Casual Connect: Real Networks' GameHouse Goes With Live Gamer's Virtual Economy Solutions

RealNetworks’ game division GameHouse today announced it’s partnering with microtransaction service Live Gamer to provide the virtual economy backend for GameHouse’s new Fusion cross-platform social gaming service (which Neil wrote about last May.) This means Live Gamer will handle virtual currency and item transactions for Fusion’s massive game library, and the move will also bolster its position as a major player in gaming’s next generation.

After all, the GameHouse announcement comes only days after Live Gamer announced it had formed a