Skype Announces New Game Channel
Source: asteriskblog.com
TMC recently reported that Skype has just announced their Skype Game Channel. This was announced last May 16 at the Communications Developer Conference (formerly the VOIP Developer Conference) in Santa Clara, California. Paul Amery, the director of the Skype Developer Program, was one of the keynote speakers, when he announced Skype’s new Game Developer Program and a brand-new Skype Game Channel. Amery told the crowd:
“Skype users are doing more than just placing voice calls, and we are constantly looking for new ways to enhance their overall Internet communications experience. The tremendous size of Skype’s user-base makes it an ideal environment for multi-player and community-based games in which people can play against or collaborate with one another.”
For those interested in more details of the interview and the conference, you can visit http://voipservices.tmcnet.com/feature/articles/6927-skype-announces-game-developer-program-communications-developer-show.htm
The Skype Game Developer Program is designed to give third-party game developers access to the nearly 200 million registered Skype users through the Skype Game Channel. The Game Channel is located within the Skype Extras Manager. For those interested in developing games, you can make a game and publish it through this channel. Greater news is, you can make some money in the process; Skype will handle things like payments and billing for you. Although, Skype announced in their blog, http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2007/05/skype_game_channel_now_open_fo.html, that they are more interested in “casual games”, or community-based games like chess, card games, board games and such. They’re not really talking about hardcore shooter or role-playing games yet. If you already have specific games proposals in mind that you’d like to develop and distribute through this channel, you can contact skype by sending an email to “skypegames@easybits.com” and “bizdev.apidev @skype.net”.
