King.com, the world’s largest skill games site, and digital entertainment services provider RealNetworks, announced that both companies have entered into an exclusive, multi-year partnership that will integrate gaming content across the companies’ gaming portals. As part of this worldwide syndication agreement, King.com will be the exclusive provider of skill games for Real’s global audience of more than 40 million monthly unique game players at RealArcade.com, GameHouse.com and Zylom.com. Real will also be the exclusive provider of online and downloadable casual games for King.com’s worldwide audience.
For the first time, Real’s game players will have direct access to King.com’s skill games on RealArcade. Skill-based games allow players to compete head-to-head with one another via the Internet for small stakes. King.com offers more than 60 skill-based games and is available in eight languages and seven currencies.
“Offering King.com’s skill games to our millions of users is a natural step to give our global audience more choice in online gaming entertainment,” said Charles S. Merrin, vice president of North American Games. “Additionally, securing increased distribution of RealArcade through King.com further increases our reach and the overall value of our publishing business for game developers.”
Originally posted on July 19, 2007 @ 4:20 pm