Live Gamer Expands Technology Team by Adding Virtual Economy Expert As New Senior Vice President, Platform Development
NEW YORK, (May 29, 2009) – 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.
Live Gamer to present at RBC Capital Markets Technology, Media and Communications Conference
May 29, 2009 - Live Gamer, developer of the world’s leading marketplace for real-money trading of virtual goods within online games, today announced that Co-Founder and President, Andrew Schneider will be presenting at RBC Capital Markets Technology, Media and Communications Conference on June 10th.
RBC is an invite only industry event where senior management from leading companies will be on hand to review business opportunities and offer their perspectives on the current market.
Live Gamer President Joins “Virtual World Economies” panel at New York Law School’s State of Play Conference
May 29, 2009 – Live Gamer’s Co-Founder and President, Andrew Schneider will be participating in New York Law School’s State of Play “Virtual World Economies” panel on June 19th to discuss the various types of economies and economics that are found in virtual worlds, ranging from gold farmers in World of Warcraft, to the way designers build economies for their worlds, how players interact with virtual goods, and how developers manage primary and secondary markets for virtual items. Schneider will join noted virtual experts Ted Castronova (U.Indiana), Julian Dibbell (Play Money), Stephanie Rothenberg (U.Buffalo) and Margaret Wallace (RebelMonkey/CampFu).
NHN USA Selects Live Gamer To Power Virtual Trading Marketplaces
IRVINE, Calif. and NEW YORK (March 18, 2009)- 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
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2009 - 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.
Live Gamer Selected to Integrate Player-to-Player Trading Marketplace Within Icarus Studios’ Virtual World and MMO Game Platform
NOV 24, 2008 – Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), the $24 million venture-backed developer of the world’s premiere publisher-supported virtual marketplace, today announced it has been selected by Icarus Studios (www.icarusstudios.com) to provide a marketplace for the Icarus virtual world and MMO game publishing platform. The Live Gamer Exchange™ marketplace will be pre-integrated into the platform, enabling Icarus and its multitude of media/publishing partners to seamlessly and easily enable safe and secure real-money-trading (RMT) of characters, coin and items within their MMO games and virtual worlds' titles.
Live Gamer to Launch Player-to-Player Exchanges for Acclaim Games, GoPets® and IAC’s InstantAction.com
NOV 20, 2008 – Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), the $24 million venture-backed developer of the world’s premiere publisher-supported virtual marketplace, today announced Acclaim Games, GoPets and IAC’s Instant Action.com will begin launching player-to-player virtual marketplaces for the real-money-trading (RMT) of virtual goods. The announcement coincides with Live Gamer’s unveiling of its newly upgraded Live Gamer Exchange™ platform, the most advanced, safe and secure platform for RMT of characters, coin and items.
Noted Virtual Economist Vili Lehdonvirta Joins Live Gamer Advisory Board
JULY 23, 2008 – Live Gamer, the premier operator of a publisher-supported marketplace for real money trading (RMT) of virtual items, today announced the addition of preeminent virtual economy authority, Vili Lehdonvirta, to the company’s advisory board. Lehdonvirta is a respected expert on virtual consumerism, defined as the phenomenon where people spend significant sums of real money on virtual property, such as game items.
Live Gamer Named to the Red Herring 100 North America
MAY 21, 2008 – Red Herring today announced that Live Gamer, the premier operator of a publisher-supported marketplace for real money trading of virtual items, is a recipient of the Red Herring 100 North America, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the region.
Live Gamer Adds Interzone Games as Partner
MAY 15, 2008 – Live Gamer, the leading provider of the publisher-supported, secure marketplaces for real money trading of virtual items, today announced a partnership with Interzone Games, to serve as the exclusive platform provider for secondary market real money trading (RMT) for Interzone’s upcoming massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) title.
Sony Online Entertainment and Live Gamer Expand Transaction-based Game Play to Additional Titles
MAY 14, 2008 – Live Gamer, the premier operator of a publisher-supported marketplace for real money trading of virtual items, has announced it has entered into an agreement with Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) to offer real money trading (RMT) in the upcoming titles published by SOE – The Agency™ and Free Realms™. The two companies are leading the evolution of the gaming industry into transaction-based business models that open emergent game play styles for gamers and opportunities for publishers.
True Games Interactive Signs Live Gamer As Exclusive Secondary Trading Partner
MAY 12, 2008 – True Games Interactive (www.truegamesinteractive.com), a new global online game publisher, announced today that it has signed a deal with publisher-supported secondary trading marketplace provider, Live Gamer. The two companies will partner on the online game publisher’s upcoming products that support real money trading (RMT), the first of which is scheduled to launch in Q3 of 2008.
Live Gamer Hires Gaming Vet, Kurtis Buckmaster, as VP Product Marketing
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.
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