MAY 12, 2008 – Live Gamer, the premier operator of a publisher-supported marketplace for real money trading of virtual items, has brought on gaming and marketing expert, Kurtis Buckmaster, as vice president of product marketing. Buckmaster brings rich professional and personal gaming expertise to Live Gamer, including deep product marketing, promotions, and online community experience.

Buckmaster has 18 years experience developing cutting edge online community experiences for gamers, with more than 10 years of focus on massively multiplayer gaming and major game publishers. He was most recently Vice President of Marketing and Product Development Worldwide at Curse Gaming. He has also served as Senior Manager, Community & Customer Service at GameSpot (CNET Networks), and has held marketing positions at Ubisoft Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment America. His expertise includes product design and implementation, business development, Web 2.0, social networking, and marketing.

On the personal gaming side, Buckmaster has heavy MMO experience across genres, including leading and organizing numerous successful guilds and organizations throughout games, such as EverQuest, Shadowbane, and World of Warcraft. He has been involved with professional gaming for 12 years, most recently managing a world champion Battlefield series team, and was also a founder and member of the first professional gaming team for Quake.

“Kurtis has an extraordinary mix of talent, passion and professional experience that adds a new dimension to our team’s wealth of online gaming expertise. He has credibility as a gamer as well as respect as a marketing leader, lending him the ability to drive and innovate product features and user experience to the benefit of gamers and our publishing partners,” said Andrew Schneider, president of Live Gamer.

At Live Gamer, Buckmaster is responsible for driving improvements and additions to the Live Gamer Exchange, working closely with customers, prospects, partners, and other constituents on product implementations, and managing community relations.

About Live Gamer
Live Gamer is the leading provider for publisher-supported virtual item trading. Live Gamer’s Wall Street-developed platform combined with Sony Online Entertainment’s Station Exchange technology is trusted by top publishers worldwide and offers a turnkey solution for MMOG and virtual world operators to provide legitimate real money trading of virtual assets within their titles or via the Web, facilitating a safe and fair online environment for all participants. Based in New York, NY, the company was founded by industry veterans and backed with $24 million in venture funding from Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Pequot Ventures. (www.livegamer.com)