- More than 500 Games Suitable for Family Fun Now Live on World's Leading
Spiritual Web Site -
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- From the Game
Developers Conference, RealGames(TM), the casual games business unit for
digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:
RNWK), and Beliefnet.com, the leading online community for spirituality and
inspiration, today announced a content partnership that will provide more
than 500 downloadable and Web based casual games and puzzles via
Beliefnet's Entertainment channel. An array of safe, family-friendly games
including Noah's Arc, Da Vinci Code, Bable, GameHouse Sudoku and Scrabble
Blast are available for free download and play at http://www.beliefnet.com.
Recent studies have shown that not only do many Americans prefer online
games to TV or movies, but casual gaming can support mental fitness and
reduce stress as well. Whether it's taking a few minutes out of a busy day
to relax with Sudoku, improving vocabulary and critical thinking skills
with a word game -- or just having fun -- casual games have become a
spirited part of today's family life.
"Beliefnet serves a truly diverse online community," said Elizabeth
Sams, Executive Editor for Beliefnet.com. "Our staff has worked closely
with casual game experts from RealGames to select games that are
appropriate for the wide variety of interests, ages and digital abilities
reflected in our readership. We're thrilled to add these stimulating,
high-quality games and puzzles to the roster of quizzes, polls, and memory
games our users already enjoy -- let the gaming begin!"
As the world's largest developer, publisher and distributor of casual
games, RealGames currently reaches more than 40 million unique visitors
monthly via its own direct-to-consumer sites and distribution partners,
which now include Beliefnet.com.
"RealGames offers casual games that provide a fun and engaging way for
all kinds of people to exercise their brains and soothe their spirits,"
said Harold Zeitz, senior vice president of RealGames. "Members of the
Beliefnet community can now find a new common interest regardless of their
specific spiritual beliefs, uniting around their love for challenging and
entertaining casual games."
RealGames' popular offerings complement Beliefnet's award-winning
assortment of articles, polls, quizzes and community discussion platforms
created to help people explore their spiritual paths. In addition,
Beliefnet also offers its own "memory game" in which users discover pairs
of religious symbols by clicking one and then finding and clicking its
twin. One by one, the cards vanish and users enjoy the photo equivalent of
a relaxing breath.
ABOUT BELIEFNET
Beliefnet.com, winner of the 2007 National Magazine Award for General
Excellence Online, is the largest online community for spirituality and
inspiration. Its mission is to help people find and walk a spiritual path
that instills comfort, hope, clarity, strength and happiness for those who
are exploring their own faith or curious about other spiritual traditions.
Beliefnet offers a wide variety of resources including social networking
tools, articles, quizzes, devotionals, sacred text searches, photo
galleries and intimate interviews with noted politicians, celebrities and
spiritual leaders. The site has approximately three million unique visitors
each month and a daily email newsletter readership of nearly 11 million
subscribers. The company, which is a subsidiary of Fox Digital Media and
Fox Entertainment Group, is not affiliated with any spiritual organization
or movement, and has partnerships with TIME magazine, Yahoo!, and Chicken
Soup for the Soul.
ABOUT REALNETWORKS
RealNetworks, Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers
via PC, portable music player, home entertainment system or mobile phone.
Real created the streaming media category in 1995 and has continued to lead
the market with pioneering products and services, including: RealPlayer(R),
the first mainstream media player to enable one-click downloading and
recording of Internet video; the award-winning Rhapsody(R) digital music
service, which delivers more than 1 billion songs per year; RealArcade(R),
one of the largest casual games destinations on the Web; and a variety of
mobile entertainment services, such as ringback tones, offered to consumers
through leading wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks' corporate
information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/company.
RealGames, RealNetworks, GameHouse and RealArcade are trademarks or
registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved.
SOURCE RealNetworks, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.realnetworks.com
http://www.beliefnet.com
CONTACT:
Ryan Luckin of RealNetworks, +1-206-892-6330,
rluckin@real.com; or Audrey Craipain of SHIFT Communications,
+1-415-591-8427, acraipain@shiftcomm.com, for RealNetworks, Inc.
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