GameSpy SDKs and Services Available on PS3
BRISBANE, Calif. - March 20, 2006 - IGN Entertainment’s GameSpy Division has announced that it has ported its technology to the PlayStation 3 and has received approval to join Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.’s (SCEI) Tools & Middleware License Program.
GameSpy Technology lets game developers add sophisticated online game features to their game titles for PlayStation 3, just as they have with the PC, PlayStation 2, and PSP platforms and with the same confidence. The company is now able to bring customized server processing to PlayStation 3 game titles, a feature game developers call “persistence.” An example of this can be seen in the Majesco Entertainment Company’s Infected title, launched for PSP in November 2005, where the game continues to move forward even when a player is offline.
“We are proud to continue to be a valued SCEI’s tools and middleware licensee and look forward to accelerating the PlayStation 3 market success by speeding creation of terrific online titles,” said Jamie Berger, Vice President and General Manager of IGN Publisher Services. “Since developers are already familiar with our technology and interfaces, including it in their titles should be quick, giving them more time to refine gameplay and take the best possible advantage of the PlayStation 3 platform.”
About IGN Entertainment
IGN Entertainment, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc., is a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN’s properties reached more than 33 million unique users worldwide in the month of January 2006, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix.* IGN’s network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others), is the web’s number one videogame information destination and attracts one of the largest concentrated audiences of young males on the Internet. IGN also owns and operates the popular movie-related website, Rotten Tomatoes and one of the leading male lifestyle websites, AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout the U.S. and in Montreal.
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