blog.wired.com - 11/9/2008
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A new piece of software could turn the iPhone into an online-savvy gaming device.
Steve Demeter, developer of the popular (and extremely profitable ) iPhone game Trism , is offering
a free tool called Onyx Online. Developers who choose to embed Onyx can immediately add social networking ...
toucharcade.com - 11/13/2008
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toucharcade.com —
Thanks to the widespread availability of broadband, gaming
today is much more of a social experience than...
it’s ever been before. And no social gaming network is more entrenched than Microsoft’s Xbox Live for the Xbox 360. Gamers with an Xbox Live account have access to game ...
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Onyx Online: Will iPhone Finally Get Its Xbox Live?
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Onyx Online Could Turn iPhones Into Nifty Social Gaming Devices [App Store]
Gizmodo —
... Demter then claimed Onyx will "save" the App Store. For now, we'll agree that it could save something—Demeter's busines—but we'll be watching this one nevertheless. [Wired] ...
Onyx Online: The Fine Art of Playing Well With Others
iSmashPhone —
... coders, as their work gets buried under an avalanche of new and/or inconsequential releases. His fear is that before long, only the big developers like Sega will survive. In Demeter's eyes, the social-networking aspect of Onyx would
benefit developers, because by connecting the games in one network, the
developers would essentially be sharing each other's customers, leading to growth. He's even gone so far as to declare that adopting Onyx will "save the App store." [Via Wired] ...
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