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BOSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports Mogul Inc. today announced its new game Baseball Mogul Online has been selected as a finalist in the Sports category for the 2001 MIMC Awards. Held annually by the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council, the MIMC Awards recognize excellence in the creation of interactive media applications and products designed, produced or developed in New England. The MIMC Awards has been cited as one of the most prestigious awards competitions for New England's interactive industry, and one of the largest technology awards showcases in the country.
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Viva La Mobile is an Australian based mobile games developer and the operator of a cross-carrier multiplayer service - RedStar. This service brings together mobile game players from around the globe in real-time competition.
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In training, games are commonly used to supplement traditional lecture-based or online delivery of information. Marc Prensky, explains, “In most cases, digital game-based learning is not designed to do an entire training or teaching job alone.” The role of games is primarily to reinforce the understanding of presented material and to add variety in training. According to Prensky, in addition to being able to support a variety of learning styles, games reinforce learning through their ability to offer immediate feedback to learners andamechanism forinstructional coaching and mentoring.
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The agreement ... allows SOE to bundle their MMO games with Comic Book Creator software, as well as sell a downloadable version through the Station.com Store. These versions of Comic Book Creator will include customizable digital art assets from SOE games. Supplementary art packs themed around SOE games will be available for separate purchase.
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There are a number of factors shared by most MMOGs that make them different from other types of games. MMOGs create a persistent universe where the game continues playing regardless of whether or not anyone else is. Since these games strongly or exclusively emphasize multiplayer gameplay, few of them have any significant single-player aspects or client-side artificial intelligence. As a result, players cannot "finish" MMOGs in the typical sense of single-player games.
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Forsworn, the second release in the Legends of Norrath storyline, features enhanced multiplayer support that allows team-based 2 vs. 2 games, as well as cooperative multiplayer "raid" games against powerful AI opponents. Forsworn ... boasts 22 additional loot items each for EQ and EQII, including player mounts, potions, clothing and spells and introduces an updated client with new content and bonus features for all registered users.
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