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Unity Games Coming to LG's Smart TVs

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, and LG, one of the world's largest manufacturer of high quality electronics, are happy to announce that they have finalized an agreement that is the first stage of a strategic collaboration that will create mass-market demand for games on Smart TVs by bringing Unity-authored titles to LG's 2012 line of televisions.

A leader in the development and production of TVs, LG has designed their new TVs as all-in-one multimedia systems where consumers can find a wide range of entertainment. Unity Technologies' Union division helps developers using Unity distribute their games to new platforms. Unity, through its Union business unit, plans to make numerous games available on upcoming LG models and expects more to be available in the future.

"The television technology LG is introducing this year is very impressive and offers an incredible opportunity for the developers under the Union umbrella to reach a new market," said David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies. "Our goal with Union is to create new avenues of distribution for developers using Unity, and LG smart TVs are creating a massive and new gaming audience."

LG's 2012 HDTV models feature the ability to play video games straight from the TV and include a new gyroscopic motion controller, called the Magic Motion Remote, and a more powerful video processor that will enable a wide variety of video games to be played without the need of a console. Union's game catalogue provides the breadth of technology and content needed for LG TVs with games such as the dazzling third-person shooter Shadowgun and the family friendly and motion controller enabled Frisbee Forever, both of which were demonstrated at LG's booth at CES 2012.

"Adding a huge catalog of Unity-authored titles to the line-up of games available on LG TVs will boost the incredible value that our customers receive when choosing one of our HDTV models," said Sang-Woo Lee, Head of Content Division of LG TV. "We want our TVs to be the most comprehensive platform for entertainment on the market and having access to such an impressive array of games helps make that happen."

Unity and Union are trademarks of Unity Technologies or its subsidiaries or affiliates. LG is a registered trademark of LG Electronics Inc or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

About Unity Technologies
Unity Technologies is the creator of Unity, an intuitive and flexible development platform used to make wildly creative and intelligently interactive 3D and 2D content. The "author once, deploy everywhere" capability ensures developers can publish to all of the most popular platforms. Unity Technologies boasts a thriving community of 750,000 registered developers including large publishers, indie studios, students and hobbyists. Unity Technologies aggressively re-invests in its award-winning 3D development tools and democratization initiatives, such as the Asset Store digital content marketplace and Union game distribution service, in order to remain at the forefront of innovation. Unity Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Japan and Korea. For more information, visit: http://unity3d.com.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/unity3d
Twitter: http://twitter.com/unity3d

About Union
Union is a business unit of Unity Technologies dedicated to distributing high quality video games to mobile phones, app stores, tablets, set-top boxes, connected TVs and other emerging platforms. Union works closely with video game developers and publishers using Unity to build a portfolio of premium gaming titles. Union then adapts and localizes content to target platforms to help developers access technically or commercially challenging monetization opportunities while providing platform partners with a rich gaming experience for their consumers. Union is free to join and provides an 80 percent revenue share to its developers. For more information, visit: http://unity3d.com/union/

About LG Electronics, Inc.
LG Electronics, Inc. is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 93,000 people working in over 120 operations around the world. With 2010 global sales of KRW 55.8 trillion (USD 48.2 billion), LG comprises four business units -- Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, and Air Conditioning & Energy Solutions. LG is one of the world's leading producers of flat panel TVs, mobile devices, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators. For more information, please visit www.LGnewsroom.com.

About LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company
The LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company is a top global player in flat panel displays, audio players, video products, monitors, commercial displays and security systems for the consumer and commercial markets. LG's product areas include LCD and plasma televisions, LED LCD monitors, home theater systems, Blu-ray Disc™ players, audio components, video players and plasma display panels. While focusing on creating feature-rich devices, the company is also pursuing stylish designs and pushing technological boundaries to improve the home entertainment experience. LG HE company is also a leader in providing commercial (or B2B) products such as digital signage, video conference system and IP security cameras.

Unity and Union are trademarks of Unity Technologies or its subsidiaries or affiliates. LG is a registered trademark of LG Electronics Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Media Contacts
Unity Technologies
North America
Dan Adams
dan@unity3d.com
+1 (415) 699-5882

Aaron Wessels
aaron@pointblankcomm.com
+1 (415) 378-8090

Europe
Chris Clarke
chrisc@unity3d.com
+44 7590 509278

LGTV
YoungShin Park
youngshin.park@lge.com

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Chinese Government Backed Film Fund Offers Opportunities in Hollywood

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:00 +0000

China Mainstream Media National Film Capital Hollywood Inc., the U.S. division of China National Film Capital Co. Ltd., is the first specialized China film fund officially licensed by the Beijing government. The film fund will play a prominent role in China and Hollywood feature film business. Mr. Yang Bu Ting, former chairman of China Film Group, is currently chairman of China (government) Film Promotion International and the supervisor of China Film Foundation, serves as the Chairman of the film fund company.

The focus of the film fund will be to co-finance and co-produce the projects which have large box office potential in the world marketplace including China. These types of projects will allow more films to reach the ever-growing China market.

Fund backers include high profile investors such as the China Film Foundation, which is a government entity. Seasoned executives joining the fund's executive team and advisory board include Li Qian Kuan, Chairman of China Film Foundation; He Xiao Feng, a leading economist specializing in funds management and structuring in China and the Dean of Beijing University's Financing Department of economic school; Wang Guo Wei, the Vice Chairman of China Film Foundation; Liu Yuan, international media sales expert, former Siemens high-level executive, led Siemens 2 billion USD annual sales alone in China; and former JP Morgan Asia General Manager, Zhao Yuan Jun.

"The strong government support and the extensive knowledge of the company's executives in film, financing and marketing enable the company to become a major film fund supporting top level films in both China and the U.S. With a Western movie-making approach and a management supported by financing from China, the company will become a gateway partner to Hollywood," said Mr. Yang.

About China Mainstream Media National Film Capital Hollywood Inc.:
China Mainstream Media National Film Capital Hollywood Inc. is a media company with strong Chinese government support. The company has offices both in Beijing and Beverly Hills. Its executive team is focused on co-financing and co-producing top level international films. The company serves as a turnkey gateway partner for Hollywood.

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Apsalar Introduces Daily Cohort Analytics to Optimize Mobile App Retention, Engagement and Monetization

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Mobile Publishers Can Make Better Decisions Sooner by Measuring Critical User Behavior Data Within the First and Following Days After the Download of Their Apps

Apsalar (www.apsalar.com) today announces availability of real-time Daily Cohorts, an addition to its existing Mobile Engagement Management (MEM) platform and ApScience™ analytics services. Until today, cohorts analysis has been available to the mobile market only on a weekly basis.

Daily Cohorts analysis allows publishers to group users together in a single segment by the day they first launched the app and to create a new and mutually exclusive segment of users each subsequent day. For many apps (particularly freemium games), the first two to three user sessions will determine the average lifetime value of a user. Accordingly, getting actionable revenue and engagement feedback rapidly is critical for apps to optimize the user experience for increased retention, engagement and monetization. Daily Cohorts analysis provides this feedback.

Additionally, many app developers now push changes in their apps more often than once per week; real-time daily cohort data can be used to determine the impact of these changes. By examining the behaviors of separate cohort groups, app publishers can quickly determine the impact of any app changes, by looking at the effect on retention, engagement and revenue of users in cohorts prior to the change and comparing them to the users in the cohorts after the change.

"With the launch of daily cohorts, Apsalar is filling a pressing need for ThePlayforge by helping us better understand our users and their level of engagement, even earlier in the lifecycle. This helps us quickly make improvements that generate revenue sooner and sustain it for longer periods, but more importantly, helps us implicitly determine whether we're succeeding in our No. 1 goal as a game company: to craft games that delight our users. We are happy that Apsalar's continued innovation affords us the clarity to make better decisions," said Thomas Chung, General Manager at ThePlayforge.

"The need for Daily Cohorts is a gap in the market we've identified by speaking to numerous customers over some time. Apsalar is excited to be the first in the market to meet this critical requirement for mobile publishers," says Michael Oiknine, CEO, Apsalar. "We are always looking for new ways to build on our existing products in order to better help publishers turn their data into revenue."

About Apsalar

Apsalar provides app developers and publishers with Mobile Engagement Management (MEM) solutions that increase user engagement, retention, and monetization. By leveraging Apsalar's best-in-class mobile analytics and integrated behavioral targeting capabilities, customers can analyze, optimize, and monetize user engagement in their apps. Apsalar enables engagement with the same user anytime, anywhere, in a publisher's apps or in 3rd party apps, for any targeted promotion. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, Apsalar is backed by leading venture investors, Thomvest Ventures, Battery Ventures and DN Capital. Apsalar has won numerous awards, including eWeek's Top Ten Promising Mobile IT
Startups in 2011.

Keep up with Apsalar
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Ignite Game Technologies Secures $5 Million of Series C Funding

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Simraceway(R) Creators Receive Third Round of Financing Following Successful Launches of Online Racing World and Revolutionary Steering Wheel

Ignite Game Technologies ("Ignite"), the gaming company creating a completely new online racing experience, today announced it received $5 million in Series C funding from a combination of existing and new private investors. This takes the total raised by the San Francisco-based start-up to $17.5 million following two successful rounds of funding in 2010 and 2011.

The company, which also welcomes Dave Marrs to its board of directors, unveiled the public beta of its highly-anticipated racing game, Simraceway® (http://simraceway.com/), in November 2011. In the same month, it also debuted a one-of-a-kind racing controller, the Simraceway™ S1 Steering Wheel, which it developed in conjunction with leading peripherals manufacturer SteelSeries®.

Ignite will use this newly-acquired capital to build on its successful software and hardware launches and fully realize the vision of founder Jonathan Haswell by making Simraceway the most authentic, immersive, and inclusive racing simulator on the market. Simraceway racers can expect to see:

Laser-scanned tracks and cars - Ignite will continue to enhance the game's realism by laser-scanning its licensed content, which will include many of motorsport's most celebrated cars and tracks.
A proprietary player skill quantification system - The company will also look to roll out a player skill quantification system that will further broaden the game's appeal by eliminating competitive mismatches common in other online racing games.
Enhanced levels of authenticity - Leveraging Simraceway's permanent racing and training facility at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, Simraceway's world-class physics development team (which includes Dario Franchitti among other elite racing drivers) will ensure the game is constantly updated to deliver an environment that immerses users in the fast-moving world of motorsports.

"We've always firmly believed that investors and players alike would share our vision for the online racing space," said Ignite CEO Jonathan Haswell. "But when we set out in 2008 to chart a new course for the genre, creating an authentic experience that brought together not only the world's best racers, tracks, and cars but also players of every ability, we couldn't have hoped for more wholehearted belief and support from the investment community and from online racing fans."

"Simraceway is still at an early stage in its development but it's already experiencing unprecedented interest and consistent growth," added Dave Marrs. "We view the popularity of the game not only as a reflection of the long-predicted explosion in online gaming, but also as a testament to the bold and innovative strategy pursued by Ignite's team."

About Ignite Game Technologies

Ignite Game Technologies is a Silicon Valley-based online gaming company founded in 2008 by skill-quantification expert Jonathan Haswell to produce a new kind of racing game, Simraceway, launched in public beta in November 2011. The company counts four-time IndyCar Series winner Dario Franchitti among its physics development team and benefited greatly from the expertise of double Indy 500 winner, Dan Wheldon, before his death in 2011. It also has the distinction of being able to leverage a permanent real-world racing facility -- the Simraceway Performance Driving Center, based at Infineon Raceway -- for R&D. To date, Ignite has raised $17.5 million.

About Simraceway

Simraceway is an online racing world that offers live, person-to-person racing, utilizing highly-accurate, simulation-grade driving physics. It leverages a client-server model similar to those on popular online games such as World of Warcraft™ and features current and historic licensed content from a variety of auto and racing brands including Bentley™, Bugatti™, McLaren™, Mitsubishi™ and Saleen™. Its continually-evolving racing environment is constantly supplemented with new features and content to fully reflect the fast-moving, real-world motor racing scene.

Ignite Game Technologies Press Contact:
Sean Stevens
Atomic PR
415-593-1400
Email Contact

Interxion Participating in iStreamPlanet's Series A Financing Led by Intel Capital

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Verizon and Coinstar's Redbox Form Joint Venture to Create New Consumer Choice for Video Entertainment

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Verizon and Coinstar's Redbox Form Joint Venture to Create New Consumer Choice for Video Entertainment

Joint Venture Will Offer the Best of Both Worlds - Physical and Digital - to All Consumers Nationwide

PR Newswire

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon and Coinstar, Inc. today announced the formation of a joint venture that will create a new choice for quality- and value-conscious consumers seeking a simple and affordable way to access the video entertainment they crave. The venture's services will offer all of the convenience, simplicity and value of Redbox^® new release DVD and Blu-ray Disc^® rentals combined with a new content-rich video on-demand streaming and download service from Verizon.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120206/NY47935)

The joint venture plans to introduce the product portfolio in the second half of 2012. It will offer subscription services and more in an easy-to-use, flexible and affordable service that will allow all consumers across the U.S. to enjoy the new and popular entertainment they want, whenever they choose, using the media and devices they prefer. Additional brand and product information will be revealed in the coming months.

"When you consider the core elements the parties bring to this venture – our powerful brands; our national rental kiosk footprint; our anytime, anywhere network presence; and our mutual commitment to customer-focused innovation – it's clear that Verizon and Redbox are a powerful entertainment team," said Bob Mudge, president of Verizon consumer and mass business markets.

"Consumers rely on Redbox for the latest new release movies at a great value, and our joint venture with Verizon will enable us to bring them even more value by offering expanded content offerings and greater flexibility for how and when they enjoy entertainment," said Paul Davis, chief executive officer of Coinstar, Inc. "This alliance is the result of a deliberate and strategic process to identify a partner who shares our commitment to delivering innovative solutions to consumers. We look forward to rolling out the shared benefits this venture will bring to consumers, retailers, and shareholders."

This venture between Verizon and Redbox will create the kind of national multi-platform product that customers are demanding from video entertainment service providers. It will leverage Verizon's industry-wide relationships with entertainment content providers, its advanced cloud computing technologies and state-of-the-art IP network infrastructure to distribute video on-demand content to its customers.

"The joint venture will combine the accessibility and value of Redbox with Verizon's vision for a borderless lifestyle – where consumers easily accomplish what they want or need to do, on their terms, through the power of the network," said Mudge. "Together, we are erasing old technology boundaries, freeing people to spontaneously enjoy the entertainment they want, whenever they choose, using the devices and media they prefer, at home or away."

By offering instantly available online and mobile content with immediate access to physical media through rental kiosks, Verizon and Redbox will be uniquely positioned to deliver the best of both worlds – digital and physical – to consumers across the country.

The joint venture is a limited liability company with Verizon holding a 65 percent ownership share and Redbox holding a 35 percent ownership share at the outset.

NEWS CONFERENCE CALL
Verizon and Coinstar will hold a news conference call this morning, starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. To join the call dial 1-800-857-5081, the passcode is Verizon and Coinstar. A listen-only webcast will also be available. To access the webcast, paste this URL into your web browser: http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=401643&s=1&k=46D10AC42D40629770B72C5B1ED49EB1. A recording will be available for playback approximately one hour after the call. To listen to the replay by phone, dial 866-454-9170. The replay will also be available online. Use this URL, http://event.on24.com/r.htme=401643&s=1&k=46D10AC42D40629770B72C5B1ED49EB1, with your web browser for access. The recording will be available through February 20, 2012.

About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 109 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 194,000. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

About Redbox
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTR), offers new-release DVD, Blu-ray Disc^® and video game rentals through its network of conveniently located, self-service kiosks. Redbox has rented more than 1.5 billion discs and is available at more than 35,400 kiosks across over 29,000 locations nationwide, including select McDonald's restaurants, leading grocery, drug and convenience stores, select Walmart locations and Walgreens locations in select markets. For more information, visit www.redbox.com.

About Coinstar, Inc.
Coinstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTR) is a leading provider of automated retail solutions offering convenient services that make life easier for consumers and drive incremental traffic and revenue for retailers. The company's core automated retail businesses include the well-known Redbox^® self-service DVD rental and Coinstar^® self-service coin-counting brands. The company has approximately 35,400 DVD kiosks and 20,200 coin-counting kiosks in supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores, and restaurants. For more information, visit www.coinstarinc.com.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "goals," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding the joint venture, its products and services, and the timing of its launch. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual performance may vary materially from the performance expressed or implied in such statements. Differences may result from actions taken by Coinstar, Redbox, Verizon Communications, the joint venture, as well as from other risks and uncertainties beyond Coinstar's control. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, competition from other digital entertainment providers, the ability to achieve the strategic and financial objectives for our entry into a new business, and our limited ability to direct the management or policies of the new joint venture. The foregoing list of risks and uncertainties is illustrative, but by no means exhaustive. For more information on factors that may affect future performance, please review "Risk Factors" described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements reflect Coinstar's expectations as of the date of this release. Coinstar, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update the information provided herein.

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SOURCE Verizon

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:30 +0000

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New Mobile Game Dead Drop Combines Location-Based and Live-Action Gaming

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:00 +0000

Location-Based Spy Game Brings New In-Game Marketing Opportunities in the Offline World, Opens New Engagement and Conversion Channels for Marketers

Dead Drop, founded by two brothers with a lifelong gaming addiction, today announces that it is preparing to launch on iOS, Android, and the web. Dead Drop leverages the brothers' gaming passion to deliver an innovative leap forward in location-based live-action gaming, using smartphones. For brands and local businesses, Dead Drop provides new opportunities for in-game engagement and conversion by creating "safe houses" and other gameplay-related promotional opportunities that drive players to specific locations.

Follow Dead Drop on Twitter at @DeadDropGame, and at www.deaddropgame.com.

Dead Drop is a live-action multiplayer elimination game played by groups of friends in and around their communities. Dead Drop coordinates individual and group games of any size, in which players receive live-action missions to complete in their communities.

Smartphones with built-in GPS receivers allow the app to moderate games, enforce rules, and verify eliminations in real-time. The location-based game also allows businesses to drive players to specific locations as "safe houses," where opponents can still see their target's location, but where he can't be attacked or eliminated.

"Dead Drop represents a labor of love for us, and also a huge opportunity to bridge smartphone-based gaming and marketing in a way that goes beyond check-ins and deals," said Jeff Lind, founder, Dead Drop. "What we're most proud of is creating an experience that's legitimately fun for gamers, and presents real engagement value for marketers. Just watch your six, if you know what's good for you."

The first Dead Drop release has two gaming modes -- Campaign Training mode, and Multiplayer Classic mode. The idea is to let gamers experience Dead Drop in solo mode, or enter a more competitive environment and challenge friends and other gamers to a live-action elimination game that's not for the faint of heart.

Dead Drop is expected to launch in the next 30 days, followed by a barrage of innovative features including weapons, disguises, skins, mini-games, multiplayer modes, and augmented reality features.

Find out more info at www.deaddropgame.com.

About Dead Drop
Dead Drop is a live-action multiplayer elimination game played by groups of friends in and around their communities. Dead Drop coordinates individual and group games of any size, in which players receive live-action missions to complete in their communities. For brands and local businesses, Dead Drop provides new opportunities for in-game engagement and conversion by creating "safe houses" and other gameplay-related promotional opportunities that drive players to specific locations. Dead Drop is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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Hastings Entertainment to Host Midnight Release Parties for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:07 +0000

Hastings Entertainment to Host Midnight Release Parties for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

PR Newswire

AMARILLO, Texas, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, has announced its plans for chain-wide Midnight release parties for the movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. Fans are encouraged to join their local Hastings store for a Midnight release party on Friday, February 10, 2012. Festivities for the night will begin at 9:00 P.M. local time and will end after the movie goes on sale at Midnight.

Fans enjoying the festivities and awaiting the release of the movie will be able to take advantage of special promotions during the release party including 30% off all used video games, video game accessories, books, CDs, and graphic novels. Customers can also purchase Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse licensed products for 75% off (excludes Breaking Dawn products) and The Twilight Saga series books for 30% off during the Midnight release party.

To find out more about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Midnight release party in your area, visit or contact your local Hastings superstore, or visit us online at www.goHastings.com.

About Hastings

Founded in 1968, Hastings Entertainment, Inc. is a leading multimedia entertainment retailer that combines the sale of new and used books, videos, video games and CDs, and trends and consumer electronics merchandise, with the rental of videos and video games in a superstore format. We currently operate 140 superstores, averaging approximately 24,000 square feet, primarily in medium-sized markets throughout the United States. We also operate three concept stores, Sun Adventure Sports, located in Amarillo, Texas and Lubbock, Texas, and TRADESMART, located in Littleton, Colorado.

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Unity Announces "Flash in a Flash" $20,000 Contest Winner

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, today is thrilled to announce the winner of the celebratory Unity "Flash in a Flash" Creation Contest, which ran for just two weeks, timed with the public release of Unity 3.5 Open Beta and Flash Developer Preview on December 22, 2011.

The fast-paced contest challenged developers to make their Unity-authored games come to life on the Adobe® Flash® platform. The contest was a runaway success with more than 500 games submitted by the deadline, proving just how fast games can be created, ported, and deployed to the Flash platform using Unity's development tools. After a tough evaluation, the judging panel reached a decision on the 10 best entries as well as the Unity "Flash in a Flash" $20,000 Grand Prize winner, Tail Drift, created by Cameron Owen.

Tail Drift is a simple arcade racer challenging players to maneuver a red plane along a 3D candy-striped tubular track. The track runs below, above, around, and through floating islands, hot-air balloons, and other obstacles for players to avoid in order to complete a clean run of the course and keep up with the AI competitors. Through stiff competition, Tail Drift was chosen for both creativity and fun along with its flawless deployment to Adobe Flash Player. After narrowing the field down to the 30 best titles, the decision became very difficult -- only ten titles could end up prize winners.

"Not only is Tail Drift incredibly fun, but it also shows off both the amazing technology and fast development capabilities of Unity," said Lucas Meijer, Flash Development Lead, Unity Technologies. "It's extremely gratifying to see the development community adopt and take-off at such a rapid pace with the new beta, and we can't wait to see the stellar work that is still in store."

Three runner-ups will each receive $1,000, Unity Pro with iOS Pro and an iPad 2. They include:

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome by Owlchemy Labs and Dejobaan Games
Six Sides of the World by Emilio José Lopera Joyera
Ski Safari by Brendan Watts

Six additional games will receive Unity Pro with iOS Pro as an award for their efforts. They include:

Covert by Quick Fingers
Flatboyz by Bento-Studio
InvinciBall by Doug Wolanick
Microtone by Increpare
Pile of Kittens by Tyrus Peace
Running Fred by Dedalord

Please visit http://unity3d.com/contest to find links to play Tail Drift and all of the runner-ups.

"This was a thrilling contest for all of us at Unity," said David Helgason, CEO, Unity Technologies. "Our engineers have created some terrific technology for the Flash platform and it's truly inspiring to see so many developers adopt and create such amazing games so quickly."

Unity 3.5 is currently in public beta. This release also provides a hands-on preview of Unity's upcoming Unity add-on for deployment to the Adobe Flash platform, enabling new publishing options to push interactive 3D content to the web.

Since being made public in December, the Unity 3.5 beta with Flash Developer Preview has been used by nearly 50,000 developers. Download for the time-limited beta version of Unity 3.5 here: http://unity3d.com/unity/preview/.

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Unity is a trademark of Unity Technologies or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Adobe® and Flash® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe is not sponsoring nor is in any way affiliated with the contest. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Grand Prize Winner Tail Drift by Cameron Owen

Be Among the First to Experience PlayStation(R)Vita at GameStop

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:00 +0000

GRAPEVINE, Texas, Feb 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --PlayStation(R)Vita (PS Vita) hits shelves this month and GameStop (NYSE: GME) is giving consumers a first glimpse at the highly anticipated new handheld system. More than 3,300 U.S. GameStop stores now have playable demo units that provide a first-hand look at PS Vita's exciting new technology. In addition to the five-inch OLED multi-touch screen, front and rear touch pads, dual analog sticks, dual cameras and six-axis motion sensing system, players can experience a variety of games, including:

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Escape Plan(TM)
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"We are excited to be the first retailer where consumers can experience the PS Vita," stated Bob Puzon, vice president of merchandising at GameStop. "We are impressed with how the quad-core technology brings gaming to life and are confident consumers will be, too."

To help consumers trade up to the PS Vita, GameStop is offering an extra $25 on the trade-in of a Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS or Sony PSP system toward the purchase of the new system. To learn more about the trade up offer or to find a GameStop store with a playable PS Vita demo unit, visit www.GameStop.com/PSVitaDemos.

The PS Vita launches in the U.S. on Feb. 22, 2012, but eager gamers can get their hands on it a week early by pre-ordering the First Edition Bundle. The bundle, available on Feb. 15, includes:

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PS Vita case
Little Deviants game
4GB memory card
AT&T DataConnect Pass good for one free 250MB data session ($14.99 value) upon purchase of one 250 MB data session
PlayStation Network game voucher provided upon 3G activation on the AT&T mobile broadband network.*

The bundle is valued at $435 and will sell for $349.99 - an $85 bonus value.

On Feb. 22, three additional PS Vita options will be available: a Wi-Fi model for $249.99, a 3G/Wi-Fi model for $299.99 and a limited edition PS Vita Launch Bundle that will include:

PS Vita 3G/Wi-Fi system
8GB memory card
AT&T DataConnect Pass good for one free 250MB data session ($14.99 value) upon purchase of one 250MB data session
PlayStation Network game voucher provided upon 3G activation for $299.

This bundle is part of a promotional offer and availability is limited.

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