Boonty
Company typePrivately Held
Industryvideo game industry, Interactive entertainment
Founded2001
HeadquartersParis, France; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; Los Angeles, USA
Websitehttp://uk.boonty.com/

Boonty is a global supplier of digital distribution services for online and PC gaming[1] whose technology platform and brand names were acquired by digital commerce provider Nexway in January 2009.

The company's white label casual game platform was utilized by over 100 million customers worldwide at the time of the Nexway acquisition, including Internet portals, ISPs, and mobile operators.

Boonty operated its own branded destination sites, Boonty.com (which is still operated by Nexway) in localized versions for the United States, France, UK, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Austria, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Germany, Portugal, Finland, Singapore, The Netherlands, and Spain.[2]

Corporate history

References

  1. ^ "Videogames". Warren's Consumer Electronics Daily. April 4, 2005.
  2. ^ Boonty.com
  3. ^ "Industry News Round Up: Boonty/Gamehub, PC Charts, Nikitova @ Xbox". Gamasutra. October 24, 2006.
  4. ^ David Laprad (March 2007). "Interview with Mathieu Nouzareth, Cafe.com". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
  5. ^ *"Nexway acquired Boonty". Gamesutra.

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