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Lycos Apologises, Restores Gamesville To Old Look
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Almost eight years after it acquired Gamesville, Lycos has apologised to the users of the multiplayer gaming site and announced that the site will return to its old appearance even as it completes 11 years.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007:
Lycos has apologised to users of its popular multiplayer gaming site, Gamesville (http://www.gamesville.com/) and has announced that the site will return to its old look as it celebrates its eleventh year.
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Lycos had acquired Gamesville in 1999. The site’s approach to online gaming was to create an interactive entertainment site enabling thousands of registered contestants to simultaneously vie for prizes in unique, proprietary live games such as poker and other card games, sports, trivia and bingo. Now, Lycos says that the new 'old' Gamesville will return with a retro feel reminiscent of its original roots while establishing an interactive platform capable of meeting the demands of today’s casual gamers.
“Here at Gamesville, we believe the famous line ‘Love means never having to say you’re sorry’, is a bunch of bologna,” said Chris Cummings, senior product manager, Lycos Gamesville. “Over the past few years, sweeping changes were made to Gamesville that many of our users didn’t like. We heard our dedicated users loud and clear and decided to apologise and bring back the Gamesville our users remember and, hopefully, enjoy and also engage new gamers who want to have fun and meet new, interesting people.”
New on Gamesville is the return of a favourite massively multiplayer card game with a brand new twist: Magic 21. In the revamped game, gamers can win up to $4,999 by creating columns of 21 using the cards they are dealt.
Unlike other gaming destinations, Gamesville features more of a game show experience where the real focus is on the player. While Gamesville continues to feature popular massively multiplayer free games like Three-Eyed Bingo, Frantic Fish and Poker Inferno, it will also come with new features including daily trivia games, a tell-all blog, and avatars. Under the new avatar system, Gamesville members will be able to create their online gaming personas and export their Gamesville avatars to their personal websites, blogs and social networking profile pages.
Gamers will also be able to chat while playing - a part of Lycos’s strategy to build community around high-quality entertainment content. “We’re also one of the only gaming destinations to provide a tell-all blog giving Gamesville users unprecedented access to decision making in terms of product features and priorities,” Cummings added. “As users write in with suggestions, we’re incorporating this direct feedback as we continue to enhance our site and the games.”
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