As if the self-proclaimed pop diva didn’t have her meat hooks in the hearts and minds of enough 12 year old girls and early 20s gay men, she will now be spreading like an infection to the droves of bored housewives that like to tend virtual crops. Devoted Lady Gaga fans will now be able to hear early releases of her songs streamed through the Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio service. They will also be announcing 148 different codes (and you thought over 150 new Pokémon was a bad thing) that will unlock Lady Gaga themed items, such as sheep riding motorcycles or magical unicorns.
Imagine for a few moments that you are a budding entrepreneur and you are about to deliver your big sales pitch on a TV show like Dragons Den, in what could be the biggest day of your life. Your product can reach the entire world’s population and be available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and three hundred and sixty-five days a year and there are no shipping or delivery issues to worry about. Here comes the clincher your product does not actually exist, because you are selling virtual items.
A few years ago you would have been laughed off the stage with nothing but the words “I’m sorry, but I’m out!” ringing in your ears, but the virtual goods market is expected to break $2.1 billion in America alone this year. Between 2007 and 2010, virtual goods revenue increased 245 percent, according to a study released from market-research firm In-Stat and by 2014 the company also reported that providers will generate more than $14 billion.
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First and foremost on tonight's agenda, Modern Warfare 3 leakage. Also, PSN is seeing some fallout (and not the good kind), GagaVille is officially a thing that exists and is ridiculous, and will someone tell those pesky computer hackers to lay off already? Oh, also - the Xperia Play kind of sucks."
In celebration of famous pop singer Lady Gaga’s new album, Born this Way, social games publisher Zynga will debut a special promotion scheme called GagaVille on May 17, which allows its legions of fans to access plenty of new content from the famous singer.
“I want to celebrate and share ‘Born This Way’ with my little monsters in a special way that’s never been done before”, said Lady Gaga. “Zynga has created a magical place in FarmVille where my fans can come play, and be the first to listen to the album”.
The first offer arrives in FarmVille, Zynga’s hugely popular simulator, which sees a new in-game farm called GagaVille appear, filled with unique themed elements like crystals, unicorns or sheep on motorcycles.
