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03.06.08EA’s Sims Carnival Beta Testing LaunchedIn tandem with the recent launch of EA Land, the Sims Carnival is now up and running. But a post on Giga Omni Media’s news reader points to the burgeoning battle between the EA platforms and other high profile platforms like Metaplace and Whirled. Underlying the development of all these gaming platforms are the issues of content ownership, which will be one of the defining features of the virtual economy as well. If games increasingly become a co-creation of users and developers, revenue sharing, distribution rights, and publishing rights all need to be worked out. Metaplace and Whirled have revenue-sharing plans built ...
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02.29.08New and Improved SimsUsing the Sims Online architecture, a development team has launched EA-Land, a revised version of the game that the team says, “has made this game fun again.” Every Wednesday, the game will be stopped for a few hours, new features will be added, and the game will be restarted, a revolutionary tact. Not only will users have to keep up with the weekly changes to the game, but it also keeps developers in closer contact with community and can respond quickly to its wants and needs. This newer version of The Sims Online also includes: - All 12 cities housed into EA-Land - A Wiki for ...
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