According to the Wall Street journal, the Walt Disney Co.'s purchase of the child-oriented Club Penguin online community aims to give the entertainment giant a lift into the social-networking world with a brand that has become hugely popular in just two years.

Disney said it paid $350 million for closely held Club Penguin, whose founders stand to make another $350 million if they meet performance targets through 2009.

The deal came as Disney reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fiscal third quarter, bolstered by double-digit growth in operating income in three of its four major divisions. A 23% increase in operating income, to $1.4 billion, in the company's ...

That's a good deal for the Club Penguin, but now, they are a little under pressure, don't you think ...

Do you remember, in case you do not play anymore, the unlimited afternoon in building stories and cities. Today, the Lego's adventure rocks again for our own satisfaction. Guess who makes this :

Watch this and tell me what will be the results for you if all your favorite web apps crashed (like google gmail, del icio us, digg etc...)
Watch it now !

Seriously, have you been satisfied by your Spootnic web site experience ?

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South Town is a new Japanese Room Escape game, all written in Japanese.

Found at Nordinho, via Ragtolin: “the aim of this game is to get a safe’s key. You came to the hotel in a trip with a girl friend. You must hide a work tool in a safe because you didn’t tell her that the purpose of the trip is business…”

Even though the language barrier is here, I’m sure you won’t stay trapped in this hotel room for long!

Enjoy !

comScore released yesterday the results of a global study into online gaming, showing the number of unique visitors to these sites to have reached almost 217 million worldwide – a year-on-year growth of 17 percent.

The comScore World Metrix study took into account all sites that provide online or downloadable games, excluding gambling sites. The sector attracted 28 percent of the total worldwide online population in May and recorded an average of 9 visits per visitor.

Yahoo! Games was the largest property, attracting 53 million unique visitors. MSN Games followed in second place, and Miniclip in third place, having grown by over 18 percent since May 2006 to reach 30 million unique visitors in May 2007!
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