Posts Tagged ‘popular sports’
JCE Launches First MMO Basketball Game
North Americans are going to love this new MMO basketball game called “Freestyle”. Known to be one of the world’s popular sports today, JC Entertainment Corp. (JCE), an online game developer from South Korea, announced the launch of the MMO basketball game “Freestyle” in the North American market.
“Freestyle” is an online basketball game with streetball gameplay against other online gamers, and is one of the most popular online games in Asia since 2005. “Freestyle” was previously serviced through Sierra Online of Vivendi Games in North America market and already has more than 80 million users around the world, but JCE now provides the game service directly through its own global game portal “www.gamekiss.com”.
“Freestyle” combines hip-hop and street basketball through unique characters and gameplay. Each character has unique ability according to their basketball position, and the players can play 3 on 3 half court or 5 on 5 full court basketball game. “Freestyle” users can maximize their fun by creating multiple basketball moves through simple game interface with just A, S, D, and W key and arrowkeys on the keyboard.
In order to enjoy “Freestyle”, users can download Freestyle at www.gamekiss.com for free game client and learn more about the game in the “Freestyle” webpage.
(Source) Press
WorldGaming.com Launches New Promotions and Tournaments
Worldgaming.com has announced a couple of new promotions and tournaments, providing console gamers an alternative destination for challenging other players around the world for real money. To celebrate, WorldGaming will be hosting a 30-day online “Launch Party” (ends May 8, 2009) with daily tournaments, huge cash jackpots, and a host of sign-up bonuses.
Throughout the 30-day Launch Party, WorldGaming will be awarding every new registrant with a 25% deposit bonus and every 100th registrant will receive a $50.00 deposit bonus in their WorldGaming.com account, which can be used on WorldGaming.com to compete in tournaments and one-on-one challenges.
The bonuses will be capped at the 10,000th registrant, who will receive a Grand Prize of “The Ultimate Gamer Gear Package,” which includes the following:
- Choice of either a custom WorldGaming Sony PlayStation 3 or Microsoft Xbox 360
- $250 gift certificate from GameStop (www.gamestop.com)
- $100 deposit bonus into their WorldGaming.com account
The 30-day Launch Party, which culminates with WorldGaming.com Grand Finale Tournaments to crown WorldGaming’s first-ever champions (various games and platforms), will see winners of tournament gameplay during the launch phase pitted against one another in the grand finales in order to attain championship status and the opportunity to win huge cash jackpots.
WorldGaming.com offers its one-on-one challenges and multiplayer tournaments in a variety of games across multiple genres, from first-person shooters like Halo 3 and Resistance Fall of Man to the most popular sports titles, including Madden Football, MLB ‘09 the Show, FIFA Soccer and many more – with new titles added regularly.
The site offers a quick and easy challenge process, automated results verification, player stat tracking and skill rankings, dedicated game lobbies with live chat for each supported title, and easy matchmaking.
(Source) Press