com), will debut next
generation
multiplayer games, featuring Yahoo! Poker, which
exemplifies the exciting new titles coming from
Yahoo! Games.
At E3 May 18-20, Yahoo! Games can be found in Booth #2200 in the
West Hall of the
Los Angeles Convention Center. For more information
or to arrange for a meeting with Yahoo! Games
' executives, please
contact Lynne Hentemann at 310-907-2725 or hente@yahoo-inc. Ziff Davis Media
Game Group
reaches 8 million core gamers per month, making Ziff Davis Media the largest
publisher
of video and PC game magazines in the United States.
gamer recognised
The game offers multiple game play
options, including a
tournament style no-limit multiplayer game like the pros play, as well
as
a single-player career mode that takes a player through five
different casinos.com
About Yahoo
! Games
Yahoo! Games (http://games.
Ziff Davis Media is a leading integrated media company
serving the
technology and videogame markets. ONLINE GAME GENRES: FROM MASS-MARKET TO HARD-CORE
1. Traditional Board/Card and Parlor Games
2. The Big Picture: Hard-Core vs. Moderate Gamers
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-- 58% have purchased a game for their mobile phone. Electronic Gaming
Monthly has the highest rate
base of any independent gaming magazine published.S.com.com/reports
/c14186 ) has announced the addition
of Online Games: Game Genres and The Online Gamer 2004 to their
offering
(Logo: http://www. Ultima Online
2.addictive marriages
"I think PC-to-mobile game play gives the
wireless gamer an
incentive for multi-player gaming, knowing that a base of PC online
gamers are
ready to play. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.com, eWEEK. Hard-Core PC Gamer Players
4.serious addicts
Yahoo
! Games Shows Its Hand as Yahoo! Poker Debuts at E3 Expo; Flagship Title Features New Multiplayer PC
-to-Mobile Capabilities and Avatar Integration
yahoo.S. Female Game Players
7.serious addicts
Yahoo! Poker
integrates Yahoo! Avatars, graphical and customizable
characters that millions of consumers have
already created to
represent themselves while connecting to friends and family online, to
make
the multiplayer game more engaging."
World's Best Touring Poker Professionals Grace E3 booth
The poker world is so excited about Yahoo! Poker that professional
players Phil Laak and Antonio
Esfandiari, as well as an additional
surprise poker superstar, will be in Yahoo!'s E3 booth to teach
poker
tips and tricks to convention attendees.
Yahoo! is the No. Pocket
Games readers are now
20 years old on average, and 13% of the readership is
female compared to 9% in 2003.
The
contents of this report are as follows:
I.com
-- FunBrain
-- Headbone
-- Kaboose
-- MaMaMedia
-- Nick. Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
10.clues gamer
"Yahoo!
Poker
's innovative PC-to-mobile technology makes it possible to never
miss poker night again by providing
a portable connection to thousands
of players worldwide on their PCs. Millions of new users and gamers
of all types visit Yahoo!
Games each month to play and to discover the best in games. SAN FRANCISCO
, According to a recent Pocket Games
readership research study conducted by videogame magazine publishing
market
leader Ziff Davis Media Game Group, portable gamers are shifting to an older
and more diverse
demographic segment than it has been historically.com features
exclusive editorial content in addition
to content drawn from Ziff Davis Media
Game Group magazines Electronic Gaming Monthly, Official U
.com
and 1UP. The Company also produces highly-targeted b-to-b and consumer
technology events including
DigitalLife. Additional information is
available at http://www. Part I is a detailed look at online
game genres.adversely stimulates
The recent popularity of the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP handheld gaming
devices
appears to be the major impetus for these shifts: the study shows that
42% of Pocket Games readers
own a Nintendo DS and 13% plan to purchase one
within the next 12 months.newscom. Puzzle Games
3. Persistent Worlds
12.dopamine gamer
"
The study shows cell phone gaming also on the rise, with
38% of mobile
phone owners playing games on their phones.
Pocket Games Readers -- Heavy
Purchasers and Influencers
* Pocket Games readers shop 16 times a month for gaming products
. Retail Hybrids
3.com
-- PBSKids
-- Sports Illustrated For Kids
6.com
Demographics
EA.dopamine everquest
Most new mobile phone handsets will feature Yahoo!
Poker in the games
selection menu, starting with Sprint handsets this
summer. (Nasdaq:YHOO) is a leading provider of
comprehensive
online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. THE ONLINE GAME
PARADIGM
F. Hard-Core Video Game Players
3.teenagers schlimme
Ziff Davis Media Game Group Announces Pocket
Games Research Study Results
* 76% have recommended handheld games to friends.S.com
. ONLINE GAME CONSUMER105
A. Mass-Market/Casual Game Players
6.addictions everquest
"Yahoo! Games is thrilled
to provide gamers of all ages and tastes
-- from casual games to PC video games -- a sneak peek at
our new
games and services with a spotlight on Yahoo! Poker, our marquee new
game," said Geoff
Graber, general manager, Yahoo! Games.
About Ziff Davis Media Inc. First-Person Shooters
Quake
Unreal Tournament
Aliens Online
Half-Life
StarSiege
Tribes
Soldier of Fortune
Army Training Simulations: from Medal of Honor to SOCOM
and Call of
Duty
(1) Medal of Honor
(2) America's Army
(3) Battlefield
1942
(4) Call of Duty
8. OVERVIEW
B.schlimme gamer
S. Yahoo! Games
also gives hard core
video gamers what they want, from the latest game
news, cheats, tips, previews and other exclusive
game information, to
helping them easily connect with friends to play their favorite
multiplayer
games.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. Computer Gaming World is the longest
running and most
respected publication for core PC gamers. This report has
been prepared by utilizing a variety of
primary and secondary research
techniques including: telephone and personal interviews; analysis
of market
surveys, trade journals and company literature; extensive database searches;
and DFC
Intelligence's original compilations and analysis. Massively Multiplayer/Persistent Worlds
4
. Children's Entertainment
-- Alfy.com/reports/c14186
Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.addictions particularily
com) is the leading destination
for
online games with one of the largest game communities on the
Internet.
"The PSP especially is
geared towards more general consumer use, with its
music and media playing capabilities, and the
innovative DS continues to
retain its strong franchise base. OVERVIEW
B. Simple Action
Games
4.
-- Cartoon Network
-- Disney
-- FoxKids. CONSUMER PROFILES
1.effected addicts
,
Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 world properties and is available
in 13 languages.
Ziff Davis Media Game
Group conducts several important readership and other videogame research
studies
each year including the industry's staple, Digital Gaming in America,
which it debuts at its annual
Electronic Gaming Summit in Sonoma, California
in August.com, ExtremeTech.ziffdavis. Traditional
Action/Sports/Racing/Fighting
Fantasy Sports Leagues
7. Asheron's Call
4. Mass
-Market
Sony Online Entertainment Demographics
MSN Zone.com
Fax: +353 1 4100
980
serious gaming
Yahoo!
Games' industry leading and extremely popular casual games area
attracts
users who enjoy downtime with popular games like card,
arcade, word and board to play alone or with
others, as well as
playing and trying out the latest downloadable games.
Part II is an overview
of the online game consumer.com. Strategy Games
9. Simulations
11. CHAT AND COMMUNITY
G. EverQuest
3. Dark Age of Camelot
5. Other Noteworthy and Upcoming MMOGs
/Persistent Worlds
Anarchy Online
City of Heroes
Dragon Empires
Dungeons and Dragons Online
Earth and Beyond
Eve Online: The Second Genesis
Final Fantasy XI
Guild Wars
JumpGate: The Reconstruction Initiative
Legacy Online
Lineage
The Matrix Online
Middle-Earth Online
Motor City Online
Mythica
Neocron
Project: Entropia
PlanetSide
Ragnarok Online
The Saga of Ryzom
Second Life
Shadowbane
Shattered Galaxy
The Sims Online
True Fantasy Live Online
Ultimate
Baseball Online
World of WarCraft
World War II Online
II.Gaming addiction
has been recognised as a serious problem for many years.
grind clues
Yahoo! Games will also have
game stations
in Chicago's Union Station so passersby can get into the
E3 action and play Yahoo! Poker with the
pros. The site taps into the Game Group's
unparalleled editorial resources to provide a rich body
of reviews, previews,
cheats, Top 10 lists, downloads, news and stories.recognised gamers
Furthermore, 27% of readers
currently own a PSP and
57% are considering purchasing one within the next 12 months. On average
, they give
recommendations to 8 other gamers. Ziff
Davis leverages its content on the Internet
with a network of highly-targeted
technology and gaming sites including PCMag.Research and Markets:
Study the Game Genres and The Online Gamer for 2004
Prize-Oriented Games
E. It is noted
as being particularily addictive when it concerns Massive Multiplayer Online Games, where many addicts
retreat in to an online universe to the exlusion of all else.
addicts schlimme
yahoo.
* Pocket Games readers
use mobile phones to play games:
-- 59% own a mobile phone. In the United States
, the Company publishes 10 magazines
including PC Magazine, Sync, ExtremeTech, DigitalLife, eWEEK
, CIO Insight,
Baseline, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World and Official U.researchandmarkets
. THREE BROAD CATEGORIES OF ONLINE GAMES: COMMODITY GAMES, RETAIL HYBRIDS
AND SUBSCRIPTION
GAMES
1.addictive effected
Game fans who want Yahoo! Games wherever whenever
have Yahoo! Mobile Games, available
on most major carriers. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked
Internet destination worldwide
. PlayStation Magazine is the #1 publication for
passionate PlayStation and PSP gamers.
PlayStation
Magazine. DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www. THE TRADITIONAL VIDEO GAME AND COMPUTER
GAME GENRES
C.com Demographics
Number of Online Gamers
2. Child Game Players
For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.stimulates addiction
----At this year's
Electronic
Entertainment Exposition (E3), Yahoo! Games, the leading
online games site(1) (http://games."
Yahoo! Poker Integrates Yahoo! Games' New Features and Services
Yahoo! Poker is a Texas Hold
'Em game that enables up to 10 people
to play at once, connected with their mobile phones or through
Yahoo!
Games on their PC.
Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks
of Yahoo! Inc.addictive particularily
Business Editors/Video Game Writers/High-Tech Editors
E3Expo 2005
Booth
#2200
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Yahoo!
Poker is one of the first PC-to-mobile games available in the
U. All other names are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of their respective owners
(1)NNR -- January 2005
"Some of the new portable devices are designed to appeal to
a much more
mainstream and upscale audience than the traditional gamer crowd," said John
Davison
, Vice President and Editorial Director of Ziff Davis Media Game Group.
Methodology
The 2005 Pocket Games reader research study was conducted in April 2005 by
Ziff Davis Media Game
Group from a sample of newsstand readers who filled-out
an online survey to qualify for a sweepstakes
draw. The Company is an information services
provider of technology media including publications
, websites, conferences,
events, eSeminars, eNewsletters, custom publishing, list rentals, research
and
market intelligence. The Company exports the power of its brands
internationally, with publications
in 40 countries and 20 languages. Simple 'Commodity' Games
2.neurotransmitter gamers
It covers the PlayStation
2
, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, and all relevant and emerging game
systems. With its main
headquarters and PC
Magazine Labs based in New York, Ziff Davis Media also has offices and lab
facilities
in the San Francisco and Boston markets.
The Online Game Market 2004 is based on a review of
historical trends and
opinions of leading members of the video game industry, including analysts
,
consultants, developers, publishers, retailers and consumers. Today's Game Types Define Tomorrow
's Consumer Type
D.addiction stimulates
"The merger of mobile and online games offers a number of
interesting
possibilities," noted Schelley Olhava, IDC Program
Manager.
About Ziff Davis Media Game
Group
Ziff Davis Media Game Group is the largest publisher of electronic game
magazines in
the United States. ONLINE GAME GENRES
A. Post-Modern Parlor Games: Trivia/Game Shows
5
.
recognised addictive
,
allowing players to get in a game of poker virtually anytime,
anywhere, on any device.
-- 38% play games on a mobile phone. Official U. 1UP. PlayStation
Magazine and Computer
Gaming World.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
This 120-page report is an excerpt from "The
Online Game Market 2004" and
is divided into two parts. PERSISTENT WORLD MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER GAMES:
A DETAILED LOOK
1.In particularily serious cases gaming addiction has led to the break up of
marriages and families, the loss of jobs and in some cases even suicide.
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