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Play The News
Game URL: www.playthenewsgame.com
Developer: ImpactGames
Non-Profit:
Release Date: 4/3/08
Project Lead: Eric Brown and Asi Burak
Funding Sources: Angel Investment
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 750,000
Secured: 250,000
Brief Description
An engaging, community-driven experience - imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Play the News is a web-based platform that changes the paradigm of news consumption from passive reading to active engagement.
Full Description
An engaging, community-driven experience - imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Play the News is a web-based platform that brings interactive gaming elements to the online news media industry changing the paradigm of news consumption from passive reading to active engagement. ImpactGames is actively looking for partners for content, syndication, sponsorship, and many other exciting possibilities. Please contact us to find out how we can work with you.
Target Audience: News readers (media sites, blogs) on multiple verticals (World, US, Tech, Business, Entertainment and more).
Social Issues Addressed: news,
Purpose:
Metrics:
How? TBD
What outcomes have been measured? TBD
Press Coverage:
Pittsburgh Business Times: http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/03/03/story16.html
Press Release URL: TBD
Public Contact Information
Name: Asi Burak
Email: asiburak@impactgames.com
Press Contact Name: Asi Burak
Press Contact Email: asiburak@impactgames.com
Game Tags: play, news, interactive, entertainment, social network, web 2.0, play the news
Where you can play this game: The Web site is free and open to the public (www.playthenewsgame.com). Our flash games can be embedded on any partner's site, similarly to YouTube videos.
