Bigpoint.com Opens a Portal for External Game Developers

September 20th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - - 2009 Game Developers Conference(R) China Government Supporter Gains Traction China's State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform (SCOPSR) has issued a notice clarifying the responsibilities of various state organizations in the regulation processes concerning animation, online gaming, and the cultural market in China. According to this notice, the Ministry of Culture (MOC) is now responsible for the management of industry bases, project development, conferences and trade fairs, and market oversight for the animation and online gaming industries.

August 20th, 2009 TAMPA, Florida - - 2D BOY, Number None and Sigma Team join GameStreamer's Game Catalog. GameStreamer, Inc.

July 19th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - - New Advisory Board Members Clint Hocking and Michael Capps Round Out GDC 2010 Roster of Industry Veterans Reviewing Submissions and Helping to Program the Conference Content The call for submissions to present lectures, roundtables, panels and poster sessions at the 2010 Game Developers Conference(R) (GDC) is now open through Friday, August 14th. GDC, the annual conference dedicated to the art, science and business of games returns to San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center March 9 - 13, 2009.

June 8th, 2009 HAMBURG, Germany - Bigpoint.com is the Exclusive Publisher for Universal Pictures' Online Games for Such hit Movies as "Wanted", "The Fast and the Furious" and "The Terminator" Bigpoint (bigpoint.com) has now been selected to publish the online games for three of Universal Pictures' major blockbusters: the browser games "Wanted", "The Fast and the Furious" and "The Terminator" will be exclusively available at Bigpoint.com. These games represent the perfect strategic opportunity for Bigpoint to unite the synergies between the movie/entertainment industry and the online games industry: With more than 70 million registered users in Europe and the USA, Bigpoint is the world's largest portal for browser games.

May 6th, 2009 ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - BoosterMedia has released GamesPlaza.mobi, a casual gaming platform targeting mobile gamers and game developers internationally. GamesPlaza.mobi offers a growing selection of free-to-play mobile games based on Flash technology.

April 19th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Second Gathering of Top Chinese and International Developers Will Return to Shanghai in October with Strong Government Endorsement The call for submissions to present lectures, tutorials, and panels at the 2009 Game Developers Conference(R) China (GDC China) is open now through May 22, 2009. The 2nd conference dedicated to the art, science and business of games - presented by Think Services, a Division of United Business Media - returns to the Shanghai Convention Center October 11-13.

April 8th, 2009 SHANGHAI - Asian Game Industry Professionals Look to the Game Developers Conference for Incomparable Learning, Networking, and Inspiration Think Services' 2009 Game Developers Conference(R) (GDC) recently hosted more than 17,000 game industry professionals of which 1,000 delegates traveled from Asia to San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center for a week of learning, networking and inspiration. These Asian delegates represented several key game markets including China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and India.

April 1st, 2009 BERLIN - Pan-European Developer Event to Connect Peers, Luminaries, and Business Professionals Worldwide in Cologne, Germany August 17-19 Online registration for the 2009 Game Developers Conference(R) Europe (GDC Europe) is now open through August 18. GDC Europe will play host to over 80 lectures, panels, and keynotes from top international speakers-serving as the country's premier professional event and addressing the needs and opportunities for developers and business professional throughout Europe today.

March 16th, 2009 BERLIN and SAN FRANCISCO - Premier Developer Event to Unite the European Community for Three-Days of Learning and Networking Think Services, a Division of United Business Media, announced today an open call for speaker submissions for its 2009 Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe), taking place August 17-19, 2009 at the Cologne Congress East Center in Cologne, Germany. The pan-European conference - dedicated to the art, science and business of creating games - is soliciting session proposals now through April 30th via the official GDC Europe website at www.GDCEurope.com GDC Europe will be the most important and influential industry gathering in Europe this year, attracting attendees from all corners of the globe.

March 12th, 2009 BERLIN - Frank Sliwka to Lead the New Berlin-based Team in the Production of both GDC Europe and the eSports Conference The Think Services Game Group has expanded to Berlin, Germany with the founding of the Think Services Game Group Germany GmbH. This new addition will expand the successful work of the San Francisco headquartered Think Services Game Group to Germany and Europe.

May 19th, 2009 HYDERABAD - 7Seas Technologies Limited, a Hyderabad-based independent IP-based games development company, today announced the launch of its new casual online game on Swine Flu - a pandemic that wrecked havoc across the globe killing hundreds of people in Mexico - Swine Flue Killer.The game is available in its online gaming portal www.onlinerealgames.com. To play this game, all a gamer needs to do is vaccinate as many patients as possible in time, kill the virus, save patients and become a Swine Flu Killer.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With India and Africa coming closer, a pioneering web portal to bridge the information gap was launched by External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna here Monday.

April 24th, 2009 BERLIN - A high-tech website, known as 'Portal to the Universe', will help the public to keep up-to-date with cutting-edge astronomy and space science breakthroughs. Launched as the latest Cornerstone project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), the Portal to the Universe aims to become a one-stop-shop for astronomy news.t provides a global portal for online astronomy content, serving as an index and aggregator.

March 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - A matrimony portal has plans of adding to the list of commercialised celebrations by popularising the concept of Matrimony Day, which it intends to mark on April 14 to 'celebrate and glorify the institution of marriage'. Consim Info Pvt Ltd, the company that owns www.bharatmatrimony.com, says the idea is to promote the concept of matrimony and encourage people to enter wedlock instead of live-in relationships.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Looking for a restaurant to dine out with your family or need some personalised tips on how to arrange birthday and corporate parties or for that matter big, lavish weddings -- the information is now just an SMS away. A web portal www.planforme.com is offering all this and more.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's largest astrology portal, astroyogi.com launched its fully translated Astro portal in Hindi today. (http://hindi.astroyogi.com) This is India's first fully translated Astrology portal in Hindi.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Realty major Parsvnath Developers Monday said it had received approval for its luxury housing project at Civil Lines in Delhi and was expecting a return of Rs.1,300 crore from the project in three years. Parsvnath Landmark Developers, a subsidiary of Parsvnath Developers, has received all approvals to start construction of the project, comprising 453 units with a built-up area of 20 lakh square feet, the company said in a statement.

June 23rd, 2009 Another window opens on Nixon presidencyWASHINGTON — Fateful moments from the Watergate scandal that destroyed Richard Nixon's presidency are brought to light in a new collection of papers and tape recordings from that time. Materials released by the Nixon Presidential Library on Tuesday show aides trying to head off a constitutional crisis and save a presidency after Nixon fired the Watergate special prosecutor and forced out the two top Justice Department officials in October 1973.

May 6th, 2009 Game 7 of Bulls-Celtics breaks viewership recordATLANTA — Game 7 of the Bulls-Celtics series has supplanted Game 6 as the most-watched first-round NBA playoff game ever on cable. TNT says Boston's 109-99 win Saturday to end the exhilarating series was seen by 6.99 million people.

April 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Getting right information about loans, credit cards and insurance has now become an one-click affair. Mango Network, a leading digital advertisement and entertainment network company in India, has launched a personal finance service portal - ww.MyIndiaFinance.com.