myYearbook Partners with OMGPOP to Bring Multiplayer Games to Members
Business Wire, August 13, 2010
BUSINESS WIRE)—myYearbook, the best place to meet new people and one of the 25 most-trafficked sites in the United States, today announced the expansion of their gaming platform with new partner OMGPOP, a leading developer and publisher of real-time multiplayer games. OMGPOP is the first multiplayer game developer to partner with myYearbook, as the site opens its gaming platform up to select third-party developers. This partnership will bring OMGPOP’s top games to myYearbook’s highly engaged user base, providing myYearbook members with more ways to meet new people and interact on the site. OMGPOP’s Balloono, Draw My Thing, Hover Kart Racing and Pool games will be available to play on myYearbook later this year, with additional games to follow.
By playing OMGPOP’s titles, myYearbook members can meet new people in the context of fun social games. This partnership represents the first multiplayer social game offering for myYearbook. The new games will also be integrated into myYearbook’s real-time stream, Chatter, which receives over 1 million posts per day, allowing members to share high scores and challenge friends. The games will also be integrated into myYearbook’s virtual currency, Lunch Money. myYearbook members spend Lunch Money on gifts, causes, and other social games.
