Monday, July 14, 2008

Yahoo! Announces Ad-Supported Online Gaming


#1 Online Games Site Launches Internets Largest Collection of Ad-Supported, Downloadable Games

Partners With Double Fusion and NeoEdge for Technology and Advertising

Yahoo! today announced that Yahoo! Games will offer ad-supported downloadable games from the top casual games publishers. With more than 400 ad-supported games available to users by the end of the year, Yahoo! Games solidifies its commitment to providing the Internets best gaming experience, and is creating new opportunities for advertisers to reach an engaged audience. The announcement brings the industrys largest collection of ad-supported games to the biggest gaming audience on the web and reinforces Yahoo! Games overall strategy to be the most comprehensive distribution point for games online.

In-game advertising allows Yahoo! Games and its publisher partners to better monetize its games offering, provide advertisers access to a coveted demographic of gamers and satisfy user demand for casual ad-supported games. Top technology providers, Double Fusion and NeoEdge, will sell and integrate pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll video ads into the Yahoo! Games catalog. Paid downloads without advertising will also be available to users on Yahoo! Games.

In game advertising is a win-win for Yahoo! Games, our partners and our users, said Kyle Laughlin, head of games, Yahoo!. Yahoo! Games will safely and simply monetize our games experience while providing the best and most popular games free to game enthusiasts.

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