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Internet Gaming Corp's launches Cyberspades Casino
(March 20)
Software Gaming Corp. announced that its wholly owned
subsidiary Internet Gaming Corp. has launched Cyberspades
Casino.
Casino enthusiasts will be able to play their favorite casino
games 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The games are extremely
realistic and have the look, feel and sound of a real casino
environment. Players will now be able to play for real money.
Internet Gaming Corporation has licensed from Intertainet
Overseas Licensing Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cryptologic , software and support services for the operation
of full featured casino games such as Black Jack, Craps,
Roulette, Baccarat and Keno. Internet Gaming Corporation will
also be using Cryptologic's Electronic Cash Settlement system.
Cyberspades casino software can been downloaded from the
following web site.
www.cyberspades.com
Macromedia Unveils ShockRave
(February 18)
Macromedia, Inc. debuted ShockRave, a free online entertainment
service featuring Shockwave content created by entertainment
companies and developers such as United Media, Columbia TriStar
Interactive, Comedy Central, SegaSoft Networks, Inc.,
Circumstance Design, Zeek Interactive, Ezone and TheDJ.com.
From Dilbert and South Park to King Putt and Lenny Loosejocks,
ShockRavers can choose from over 45 games, puzzles, cartoons
and more. Consumers will find cutting-edge action and arcade-
style entertainment as well as witty animation and mind-bending
tests of concentration. Some of the companies sponsoring
ShockRave include 7 UP, Apple Computer, Inc. and The LifeSavers
Company.
Since its introduction in December 1995, Macromedia's Shockwave
technology has brought multimedia to the Internet, transforming
the Web from a static, text-based medium into a dynamic,
interactive experience. Daily downloads of the Shockwave
multimedia player have continued to grow sharply to 125,000 a
day, totaling more than 37 million downloads worldwide to date.
As of February 1998, Macromedia's Web site is the 18th most
heavily trafficked site on the Internet according to the Hot
100
www.macromedia.com/
www.shockrave.com/
Next Generation of the Virtual Paris Service Will Run On
Blaxxun Technology
(March 17)
CANAL+ Multimedia and blaxxun interactive announced that the
next release of "Virtual CANAL+" will be built on top of
blaxxun's scaleable client/server technology for virtual
communities.
"Virtual CANAL+" is an Internet site that replicates the most
interesting Paris locales into an interactive 3D service. Since
its launch in April 1997, about 10,000 community members have
already joined the unique service.
The new "Virtual CANAL+" web site will include a 3D virtual
community that offers a rich set of interaction mechanisms,
allowing the Internet surfers to chat in real-time, to
participate in games and special events. Visitors to Virtual
Paris are represented by avatars (graphical figures). They can
walk around, meet with others and even become citizens of the
virtual city.
By using blaxxun's products as technology infrastructure for
the next release of the service, CANAL+ can focus on the
creation of attractive content and the operation of the
service. blaxxun has developed an advanced client/server system
for multimedia communication and offers a unique set of
features and a scaleable architecture to facilitate the
anticipated high growth of the service.
www.blaxxun.de
www.blaxxun.com
www.cplus.fr
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