Today’s five

Real Networks is releasing Sally’s Salon July 25 on RealArcade. In it, players direct Sally through a virtual beauty salon by performing and customizing beauty services and hiring employees.

Nickelodeon commits $100 million over the next two years to the development of casual-oriented gaming titles. My five-year old will be delighted about this.

King.com and RealNetworks enter into an exclusive deal to integrate gaming content across both companies’game portals. RealNetworks runs RealArcade, GameHouse and Zylom.

Adsense for games: Google is now in in-game advertising. Game publishers will be able to use the Google system to put advertising in their games, and advertisers will be able to work through the Google system to buy ad space within games.

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