Matrix Games acquires VASSAL engine
 July 27th, 2005 (1:23am) - Matrix Games has announced that it has acquired the rights to the VASSAL Engine from Vassal Engineering and intends to improve and support it as a new platform for game publishing.
To members of the industry, the VASSAL is software that lets you create your own, individually branded, commercial standalone application that moderates any turn-based game for human-vs-human play. To gamers, VASSAL provides a quick and easy way to play your favorite board games online against similar players around the world. Players can play online in real time over a live server or by exchanging email files. When playing live, a player’s moves are instantly echoed on other players’ screens. Games can be begun live, continued via email, or continued further via live play. Reported by David Amirian on July 27th, 2005 (1:23am)
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