San Francisco - AddictingGames, a unit of Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks, on Thursday announced that it will begin offering payments to developers of the 25 most-popular games on the site each financial quarter. The Game Performance Bonus Program will be available to all of the more than 1,000 third-party Flash-based game developers who have created titles for the site, which features more than 3,000 games. AddictingGames is part of MTV Networks' Nickelodeon Kids and Family Games Group, which has earmarked $100 million for investment in casual games.

Los Angeles - MTV Networks' AddictingGames online game channel has partnered with Finland-based teen online virtual community Habbo, and will be the exclusive North American online game distributor for the site. Under the deal, Haboo's 7.5 million unique visitors per month will have access to free viral games and entertainment from AddictingGames, which attracts over 23 million unique visitors per month.

*The original version of this story incorrectly referred to Habbo, whose headquarters are in Finland, as a Sweden-based company.