Expanded Partnership Includes Promotional Opportunities for Pogo.com
FUN Technologies Inc. today announced that its WorldWinner (
www.worldwinner.com ) subsidiary has
renewed its exclusive agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. to provide cash
tournaments on Pogo.com ( www.pogo.com ).
Pogo.com is the #1 stickiest destination for online gaming according to comScore
Media Metrix (February 2007). Boasting a wide variety of more than 75 free
online games including puzzle , word , casino , classic card and board ,
Pogo.com features both single-player and multiplayer games.
Players will have access to WorldWinner's complete games offering, which
includes popular casual games like SCRABBLE Cubes , Solitaire Rush, Bejeweled 2
and Luxor.
Under the terms of the agreement, WorldWinner will develop a customized cash
tournament site, where players from Pogo.com can compete against thousands of
players in the WorldWinner player network. Furthermore, WorldWinner will promote
Club Pogo, the subscription service offered by Pogo.com, on the customized site
as well as on WorldWinner.com and its affiliate sites. Club Pogo is home to more
than 1.4 million paying subscribers who spend upwards of 12 hours per week
playing and socializing online.
"For the last four years, our partnership with Pogo has introduced millions of
Pogo players to WorldWinner's popular tournament games, thereby expanding the
liquidity of our player network," said Lorne Abony, CEO of FUN Technologies.
"With this extended relationship, we'll continue providing the Pogo community
all of the exciting tournament games WorldWinner offers, plus a few new
additions that will be available exclusively at Pogo.com."
"WorldWinner's tournament games are a perfect complement to our games and
community, which have made Pogo one of the world's most popular casual gaming
sites," said Karen Schulman, VP and GM, Pogo.com.
This agreement expands on the initial contract signed by the two companies in
2003 to introduce the Pogo community to WorldWinner's cash tournament games.
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