) September 2, 2009 -- Summit Entertainment and Habbo (www.habbo.com), the largest virtual world for teenagers, today announced an exclusive, first-time global partnership that will extend the Twilight film franchise and brand experience to the online virtual community of Habbo. The deal will provide Habbo licensing rights to produce virtual furniture and accessories for the Twilight series of films.

) January 27, 2009 -- NBC.com and Habbo, the largest online virtual world for teens, announced today the launch of a new, virtual 'Heroes' character, which was created by Habbo and will live on Habbo.com and 'Heroes' Evolutions, the on-air show's interactive Web site at www.nbc.com/Heroes/evolutions/.

While following directions from a mysterious virtual messenger, the new character will take the audience on an adventure as she discovers the history of 'Heroes' through a journey that travels back and forth between Habbo.com and the 'Heroes' Evolutions site.

) June 3, 2009 -- Habbo, the largest virtual world for teenagers, today unveiled the results of their Global Habbo Youth Survey (GHYS) Brand Update 2009. The study explores teens' connection and interests toward individual brands and highlights their preferences in a variety of categories, including consumer electronics, music, sportswear and media consumption habits.

For the study, conducted in April 2009, Habbo surveyed 112,000 teens between the ages of 11 - 19 (4,500 teens from the U.S.) from more than 30 countries around the world. As a follow-up to the 2008 GHYS, the new results reveal an updated and deeper understanding of teens' brand opinions in the U.S. and worldwide, along with the top media properties that are resonating with teens to date in 2009.

) August 6, 2009 -- Sulake, the company behind Habbo, the world's largest virtual world for teens, has appointed Mika Salmi as chairman of the Board of Directors as of June 2009. With his long and successful career in digital entertainment, Salmi is a great addition to Sulake's current international expertise in casual virtual worlds and social media.

Most recently, Salmi was president of Global Digital Media for MTV Networks/Viacom, where he oversaw more than 1500 employees in 60 countries and worked across MTVN's many brands, including Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV and 30 others.

) June 10, 2009 -- Seventeen Magazine and Habbo (www.habbo.com) have teamed up this summer to bring Seventeen.com's content exclusively into the world's largest virtual world for teenagers. Over the next several months, Habbo.com is featuring articles from the Seventeen Web site, as well as hosting special in-game events, fun quizzes and polls, advice from the Seventeen editors, surprise celebrity chats and more.

) January 29, 2009 -- Habbo, the largest virtual world for teenagers, and Exodus Film Group announced today they have partnered to promote the DVD release of the animated blockbuster movie, IGOR.

) June 4, 2009 -- Habbo, the largest virtual world for teenagers, today unveiled the results of their Global Habbo Youth Survey (GHYS) Brand Update 2009. The study explores teens' connection and interests toward individual brands and highlights their preferences in a variety of categories, including consumer electronics, music, sportswear and media consumption habits.

For the study, conducted in April 2009, Habbo surveyed 112,000 teens between the ages of 11 - 19 (4,300+ teens from Canada) from more than 30 countries around the world. As a follow-up to the 2008 GHYS, the new results reveal an updated and deeper understanding of teens' brand opinions in Canada and worldwide, along with the top media properties that are resonating with teens to date in 2009.

) September 24, 2009 -- Sulake, the company behind Habbo, the world's largest virtual world for teenagers, has signed an agreement with online research company Cint to build youth panels across the globe. The panels are already available to access in Cint Panel Exchange, a global platform for managing online panels where market researchers can login and buy access to online sample in a secure, controlled environment.

) January 15, 2009 -- FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, and Habbo, the world's largest virtual world for teens, today announced a partnership that would extend the American Idol® brand to the online virtual community of Habbo. The deal will provide Habbo in-game merchandising and sponsorship rights for the American Idol brand.

) March 26, 2009 -- Habbo (www.habbo.com), the largest global online virtual world for teenagers, today announced that singer David Archuleta's exclusive video footage will be available on Habbo.com starting tomorrow, Friday, March 27, by 12 p.m. PDT. Archie fans can log in or join Habbo.com for free to follow the "Archuleta Countdown" before his must-see virtual world debut on his fan group page (http://www.habbo.com/groups/archuleta).

) October 9, 2008 -- 10to1.com, a social voting site, announces their new 10to1 Button, which provides an easy way to add voting and social networking to your site or blog. The button is one line of code that you add to your blog, website or article that quickly and easily introduces social voting and interaction to your readers. Because there is a lack of interaction on most sites, adding the 10to1 voting button quickly gives your users an easy way to give feedback on what matters to them.

) June 30, 2009 -- Poptropica, the Web's fastest growing virtual world for kids, has entered Quantcast.com's list of top 300 Web sites, based on monthly visitors. Less than two years old, the safe online environment for fun and learning recently secured the 274th slot on the online audience measurement firm's list. Poptropica users have created more than 120 million online characters who explore and learn on the site's nine virtual islands.

) December 15, 2008 - PlayerAuctions™, the most secure marketplace to buy and sell MMO game assets such as game currency and accounts, today announced the expansion of its platform to support more than 100 of the largest massively multiplayer online game titles in response to the demand from players for secure game asset trade. With the expansion, more than 150 million MMOG players worldwide can now use the secure player-to-player marketplace at PlayerAuctions.

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) January 13, 2009 -- Horseland™, a popular online virtual pet community, has announced a revamped website that now includes an interactive 3D world with customizable horses and avatars.

Horseland is an imaginative online game where you can customize an avatar and ride your horse with friends around 3D interactive world.

) October 7, 2009 -- meetMoi, the leading mobile dating company in the United States and one of the first to utilize location-based technology, has released virtual gifting as a new opportunity for user-to-user interaction as well as revenue generation. As companies in the mobile dating sector face the challenge of an increasingly savvy userbase hungry for new and exciting features, meetMoi is rising to the task. In addition to traditional messaging, users are able to send virtual gifts without the common cumbersome step of purchasing virtual currency first.

) May 21, 2009 -- Gaia Online, the world's most active online community of more than seven million users, today announced it will host its second annual virtual prom event, Promageddon. Unlike the real-world prom, Promageddon isn't one night only; the virtual party kicks off on Wednesday, May 20 and activities last through Wednesday, June 3. Gaia Prom-goers can experience two full weeks of five uniquely-themed virtual hangout spaces, Gaia prizes, dancing and more.

) September 23, 2009 -- Viximo, the only complete provider of virtual goods solutions for social networking, dating, and casual gaming sites, today announced a partnership with Fotolog, the world's leading photo-blogging site. Fotolog will leverage Viximo's solutions to offer virtual goods to Fotolog's 27 million members.

Viximo's virtual gift solution will provide an optimized virtual gifting experience for Fotolog's users. Combined with Viximo's Content Marketplace, Fotolog's storefront will have a robust, fresh inventory of premium content including licensed content from brands, celebrities, and musicians.

) July 29, 2009 -- Viximo Inc. has released data from a forthcoming study, exemplifying the effects content has on virtual goods revenue. Sales and purchase conversion data were compared between highly ranked goods, finding that five star virtual gift content drove 3.7 times the amount of revenue as three star content. Virtual gifts were ranked using criteria such as production value, subject relevancy, and interactivity on a 1 - 5 star scale. Three star gifts, being the average, represented a quality similar to Facebook virtual gifts.

Content Quality Increases Virtual Goods Revenue

) February 10, 2009 -- The power of virtual worlds as a means of advanced social networks, sophisticated business tools and education tools is now accessible to all Web users with the commercial launch of Gogofrog. Two years after its Beta launch, Gogofrog has taken the advice and input of its global user base of more than 30,000 to remove the prime impediments to making virtual worlds a mainstream Internet tool, access. Fully browser-based, Gogofrog enables anyone with an Internet connection to set up their own world: simple worlds for free and complex worlds for as little as a $10US monthly subscription. No software at all for Users or Visitors to download.

) August 17, 2009 -- Wakoopa, the online social network for discovering software, games and web applications, today published "The State of Apps: Software, Games and Web - Q2 2009" trend report. The report highlights emerging trends in desktop software, game and web application usage across Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. The statistics in the report were generated during the second quarter of 2009 by more than 110K software enthusiasts and early technology adopters who are active, registered users of Wakoopa.com.

) March 9, 2009 -- Today, Stardoll, the leading online entertainment destination for young women, announced a merger with Piczo, a leading Web site for teen self expression and custom Web publishing. Stardoll also launched Paperdollheaven.com, targeting a younger, female demographic. The three sites will form the foundation of the Stardoll Network, which will reach a combined total of more than 20 million people per month, a majority of which are in the tween and teen age groups (between 5 - 20 years old). Through the Stardoll Network, brands will be able to engage with this key demographic in a focused, interactive way.

) March 30, 2009 -- Koinup, leader company in social networking for virtual worlds, is glad to announce the launch of the 1st Second Life Comics Competition.

Koinup logo

Virtual worlds and comics strips are the two major entertainments for millions of people. Koinup partner with the metaverse developer Deep Semaphore to create the 1st Virtual Worlds Comics Contest. The initiative is open to all the Comics enthusiasts and to all Second Life residents.

) October 22, 2009 -- Virtual Greats, the world's leading virtual goods and sales distribution system has announced that it has begun selling virtual gifts from the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Soccer (MLS), and 25 different colleges and universities in the Facebook® Gift Shop. All collegiate content comes through a licensing partnership via The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), an IMG company. Virtual Greats will provide licensed content for the creation and sale of branded virtual goods, a perfect fit for Facebook users.

) February 11, 2009 -- In time for Valentine's Day, Date.com (Online Dating websites with more than 10 million members worldwide, has launched Virtual Gifts to its community. Beginning this week, singles can show interest, affection and even friendship by purchasing fun and flirty online gifts. And, as the recession continues to impact spending, sending a $1 virtual gift is an extremely inexpensive way to make an impression with a potential date.

Valentines Virtual Gifts

) March 13, 2009 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today that its client, Worlds.com, Inc. (OTC BB:WDD), has been issued U.S. Patent No. 7,493,558 titled "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space."

The Patent relates to computer architecture for a three-dimensional graphical multi-user interactive virtual world system. Such systems are utilized in Massive Multi-Player Online Games (MMORPG) of the type known as Graphical Multi-Dimension (GMUD) games, which provide a graphical representation of the player's character (avatar) wherein movement of the character in virtual space alters what the character views.

) March 13, 2009 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today that its client, Worlds.com, Inc. (OTC BB:WDD), has been issued U.S. Patent No. 7,493,558 titled "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space."

The Patent relates to computer architecture for a three-dimensional graphical multi-user interactive virtual world system. Such systems are utilized in Massive Multi-Player Online Games (MMORPG) of the type known as Graphical Multi-Dimension (GMUD) games, which provide a graphical representation of the player's character (avatar) wherein movement of the character in virtual space alters what the character views.

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) October 30, 2009 -- Viximo, the only provider of a complete virtual goods solution designed specifically for social sites such as social networks, online dating, and casual gaming, today announced the next version of its virtual goods solutions and Zorpia.com as a new partner. Viximo's suite of products offers everything a publisher needs to launch or grow a virtual goods business including micropayments, analytics, and - most importantly - exceptional virtual goods content that engages consumers.

) November 23, 2008 -- More and more companies are becoming globally distributed and the number of employees telecommuting is on the rise. While the benefits of working remotely are clear, employees often complain that they don't feel connected to their co-workers or company. But now with the arrival of the Meetsee Virtual Office, which has just entered public beta testing, companies can connect their distributed workforce. Meetsee makes it easy for co-workers to communicate, share files, collaborate on documents, and get to know each other in virtual offices and meeting rooms.

) September 29, 2008 -- For all those aspiring fashion designers who feel left out of the competition on "Project Runway," there is a new fashion game in town that gives you a chance to become a part of the real fashion industry - at least in a virtual sense. The Fashion Fantasy Game, www.fashionfantasygame.com, is an online portal for teens and tweens that offers hands-on experience in a virtual fashion world where designers meet storeowners and get down to business.

) December 17, 2008 -- FooMojo, Inc., creator of the popular "Pokey" Facebook application with over 1 million active monthly users, today announced it has launched FooPets, the world's most realistic and emotionally engaging virtual pets for users of all ages. Nearly lifelike in appearance and behavior, FooPets interact just like real puppies and kittens and help teach adults, teens and kids how to better train and care for real-world pets. Because FooPets are completely web-enabled, they live in favorite online locations across the Internet including Facebook and MySpace profiles and the new FooPets.com Web site.

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) October 30, 2008 -- SceneCaster, one of the world's fastest-growing 3D Web applications, in partnership with Millions of Us, an agency specializing in virtual worlds and large online communities, today announced the launch of a new online 3D casual game, "Quest for Eternal Life". This intuitive yet challenging first person 3D game dares players to surmount multiple quests in a manner that evokes some of the most popular interactive mystery and adventure games of recent years, such as Myst. "Quest for Eternal Life" is available today as a free-to-play Facebook application and allows users to add their successful quest to their Facebook profiles and invite friends to compete.

) May 20, 2009 -- Games have evolved from a two-dimensional realm with unrealistic characters to three-dimensional worlds that a player can immerse himself/herself into as a character in the story. Some of the most popular games have online play in which a player can interact with gamers from around the world. These Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) charge a monthly fee for endless hours of play in a world that changes when they are away. The virtual world they play in is sustained by the game's publisher.

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) December 9, 2008 -- Business owners, marketers and communications mavens have something to celebrate this holiday season - "personalized virtual offices" courtesy of GeniusRoom. The company announced today that it is giving away unlimited, free conference rooms to everyone who signs up over the holidays - no strings attached.

Flip Phones

"We understand now more than ever that demands on time and money this holiday season are at an all-time high," Steve Metzger, CEO, said. "GeniusRoom gives busy professionals a truly personalized, efficient environment to connect to others while reducing travel, on-site meetings and stress."

) September 30, 2009 -- Rixty (www.rixty.com) today announced the addition of the Rixty payment option to Offerpal Media's monetization platform. For the first time, online gamers on leading social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, will be able to use their coins and cash to pay for virtual goods and currency at their favorite online social networking and gaming sites. Users can exchange their coins for free at more than 10,000 Coinstar kiosk locations and receive a voucher for use at any of Offerpal Media's 1,200+ online publishers.

) December 17, 2008 -- FooMojo, Inc., creator of the world's most realistic and emotionally engaging virtual pets, will join Nestlé Purina PetCare and Twentieth Century Fox in cross-promotional marketing programs designed to generate consumer interest in Fox's upcoming motion picture comedy, "Marley & Me," opening in theaters everywhere December 25. Based on the best-selling book by John Grogan, "Marley & Me," starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, is the heartwarming and unforgettable story of life, love, family - and the world's "worst" dog. In addition, Purina® Dog Chow® brand dog food will be featured as the exclusive virtual pet food available to U.S.

) May 20, 2009 -- The 2010 Olympic Games are less than a year away, so it's time to start cultivating peoples' national pride and "victory spirit". VINT (Virtual National Team, http://www.vintsport.com) is a new social networking site that allows users to do just that. Whether a person is an athlete, a sports fan, or a sports memorabilia collector, VINT allows him/her to connect with other like-minded individuals to share their passions.

) November 20, 2008 -- BadOnlineDates.com, an online social network developed by dating expert Jennifer Kelton to help stop streaks of bad dates, has announced the addition of two new site features in Omnidate Virtual Dating and Bad Date TV to improve the best social dating site on the Internet.

Developed by author and dating expert Jennifer Kelton, Badonlinedates.com was created for those frustrated by the online dating scene. Time and time again Kelton -- who has frequently appeared on media outlets such as CNN, Forbes, and Playboy Radio after penning the dating book 'Don't Use My Sweater Like a Towel' -- heard horror stories from people with bad experiences from online dating.