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Boonty Launches Cafe.com Social Casual Games Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2007 - 2:20pm.

New York - Casual games site Boonty on Monday announced the beta launch of Cafe.com, a site that will offer free social casual games -- which incorporate social networking and microtransactions. The site will offer private and public game rooms, multi-player chat, and personalization capabilities like avatar creation and virtual items users can buy to enhance gameplay.

tags: Games | Casual Games | Social Networking | Boonty | Cafe.com |

Casual Games Publisher Boonty Acquires China's Gamehub

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2006 - 1:55pm.
New York - Boonty, a publisher of social casual games, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Gamehub, a Beijing-based developer and publisher of multiplayer casual games. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. New York-based Boonty said the deal expands its game development potential and strengthens its new focus on advertising-supported social games where users can purchase virtual items. Founded in 2001, Boonty provides games to major publishers, Internet portals, ISPs, mobile network operators and PC makers.
tags: Games | Deals | Casual Games | Boonty | China | Acquisitions | Gamehub |

Downloadable Games Distributor Boonty Raises $10 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 6, 2005 - 3:08am.
New York -- Boonty, a distributor of downloadable video games, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $10 million in its second round of venture capital financing. Rothschild Gestion and Spef Venture led the investment round; previous investors OTC Asset Management and Entrepreneur Venture also participated. Founded in 2001, New York-based Boonty offers a platform for downloading a library of over 1,500 paid PC and mobile games from publishers including Atari, Eidos, Ubisoft and Sony Online. Portals including T-Online, Yahoo Europe and Japan, Tiscali, AOL and IDG use its platform, which lets consumers try out games before they purchase them. The company said it soon plans to launch a Web-2-Mobile Games Store that lets users purchase a mobile game on the Internet and have the game downloaded directly to their cell phones.
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