Intel Signs With PlayXpert

PlayXpert, provider of next-generation in-game community management tools for all PC and MMO gamers, today announced it has signed over 20 new partners including Intel, Stratics, MMOABC, and Blue Orb. This closely follows partnerships announced with Vivox and Sony Online Entertainment.

PlayXpert's customizable platform gives gamers, game developers, and the modding community the power to build new in-game widgets without the engineering challenge of developing in-game overlay. PlayXpert has published its widget Application Programming Interface (API) so that communities can build their own widgets.

"Today's announcement demonstrates the value of PlayXpert widgets and the power of an ecosystem of companies who build them to cater to the player's in-game experiences," said Charles F. Manning, CEO of PlayXpert. "With twenty new partners in the past few weeks, the momentum behind our semi-transparent overlay system and our open and extensible widget engine is growing."

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world leader in silicon innovation, will bundle the PlayXpert widget technology in its upcoming Mother Board, Intel Desktop Board DX58SO. This is the first Nehalem-supporting motherboard and targets elite gaming and performance enthusiast customers. The DX58SO will be commercially available in 3Q08.

"This is a very high profile launch because it is the first board to support the all new 45nm Nehalem architecture," said Erik Cubbage, Product Manager, Intel Extreme Desktop Boards. "We wanted this new and exciting board to have the best-of-the-best user experience, so I searched for the best partnering accessory and software to complement the hardware. PlayXpert is just the type of high quality and innovative application Intel's customers have come to expect."

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