusing on computer game simulations. Dogfighter.com will become one of many independent packages of content contributing to the playnet.com gaming service, which will cover all gaming genres and become a one stop web destination for people seeking an informative and entertaining resource center for computer-based, console and online only games. "We really are very excited about Dogfighter joining with Playnet as moves are being made to expand their Global Games (G2) Network initiative," said Gian Vitzthum, Managing Editor of dogfighter.com. "This is a great opportunity for us to reach a wider audience, and with access to resources and technology available from Playnet, we can move ahead with projects that we would not have been able to otherwise handle." Editorial policy and staff at dogfighter.com will not change, and readers can continue to expect the unbiased, analytical journalism and top-notch reporting about flight simulation that has been a hallmark of the site." The previous announcement of a partnership with TacticalZone (www.tz.playnet.com) is another example of service-wide content contribution to the playnet.com service. The G2 Network will deliver a web-based multi-player game service and interactive entertainment destination site at www.playnet.com, which will offer automated launching and seamless operation of games and related entertainment services in a variety of types and formats. The design of the G2 Network (an Internet-based interactive games network) includes many popular community-building features for playnet.com such as instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , file transfers between players, easy-to-use private chat system, and a voice chat system all presented in a simple and intuitive user interface. A goal of the service's design is to allow easy up selling from free classic card and board games This is a list of board games. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see for a list of board game articles. to subscription services with contests, tournaments, community services for multiplayer games, and premium pay-to-play massively multiplayer games with persistent 3D game worlds. Playnet.com will be launched for public access summer of 2000. For further information please visit the Playnet Inc. website at: www.playnet.com. |
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