Influxis Teams Up with Electrotank to Launch ElectroServer 5 Hosting for Easy Cross-Platform Social App and Game Development

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Influxis, a leading creative interactive streaming expert, today announced plans to launch a new hosting service for ElectroServer 5, a massively scalable networking engine for real-time multiplayer social app and game development from Electrotank, a leading provider of real-time multi-player game technology. Influxis? hosted service for ElectroServer 5 offers developers a one-stop, seamless solution for developing, testing and operating apps and games across Flash, Unity, iPhone/iPad, Android, and HTML5.

?ElectroServer 5 is going to open up a whole new set of possibilities for Influxis? customers when it comes to interactive social media?

A leading real-time multiplayer game server, ElectroServer runs everything from social applications supporting millions of users, to fast-action real-time multiplayer games, to data-rich collaborative tools incorporating real-time audio and video. The platform is used by massive online properties as well as independent gamers and interactive agencies.

In addition to its cross-platform capabilities, ElectroServer benefits from a massively scalable 2nd-generation binary protocol, a highly flexible framework of interoperable extensions, UDP protocol for apps with heavy packet volume, an efficient approach to shipping data across the network via ESObjects, new cloud-friendly remote Admin Tool, native HTTP tunneling, native encryption, and extensive documentation, tutorials and examples.

Influxis? new service will help developers leverage these capabilities via hands-on expert developer support for ES5. Influxis? international server network also ensures reliable hosting for development and massive and instant scalability for successful testing and release.

?ElectroServer 5 is going to open up a whole new set of possibilities for Influxis? customers when it comes to interactive social media,? said Matthew Wiesner, Electrotank?s Director of Business Development.

ElectroServer has been licensed to power hundreds of major online properties, for clients such as Webkinz, Neopets, Ubisoft, MTV, Nickelodeon, Disney, Pixar, MTV, Mattel, Spinmaster, and many others.

?I am most excited about ElectroServer because of its potential to be the defacto standard for social gaming,? said Richard Blakely, the Influxis CEO. ?Already in its 5th version it has been battle-tested for years and is exceptionally solid and scalable.?

Influxis? ElectroServer 5 hosting will be available initially as a beta release starting from the spring of 2011. For more information, visit: http://es.influxis.com.

About Influxis

Influxis specializes in the deployment of creative streaming solutions. Services include large-scale deployment, mobile streaming, turn-key applications, and enterprise support with custom network options. With the unique combination of a worldwide network, knowledgeable developer support and nearly a decade of streaming media experience, Influxis is an essential partner to businesses, advertisers, developers, educators, and others who seek expertise in innovative streaming. To learn more, visit www.influxis.com.

About Electrotank

Electrotank is a leading provider of high-performance game technology. Our products include ElectroServer, the most robust real-time multi-player game server for Flash, Unity 3, iPhone, Android, XNA, and HTML5; and, the Electrotank Universe Platform (EUP), an extensible end-to-end platform for the rapid development of unique virtual worlds, MMORPGs, and social games in Flash and Unity 3. Our clients include Ubisoft, Webkinz, Neopets, Beanie Babies, Meez, Mattel, Spinmaster, MTV, Comedy Central, and many others. Visit us at www.electrotank.com.

Electrotank, ElectroServer and ES5 are trademarks of Electrotank Incorporated.