Big Stage Entertainment, Inc., the leading service for consumer projection of self into digital life, and GGL Global Gaming, one of the world's largest social communities for gamers, have teamed up to offer gamers the ability to put their faces into exclusive content from the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures video game by Funcom. The experience is available on a GGL Global Gaming minisite on BigStage.com and is being promoted across GGL Global Gaming communities, with additional support from Funcom.
"We're excited to offer fans of the popular Age of Conan game the ability to literally see themselves as part of the fantasy action," said Phil Ressler, Big Stage Entertainment CEO. "GGL Global Gaming clearly understands the future of immersing gamers into the entertainment they are most passionate about and letting them share the experience across their online life, from MySpace and Facebook to YouTube. Big Stage
Entertainment looks forward to continuing to lead video game innovation by taking our
personalization technology in-game soon."
Big Stage Entertainment offers the most realistic Web-based 3-D facial modeling technology available to consumers. The Company's proprietary technology automatically maps the contours of the face from a few digital photos. The resulting realistic, animated 3-D model called an @ctor is created and inserted into digital media in just minutes, making you the star of completely personalized interactive entertainment experiences.
Beginning today, Funcom's Age of Conan game is featured on the new GGL Global Gaming channel of BigStage.com. There PC gamers can create animated Big Stage "@ctors" to be inserted into a variety of Age of Conan content including still images, animated clips and video. Additional Big Stage solutions support Macintosh, iPhone and other digital media and gaming platforms.
As part of the experience, @ctors can be instantly accessorized with hairstyles,
eyeglasses, hats and helmets before being seamlessly integrated using advanced
animation technology into Age of Conan content selected by the user. Personalized Age
of Conan content can then be shared with friends, family and colleagues through email,
Web embeds and direct posting to social networks.
People 17 years or older with registered accounts on both BigStage.com and GGL.com who share their Age of Conan image or video the most times will win one of 17 free Age of Conan subscriptions plus in-game bonus items. For more details on how to enter and Official Rules, click here.
"This technology provides us with a unique way to personally engage around a game
title," said Ted Owen, CEO of GGL Global Gaming. "We are always focused on new
ways to enhance the gaming experience, and improve the gamers' lifestyle. Partnering
with Big Stage to bring this option to the Conan community and gamers everywhere is
an innovative way to add another layer of fun and interaction."
The massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is based on the world and works of acclaimed author Robert E. Howard. In Age of Conan, players live, fight, and explore the dark and brutal world of King Conan.
Age of Conan is the winner of multiple industry awards including 'Best Online Game' at
E3 and the Games Convention, and was the 3rd bestselling PC game in the US last year,
according to NPD sales data.
"Age of Conan is a beloved title with a highly devoted player base, so Funcom is pleased to be working with GGL Global Gaming and Big Stage Entertainment to offer fans a whole new way to personalize their profiles and messaging," said Morten Larssen, Funcom vice president of Sales and Marketing. "We expect that not only will the current fans of Age of Conan love to put themselves into content featuring the game's characters, but that fans of the Conan character and Robert E. Howards universe will do the same."