FlowPlay distributes its games through Miniclip
FlowPlay is announcing today it will distribute its online games through Miniclip, one of the biggest casual online game portals.
Seattle-based FlowPlay said the long-term agreement gives the company access to Miniclip’s 50 million monthly gamers, who play a variety of games on its site.
FlowPlay makes ourWorld, a web-based virtual world with movie theaters, night clubs, etc. Entrance to the world is free, but the world is a vehicle for virtual goods transactions, with more than… Continue Reading
FlowPlay launches ourWorld virtual world for tweens
Tweens are getting into the online gaming world at younger ages and FlowPlay is launching yet another virtual world to target them. There is a lot of competition, including rival start-ups that I wrote about in the past week or so. (here and here).
FlowPlay (our past coverage) is targeting slightly older kids, or tweens, including those who play in worlds such as Habbo, a hotel where kids can decorate rooms. Habbo is immensely popular but… Continue Reading
FlowPlay raises $3.7M for avatar game for teenagers
FlowPlay, a Seattle company developing a virtual world for teenagers and young adults around casual gaming, has raised $3.7 million in a first round of funding led by Intel Capital and Ambient Sound Investments.
John Cook, of Seattle PI has the news.
The company, run by former general manager of mobile games at RealNetworks, Derrick Morton, is still in testing mode, and apparently plans to launch in spring.
Morton said gaming integration with a social network took resources,… Continue Reading
Mint wins Techcrunch. Latest start-ups: mEgo, Wixi, Xtr3D, Flowplay
This just in: The winner of the Techcrunch40 event is Mint, the personal finance company (see our coverage here).
Meanwhile, below is the last batch of Techcrunch companies, from Tuesday’s afternoon session. After hitting VentureBeat readers with 40 start-ups over the past two days, we’re going to try our best fast on Web 2.0 for at least a day. Frankly, this latest batch wasn’t that impressive. Here’s the ranking: WooMe, Zivity, mEgo, Wixi, Xtr3D, Metaplace, Flowplay,… Continue Reading