Skype unveils Game Developer Program

May 16, 2007
Both Rich Tehrani and Greg Galitzine are reporting that at today’s TMC Communications Developer Conference, keynote speaker Paul Amery, Director of the Skype Developer Program, officially announced Skype’s new Game Developer Program and the introduction of a new Skype Game Channel.

The Skype Game Developer Program is designed to give third-party game developers access to the nearly 200 million registered Skype users through the just-announced Skype Game Channel. Why Skype didn't work more closely with game developers to add VoIP functionality years ago is beyond me, but this new program is a good start.

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  1. Andrew :
    May 16, 2007 7:29 PM

    That's the thing, this is just a marketplace for people to download games. They have nothing to do with Skype being used in any developer sense.

    Newsworthy would be a toolkit to embed a Skype engine inside games.


  1. Tom Keating[TypeKey Profile Page] :
    May 16, 2007 9:01 PM

    >>Newsworthy would be a toolkit to embed a Skype engine inside games.

    Agreed. That's why I said it was a good start. If I was unclear, my apologies - i'm only firing on 4 cylinders today since I'm not feeling well.

    Well, there is always teamspeak servers for VoIP in games.

    check out my article on it:
    Teamspeak - The VoIP Server for Gamers


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