Most of these friends were added to increase her status in the social-network game "Pet Society, " from developer PlayFish.
The first is that it wants more people using, and spending on, its PlayStation Network online game network, where users can download games, movies and other media.
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Its own PlayStation Network online game platform was until recently an entirely free service.
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Startup Keas, a social network with game mechanics, is tackling this problem.
"I know most of you watched us on your own time and platform and that the competitive network scheduling game is irrelevant to you, " he said.
One service of the PlayStation Network the company wants to promote is PlayStation Home, a social game network that has been relatively overlooked in the past.
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The system "barks" indicating that someone else in the WiFi network has the game.
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These actions support our strategy to transition from being a first-party web game developer to a multi-platform game network.
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When it came to high-quality original series, the FX network was once the only basic cable network in the game.
Agawi's revolutionary CloudPlayTM gaming platform enables OEMs, network operators, game publishers and retailers to deliver their own cloud gaming services to their customers.
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This is reflective of an industry-wide trend that Microsoft has had a large part in fostering with its popular Xbox Live online game network.
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The free to play Xbox Live and PlayStation Network Spartacus Legends game puts players in the role of the Lanista with a stable of elite gladiators.
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Adopting Facebook's philosophy, Sony will transition to an online game network based on real names, even as people will also be able to keep their aliases.
Microsoft just came out with a press release saying that users of its Xbox Live game network spend more than 1 billion hours every month on the service.
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Verizon has been delivering high-quality video entertainment to its FiOS and High Speed Internet broadband customers since 2005 with online services like Starz Play, ESPN360, Disney Connection, YES Network and NFL Game Extra.
The social-network-based game pits 50 dogs and their owners against each other in various challenges to become the "alpha dog" of their communities -- who will then lead the quest to find 50 hidden virtual dogs by way of other challenges and dog-based activities.
One reason Mail.ru has been so attractive is not only its 75% share of the growing market for internet users in Russia, according to Comscore, but its 2.38% stake in Facebook, 1.47% stake in Zynga Game Network (the company behind the social networking games Farmville and Mafia Wars) and 5.13% of Groupon, the online voucher company that Forbes recent featured on its cover as the fastest growing company ever.
Apple made the case for a game-based social network more difficult by adding new features to its Game Center service.
The company's also setting up a game-centric social network, where you'll be able share your game progress (and even screen grabs) with other gamers.
"Google is helping to validate the space, " says Jameson Hsu, chief executive of in-game ad network Mochi Media.
Last fall, the company teamed up with Nielsen to track viewer metrics across Xbox Live, a first for a game console network.
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In July, I wrote about one part of this evolution where mobile games developer Social Gaming Network launched the first game ever to let iPhone and Android users play each other in real-time.
Its 31% increase in net income in the fourth quarter resulted primarily from higher operating profit, a pre-tax gain for the sale of its 18% ownership in the Game Show Network, and a lower effective tax rate.
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He has had a solid success on his second trip to the plate as the founder and CEO of online game accelerator Sichuan Xunyou Network Technology, a company that supports up to 4, 000 online games in an online game market that has spawned billionaires such as Chen Tianqiao of Shanda Games, Ma Huateng of Tencent and William Ding of Netease.
This is the best for any regular-season game on any network, excluding Winter Classics, in over 10 years.
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Let this billion dollar corporate network that profits from the game provide them a suite at the best hotel.
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Researchers from SwayMarkets, which makes smartphone apps that monitor mobile signal quality and data usage, brought a handful of cell phones to Fenway Park for a Red Sox game and measured network performance.
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In addition, the TV network has unleashed a social game, Battle For Nuceria ( www.battlefornuceria.com), which offers new ways for fans to connect with the show that was created by Steven S. DeKnight (watch video below).
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I, for one, never knew that a network could exert control over a game.
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