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Live Gamer Announces Next Wave of Worldwide Customer Partnerships

Gaming, Social Network, Enterprise and Independent Developers Choose Live Gamer to Maximize Business Opportunities in Micro-Transaction-Based Virtual Economies

Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), the global leader of total commerce solutions for micro-transaction-based businesses spanning online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, announced an extensive group of worldwide merchants and publishers who have recently selected Live Gamer to manage and optimize their micro-transaction based virtual economies.

The U.S. Virtual Goods Market Is FINALLY Catching Up

Heather Leonard and William Wei (10/25/09)

The Business Insider interviews Mitch Davis, Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Live Gamer regarding the US virtual goods market. Davis thinks free-to-play online gaming is on the rise in North America and Europe as more titles are producing an overall great gaming experience. As more social gamers appear on the web, the market for virtual goods will expand vastly.

Live Gamer Names William Grosso as Chief Technology Officer and SVP of Product

Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), the global leader of total commerce solutions for micro-transaction-based businesses spanning online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, announced today the appointment of William Grosso as Chief Technology Officer and SVP of Product for the company. Mr. Grosso is responsible for the efforts of the technology and product teams, tailoring product offerings to customers’ needs and delivering the right solutions to Live Gamer’s global customer base.

Quespasa Partners With Live Gamer

Quepasa Introduces Virtual Gifting and Virtual Currency Strategy Using QDollars and QPoints

Quepasa Corporation (Pink Sheets: QPSA), one of the world's fastest-growing Latino social networks, today announced the release of its virtual currency, QDollars and QPoints, to be used for virtual gifting across the popular social networking site. Quepasa users can now buy QDollars or earn QPoints on the site and use that currency to send a broad range of virtual gifts from the Quepasa storefront. "Quepasa.com is about self-expression and we wanted to facilitate our users' interest in communicating with friends by offering them a unique selection of both premium and standard virtual gifts," says Quepasa's CEO, John Abbott.

Live Gamer Announces Acquisition of Twofish

Deal Significantly Enhances Live Gamer's Total Commerce Solution for Gaming, Social Networks and Independent Developers; Drives Industry Innovation

Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), the global leader of total commerce solutions for micro-transaction-based businesses spanning online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Twofish (www.twofish.com), the premier provider of virtual economy data solutions for casual gaming and social application developers.

The micro-transaction Business Model: Success Stories

Nima Pourshasb, Director, Corporate DevelopmentLaura Brown, Senior Manager, Corporate Development, Live Gamer

The micro-transaction model is a proven and reliable business model for online gaming, virtual worlds, social networks and other virtual environments. Stemming from Asia, the use of micro-transactions is beginning to flourish in Western markets; over half of all MMOGs launched in Western markets use a micro-transaction model and these revenues are increasing at a faster rate than subscriptions, according to Nick Gibson at casualgaming.biz.

Live Gamer Acquires N-Cash, Korea’s Premier Micro-Transaction Provider

Acquisition Capitalizes on Global Trend Toward Micro-Transaction-Based Business Models; Brings Asia’s First Micro-Transaction Platform to the U.S.

Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), the company that pioneered publisher-supported real-money-trading for online games, today announced it has completed its acquisition of N-Cash (www.n-cash.net), Korea’s premier micro-transaction provider.

Too Soon to Sound the Death Knell for “Gold Farming?” Yeah, Probably.

Neal Black, vice president and general counsel, Live Gamer Laura Brown, senior manager, corporate development, Live Gamer

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Culture released a joint circular prohibiting the use of virtual currency to trade in real goods and services. The stated aim of the government’s policy is to reduce the disruption that virtual currency trading may have on China’s real-world currency markets and to curb the use of virtual currency for such illicit activities as money laundering and gambling.

Live Gamer Expands Technology Team by Adding Virtual Economy Expert As New Senior Vice President, Platform Development

Live Gamer® (www.livegamer.com), the company that introduced publisher-supported player-to-player real money trading (RMT) of virtual goods to online game publishers and operators, today announced the company has hired Barry Sohl as its new senior vice president, platform development

Leading North American Online Games Publisher Selects the Live Gamer™ Exchange as Solution for Player-to-Player Trading

NHN USA, Inc., the North American subsidiary of Korea's leading Internet company, has chosen Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), developer of the world's first publisher-supported marketplace for player-to-player exchange of virtual goods, to facilitate virtual trading in a secondary marketplace for NHN USA's online game properties at www.ijji.com.

Live Gamer Named OnMedia 100 Winner by AlwaysOn, Second Year in a Row

Live Gamer, developer of the world’s leading marketplace for real-money trading of virtual goods within online games, today announced that it has made the 2009 OnMedia 100 List. The OnMedia 100 award winners were selected from hundreds of technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders, following a rigorous three-month selection process. Live Gamer was chosen by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on demonstration of growth, market opportunity, quality of innovation and customer traction.