Rohit Khare
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CyberCash plans pay-for-play 'Net games
Teaming with high-end computer game maker Rocket Science, CyberCash Inc. ,
Reston, Va., said today it will develop technology to enable game enthusiasts
to make micro payments to play games over the Internet.
Micro payments are electronic transactions of less than $10.
CyberCash, on the Web at http://www.cybercash.com , develops systems for
secure financial transactions over the Internet. The firm's chief product is
"CyberCash Wallet," a 3-D graphical representation of a wallet that enables
consumers to shop over the Internet with the credit card of their choice.
Using the CyberCash technology, Rocket Science is aiming to build a "Virtual
Arcade," for release later this year. The Internet equivalent of the
ubiquitous mall arcade will allow gamers making cyberpayments of as little as
95 cents. For a fee, players will be able to download game characters, virtual
environments, weapons or props, utilizing the Rocket Science V3 Internet game
engine.
Rocket Science's Web address is http://www.rocketsci.com .
-- Gary Brickman