Intertainment’s itiBiti To Offer Users Wicked Social Gaming
Free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online Platform with Revenue Opportunities Now Available at Subagames.com
Intertainment Media Inc. has entered into a partnership agreement with Wicked Interactive Ltd. (“Wicked”) to offer users of itiBiti, the private label social media platform, the Suba Games roster of Free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online (“MMO’s”) games available at www.subagames.com. Through the partnership, itiBiti’s major branded platforms will generate traffic and new users to Wicked Interactive’s slate of online games, where players make in-game purchases, resulting in shared revenues for both companies.
Called “the next generation of integrated social media applications” by Microsoft Corp., itiBiti provides major brand partners with a full feature, revenue generating, turn-key platform integrating consumers and fans, or “clusters”, into a robust and engaging desktop-based private label social media enterprise.
“itiBiti is offering brands and users a number of unique offerings that enhance the overall social media experience. Wicked’s Suba Games platform gives users value and exciting game play and an ongoing revenue stream for itiBiti,” said Mr. David Lucatch, president of Itibiti Systems and CEO of Intertainment.
According to a report from DFC Intelligence the Top 10 Money-Making MMO’s of 2008 generated over $1.4 Billion in revenues. DFC’s research also suggests that the worldwide online game market is forecasted to grow from $3.4 billion in 2005 to over $13 billion in 2011. Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMO’s) allow thousands of users to interact with one another in a virtual world, by assuming ongoing roles or characters with diverse features. This style of game allows for thousands of players to socially interact with one another as they grow and develop their own unique online identity providing a virtual fictional experience that millions of people worldwide enjoy.
Through the internet, video games have evolved into a social and community-based experience and Wicked Interactive’s business model and its Suba Games Lineup exemplify this emerging trend. The Suba Games portal provides online users with Free-to-download and Free-to-play MMO games and features titles including fantasy MMORPG’s Priston Tale and Metin2, military shooter, Cross Fire, and futuristic 3D Space Shooter, ACE Online. Though all players can play for free indefinitely if they choose, they also have the option of making micro-transaction purchases within the games. These transactions can enhance their gameplay experience, which in turn result in revenues for Wicked and ItiBiti.
“With our highly active community of users, this new partnership will provide Wicked greater reach to extend our unique Suba Games experience to a wider audience,” said Mr. Garvin Yeung, CEO of Wicked.
itiBiti and Wicked will make the Suba Games portal available to all itiBiti clients.