Casual Gaming adds features that enhance Gamers' Online Experience
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- IWON(R), one of the Internet's
largest winners-sites today launched IWON Profiles and IWON Chat, two features
giving IWON members the ability to share their love of playing their favorite
online games for free, winning cash and prizes and bragging about it too.
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Accessible on over 100 IWON games, IWON Chat allows members to brag, share
tips, give advice, challenge or simply chat with up to 50 users at once while
playing their favorite game. Within the chat window, fellow players' game
rankings are visible allowing members to compare themselves against other
IWON.com users.
With the new IWON Profiles, members create a customized profile page
featuring a personalized icon, IWON.com coin tracker, game records, player
comparisons and quicklinks to their favorite games. Once an IWON.com member
profile is created it can be viewed by other IWON.com members who can then
pose game challenges to each other.
"We see community based interactivity as the natural evolution of casual
gaming," said Tim Allen, vice president of portal product management for IAC
Consumer Applications & Portals Inc, operators of IWON.com. "With chat and
profiles, we are enabling IWON casual gamers to build a community where they
can interact with one another."
With more than 100 free games to choose from, players can find the perfect
game for them at IWON.com -- from classics like Blackjack, Poker and Solitaire
to current favorites such as "Bounce Out" and "Collapse." The wide variety of
game choices and prizes makes IWON.com the premier online destination for the
casual gaming community to gather, play games, and win great prizes.
Since 1999, IWON.com has given away over $70 million in cash and prizes to
its members, including an annual giveaway with a grand prize that can reach
$1 million. To create a profile, chat, play and win, visit www.IWON.com.
About IAC Consumer Applications & Portals, Inc. ("IAC CAP")
IAC CAP, a wholly owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI), is
a leading web developer of consumer applications and portals which enable
users to creatively and visually express themselves online. IAC CAP brands
include Zwinky(TM), Smiley Central(R), Webfetti(TM), IWON(R), Popular
Screensavers(TM), MyFunCards(TM), Cursor Mania(TM), as well as the Excite(R)
and MyWay(TM) portals.
SOURCE IAC Consumer Applications and Portals
Deborah Szajngarten of IAC Consumer Applications and Portals, +1-914-826-2153,
or Deborah.szajngarten@IACcap.com
