In the news release, AirConsole Releases New Game With Video
Chat Feature To Support Social Distancing During Coronavirus
Crisis, issued 25-Mar-2020 by
AirConsole over PR Newswire, the headline should read as :
AirConsole Releases New Games With Video Chat Feature To Support
Social Distancing During Coronavirus Crisis rather than the
previous headline as incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. The
complete, corrected release follows:
AirConsole Releases New Games With Video Chat Feature To Support
Social Distancing During Coronavirus Crisis
AirConsole, the leading platform for casual games, is
launching a new game mode that lets friends play together over
video chat. This allows players to keep safe without losing the
social aspect to the AirConsole gaming experience.
ZURICH, March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- With infection
rates only slowing down very gradually in many parts of the world,
it has become clear that the prescribed social distancing and self
isolation have become paramount in this combat against the
Coronavirus.
AirConsole is a cloud based video game console that can be
accessed with any computer. It uses smartphones as gamepads to play
over 150 casual games. AirConsole is ideal for families, partners
or roommates. Although the company is currently reporting
record-breaking user numbers, the team wanted to further adjust its
offering based on the demand at hand:
"Our vision has always been to be a social experience that
connects people together in front of the same screen using modern
technology to recreate the console atmosphere of our childhood"
says Andrin von Rechenberg, CEO and
Founder of AirConsole.
"Today in these challenging times, it is crucial for us to adapt
AirConsole to keep it social, while also keeping it safe. We want
to provide joy and fun to those that are isolated at home and look
for activities to pass time with friends online."
The former Googler and his tech team spent day and night to
create a new screen sharing feature. Anyone can connect and play
together from different living rooms by using a screen sharing
concept well known from the video chat applications such as Google
Hangouts, Skype and Zoom.
At a time where Zoom has become a popular place to spend time
with your family and friends, AirConsole goes one step further in
providing entertainment to people that wish to do more than just
talk to each other.
"Our daily active user base has grown over 500% in just a few
days – we understand that it is also our duty to provide our
social experience differently" says AirConsole COO Anthony Cliquot. "We don't want to encourage our
users to get out of their houses to meet up with their friends.
Safety comes first. People can now play with each other directly
from their living rooms and spend time together while upholding
social distancing guidelines."
Playing AirConsole with your friends even if they are not
around, was made easy:
- Download the AirConsole App from Apple's AppStore or Google
Play.
- Open www.airconsole.com on your desktop browser, connect your
smartphone as the gamepad by entering the provided code
- Tell your friends to go
to www.airconsole.com/join and use the same code and you
can start playing together via screen sharing.
Earlier this month, AirConsole made its platform and its 150
games free of charge in support for the millions of people being
placed in lockdown across the world. While fun and joy are
not exactly remedies, AirConsole hopes to help people find
entertainment and distraction from the widespread pandemic
concerns.
The AirConsole Promotional Code, "919 2020" can still be
redeemed until March 31st.
For more information go to www.airconsole.com/corona
About AirConsole
AirConsole has been established in 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded by Ex-Google
Tech-Lead and ETH Zurich Alumnus Andrin von Rechenberg, the company
quickly rose to fame by overcoming the previously unsolved
challenge of latency when playing cloud-based games. More than
4,500 developers globally have co-created games that have been
published on AirConsole, which in return have been consumed by more
than 6 million players from 190+ countries.
Press Kit: http://aircn.sl/presskit
Press Contact:
Andrin von
Rechenberg (Founder & CEO)
Phone: +41 43 535 49 08
E-Mail: hello@n-dream.com
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