Telecom giant Verizon announced today that they,d be providing a free gaming service in the future. The service will be called PlayLinc and it will allow up to 32 gamers to talk to one another via voice or AOL Instant Messenger, as well as create private servers for invite-only games. Verizon previously acquired a stake in the company that created PlayLinc, Super Computer International.
With PlayLinc, Verizon hopes to lure more customers to their broadband service, FiOS. No word on when the service will launch, so stay tuned to GamerNode for more information.
