AT&T Blue Room Gaming to Keep Gamers Updated

By Niladri Sekhar Nath

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

Looking for all the latest news and views on online gaming? Want to have exclusive interviews with gaming insiders, reviews and expert commentary, tips, tricks and codes at your fingertips? Want to download your favorite gaming image? AT&T (News - Alert) blue room gaming has got everything ready for you.

The portal exclusively devoted to gaming content comprising of previews of upcoming releases and other interesting online gaming trivia. Available at http://www.attblueroom.com/gaming, the AT&T blue room gaming currently features the “Tips & Tricks” webisode series, offering gamers the best strategies and cheats for favorite games.

The portal is carrying behind-the-scenes interviews with developers for upcoming titles including Halo 3, NBA 2K7 etc. Fans can read expert commentary on “Old Skool” games, such as Frogger, Pac-Man and Galaga as well. Add to that gaming image downloads and screen shots.


Online gaming is on the rise. According to recent research by Parks Associates, the online gaming market is likely to reach $4.4 billion by 2010.

Another survey carried out by Nielsen Entertainment survey in July 2006 reveals that PC gamers spend more hours per week gaming than console gamers - an average of 18.5 hours weekly against 13.6 hours weekly. The survey has taken into account the 117 million active gamers in the United States.

“Gaming is mainstream, and AT&T blue room gaming will help us show off our industry-leading broadband offerings and deliver valuable gaming content in an engaging and relevant way to this fast-growing and influential group,” said Dan York, head of programming, AT&T, in a news release.

AT&T blue room gaming is part of the AT&T blue room (http://www.attblueroom.com/), online portal for AT&T's exclusive sports, music, gaming and entertainment content. AT&T launched the AT&T blue room in October 2006. At AT&T blue room, fans can enjoy live performances, candid interviews and unedited commentary on music, politics and celebrities.

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Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.