Just a few days ago, in-game community tool provider, PlayXpert, announced its parntership with Vivox to provide in-game voice communication features to its users. It appears that Vivox’s voice technologies are in great demand in the Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) industry, as leading MMOG publisher Sony Online Entertainment has also chartered Vivox’s technologies for its games.

The two companies announced an agreement during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco that will ensure that gamers and guild mates in SOE games are never out of touch in both the…

PlayXpert, which provides in-game community solutions, has joined with Vivox to bring its users in-game voice calls. Now PlayXpert users will be able to make high quality voice calls to other gamers from any game, allowing them to communicate more effectively.

Gamers will be able to enjoy the feature after they register for PlayXpert’s services. Beyond gamer-to-gamer chat, PlayXpert will offer other more sophisticated voice services including a private guild channel chat.

The advanced voice functionality should…

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