Outspark invites game publishers to cash in on casual MMO game portal
Outspark, a company that offers online games where many players play simultaneously, has seen rapid growth in the past year and is now opening its online platform to let other publishers and developers publish games there.
The San Francisco company has generated a solid audience for its six online games with the “free to play” business model. The games are free, but players can buy virtual goods that customize characters inside the game or give players… Continue Reading
Outspark out to change online game culture
Outspark, a rapidly growing community games publisher with one million users in just five months, is out to change the online game market.
Based in both San Fransisco and Seoul, Korea, Outspark wants to challenge the subscription-based model of Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games that’s predominant in the U.S. by offering games for free and getting revenue from the sale of virtual goods instead of subscriptions.
It’s a model borrowed from the highly successful Korean and Chinese… Continue Reading
Outspark raises $4M to bring Korean games to U.S.
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Outspark, a company with offices in Seoul, Korea and San Francisco that hopes to help publish Asian multiplayer online games in English, said it has raised a $4 million first round of financing from Altos Ventures and Doll Capital Management (DCM).
Outspark hopes to distinguish itself by offering Asian game developers a platform and other services for the complicated translation process. Han Kim, partner at San Francisco’s Altos Ventures, said the driving assumption is that… Continue Reading