Bigstage/GGL Global Gaming deal
Partnership agreed for GGL to promote free game content on BigStage.com
LOS ANGELES, CA - Dec. 11, 2008 - Big Stage Entertainment, Inc., a media technology company that lets consumers project themselves photo-realistically into the digital realm, is partnering with videogame social networking company GGL Global Gaming (GGL) to promote free game content on BigStage.com. The first promotion rollout with a major video game publisher is scheduled for early 2009. Members of the BigStage.com and GGL communities will soon be able to insert their 3-D @ctor, a realistically animated digital clone quickly created for free from a few photos, into game cinematics, still images and animatics. Users can then share this content with friends and post to GGL community pages and other social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace.
"GGL members love great video games as well as new technology that enhances their gaming experience," said Ted Owen, Owner/Chairman of GGL. "The @ctor creation technology offered on BigStage.com is a great benefit to our members who are constantly seeking creative new ways to express themselves and their love of videogames to the community. Unlike anything gamers have seen before, putting your own realistically animated face onto videogame characters is an innovation that players will be eager to embrace."
With 26 million unique visitors per month, the GGL Network serves as a hub for videogame fans worldwide. The vast network of GGL gamers visit the site to find news, information and communities, in addition to competing in online gaming competitions and tournaments.
"The popularity of GGL demonstrates how playing videogames online with a community of friends has transformed gaming into a highly social activity," said Phil Ressler, Big Stage Entertainment CEO. "With the promotional experiences offered on BigStage.com through this partnership, gamers will be able to take their affinity for games one giant step forward by turning themselves into the characters they love to play, with the ability to share these unique experiences with friends, whether they are on MySpace, Facebook or GGL. Until BigStage.com, seeing yourself appear in 3-D animation alongside your favorite game characters would have required the help of an army of developers. BigStage.com is breaking down that barrier for gamers."
About Big Stage Entertainment, Inc.
Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. is a media technology company that enables the projection of self into the digital realm. With Big Stage Entertainment products and services, accessible at BigStage.com, consumers can create a fully photorealistic, 3-D, animated @ctor to represent themselves in online communities and insert themselves in digital media, including video clips, flip movies and still images. Big Stage @ctors can also participate in games and entertainment on the Web and mobile handsets. At BigStage.com, anyone can generate a free, animated 3-D @ctor by uploading digital photos of their face for instant placement throughout the digital landscape. It's The Digital You™.
Using Big Stage Entertainment's BackStage product, business clients and partners can create interactive experiences under their own brands that allow consumers to create @ctors and engage with those brands through personalization of creative content and messaging via video games, mobile devices and on-location kiosks. Big Stage Entertainment's B2B solutions are the premier vehicles for powering personalized, participative media. Headquartered in South Pasadena, CA, Big Stage Entertainment investors include Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures and Tech Coast Angels. For more information, please visit www.bigstage.com.
About GGL Global Gaming
GGL is the largest social networking destination for videogamers that allows all videogamers the ability to manage their gaming life across platforms, titles, and skill levels. GGL's exclusive publisher partnerships and full line of community functionality coupled with its unique competition platform and custom content delivers a uniquely enhanced gaming experience for the fastest growing segment of entertainment consumers in the world. With access to millions of gamers around the world, GGL offers a unique and highly customizable advertising platform for leading consumer brands. For more information visit http://www.ggl.com.
Legal Disclaimer: @ctor is a trademark or registered trademark of Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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