Lycos Announces Lycos Games Casual Portal

Veteran web portal Lycos has announced the launch of Lycos Games, its new games portal website that offers a traditional mix of casual titles for the mainstream gamer, combined with exclusive games content not available anywhere else and cash prizes for a number of its free games. In a particularly interesting move, Lycos has announced that it is the first and only portal to offer gamers access to Albatross18: Realms of Pangya, a Korean-developed online, multiplayer, golf game that PC users can download and play for free. It also promises to introduce partners providing additional content and digital media platforms over the next few weeks. "The launch of Lycos Games is another step toward providing consumers access to exclusive content like Albatross18, while giving creators a unique platform to showcase and market original games content," said Alfred Tolle, chief executive officer of Lycos. "Lycos has been pretty dormant in the games space over the past three years, but in the coming months, we will continue to partner with global companies, to bring exclusive new games content to the U.S., giving our millions of Lycos users access before anyone else." Gamasutra will debut an interview with Lycos COO Brian Kalinowski about the company's new strategy on gaming later today, including much more detail on the company's plans.