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In order to advance to the Finals, a
player only needs to win a single qualifying tournament in
any of the three
games. In 2005 alone, SkillJam has signed over 30 skill-gaming deals
with leading
global brands, including Virgin Games and eBay.greatdaygames.
In the coming year, Arkadium will
introduce an exciting array of
multi-player online games to Great Day Games as well as build the
website's
social networking capabilities.com creators, Jessica Rovello and Kenny Rosenblatt, will
be
attending the game industry's key conference of the year, Game Developers
Conference, in San
Jose beginning March 20.recreation tile
Bejeweled 2 and Zuma, which have collectively been played by more than
20
million consumers for more than 500 million hours, are two of the most popular
casual games
of all time, and have dominated the Top 10 lists of Web,
downloadable/PC and mobile games since being
introduced in early 2004. PopCap's games have been downloaded more than 150 million times,
and its
flagship title Bejeweled has sold more than 5 million units across all
major platforms.
Arkadium
, Inc.video scrabble
PopCap(TM)'s Bejeweled(R)2 and Zuma(R) Featured in SkillJam's $1 Million Skill Games World Championship
(TM)
Bejeweled(R) 2 and Zuma(R), both skill-based
puzzle games from PopCap, as well as standard
Solitaire, are the games in
which players will compete for more than US $2 million in cash and prizes
,
including a $1 million cash prize for the best overall player. Bejeweled was recently inducted into
Computer Gaming
World's Hall of Fame -- the first puzzle game to be so honored since Tetris
nearly
20 years ago.
NOTE: PopCap and PopCap Games are trademarks, and Bejeweled and Zuma are
registered
trademarks, of PopCap Games, Inc.com), a new free online games website
targeting women. Current
prizing includes gift cards to key
retail and beauty product merchants.
Rosenblatt invite interested
potential partners, developers and advertisers
to contact them regarding new opportunities.bane based
com, or
via SkillJam partner sites such as AOL Games,
eBay, GSN, MSN Games, and Real Networks.S. "Treats
," the currency of Great
Day Games, can be redeemed for chances to win prizes from a growing list
of online sweepstakes. Since its founding in 2001, Arkadium has developed over
100 top Internet
games and advergames that are distributed to over 200
million players per month worldwide.word jongg
"We chose Bejeweled 2 and Zuma from thousands of possible games because
they are extremely broad
in their popularity and are easy to learn while still
being challenging to experienced players,"
explained Paul Jensen, President of
SkillJam. "Great Day Games has been
created solely for women
and moms looking for a quick escape from the
everyday.based recreation
Great Day Games encourages gamers
to play its addictive, free online games
by offering "Treats" for each game played.shareware video
The
Bejeweled
franchise alone is responsible for consuming approximately 2 billion
hours of consumer leisure time
-- more than the U.
Arkadium founders and
GreatDayGames.recreation dragon
Top Casual Game Provider's Biggest
Hits Spotlighted in Tournament Competition
SEATTLE, PopCap Games(TM), the leading developer
and publisher of casual games for Web, PC, mobile phones and other digital
entertainment platforms
, today announced that two of its most popular games
are featured in SkillJam Technologies' just-announced
US $1 million Skill
Games World Championship(TM). "PopCap makes some of the very best casual games
on the planet, and
we're delighted to be using them to identify the top casual gamers in the
world
. PopCap has helped grow the casual games space, pioneering the
"try-before-you-buy" business model
(now an industry standard) and
consistently creating the most popular games in the category since
the
company's inception in 2000. PopCap's games are simple to learn and easy to
play, yet are
difficult to master and provide limitless enjoyment.
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airings of all of the
original episodes
from the first four seasons of the "Survivor" reality
television show combined. Skill Games World
Championship is
a registered trademark of SkillJam Technologies, Inc., a leading developer, publisher
and distributor of online games, today announced the launch of Great Day
Games (http://www. It
's time that this large segment of the online games community
be catered to and we can't wait to do
it," said John Ebbert, Arkadium's
Director of Online Marketing.jongg word
The player with the best
combined
performance (lowest placement across all three games) will be crowned
the Skill Games World Champion
(C), and awarded a US$1 million dollar cash
prize. SkillJam develops and distributes
skill-gaming
solution across Online, Mobile, and iTV platforms, while
providing a host of private-label gaming
solutions for a broad network of
partner destination sites in the US and abroad, including AOL, MSN
Games, and
Disney's Go. Blogs, online chat and a robust award
system will augment the site's
current message boards and enrich game play
by allowing members to better communicate with friends
-- old and new.x freeware
"We just wish we weren't
legally barred from competing in the event!"
The
casual games sector -- comprised of family-friendly puzzle, word,
trivia and arcade-style games
-- has experienced tremendous growth, with
almost 150 million consumers worldwide now playing such
games on a regular
basis.
About SkillJam Technologies
SkillJam, a subsidiary of
FUN Technologies, is the leading multi-channel
provider of skill-gaming technology and solutions
and boasts more than 100+
skill games across all gaming genres, including Puzzle, Arcade, Card and
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Word, Trivia and Multi-Player games. All other trademarks
and registered trademarks are
the property of their respective owners, without
intent to infringe.bane based
Arkadium, Inc.browser tile
Finalists will be flown to Los Angeles to compete
against each other in
a live, potentially televised event in Spring 2006.
"We at PopCap are
proud to have two of our games anchoring SkillJam's
million-dollar tournament, and look forward to
watching the very best casual
gamers in the world battle for the championship," said Jason Kapalka
,
co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of PopCap.com) is the leading provider of casual games in
the world. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 by three
friends from the
online games industry, and has grown tremendously in the past
five years. PopCap games are available
for Web, PC and Mac, videogame
consoles, cell-phones, PDAs and other mobile devices, on-demand TV
, in-flight
on leading airlines, and more.
Great Day Games features over fifty online casual
games such as Mah Jongg, Sudoku, and Solitaire and reaches out to women specifically with
its unique
branding, design and "Treats" prizing. Today's woman, whether
running a Fortune 500 Company, a car
pool, or managing both, has limited
"Me" time. Ms.
About Arkadium, Inc.
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"
Using SkillJam's proprietary tournament technology, contestants can enter
the championship through
one of approximately 400 qualifier tournaments
provided on http://www.com.popcap. Rovello and Mr
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Skilljam.
About PopCap
PopCap Games (http://www.
Arkadium, Inc.scrabble dragon
PRESS RELEASE
Arkadium Inc. Announces 'Great Day Games ' a New Online Games Website Targeting Women
Great Day
Games provides a great escape for women seeking a
quick challenge or a fun distraction, by offering
games designed with them
in mind.
For those women looking for a little friendly competition
, Great Day Games
offers leaderboards with all of its games. is a New York City-based, online game
developer, publisher,
and distributor.mah games
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