Boonty
{{Short description|Supplier of digital distribution services of video games}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Boonty
| logo =
| type = Private
| foundation = {{start date and age|2001}}
| location = Paris, France; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; Los Angeles, USA
| industry = video game industry, Interactive entertainment
| homepage = {{URL|http://uk.boonty.com/}}
}}
Boonty is a global supplier of digital distribution services for online and PC gaming{{cite news | title= Videogames | publisher = Warren's Consumer Electronics Daily| date=April 4, 2005}} 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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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.[http://www.boonty.com/ Boonty.com]
History
- 2001: Boonty is founded by the brothers Mathieu and Romain Nouzareth.
- October 2006: Boonty announces the acquisition of Beijing-based casual game developer Gamehub.{{cite web| url = http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11404 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080227202859/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11404 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 27, 2008 | title = Industry News Round Up: Boonty/Gamehub, PC Charts, Nikitova @ Xbox | publisher = Gamasutra | date=October 24, 2006}}
- February 2007: Boonty launches Cafe.com for free multiplayer social casual games.{{cite web|author=David Laprad |date=March 2007 |url=http://www.gamezebo.com/2007/03/with_mathieu_nouzareth_cafecom.html |title=Interview with Mathieu Nouzareth, Cafe.com |publisher=Gamezebo |access-date=26 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320155024/http://www.gamezebo.com/2007/03/with_mathieu_nouzareth_cafecom.html |archive-date=March 20, 2007 }}
- May 2007: Boonty acquires the Chinese Game Studio GameHub and opens Boonty China.
- July 2007: BoontyBox is launched for Windows and Macintosh computers.
- October 2008: Boonty launches Facebook app iscool.
- December 2008: The company decides to sells its Digital Distribution Platform and the brand name Boonty to digital commerce provider Nexway.
- January 2009: Boonty is acquired by Nexway.*{{cite web | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21865| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090512002237/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21865| url-status = dead| archive-date = May 12, 2009| title = Nexway acquired Boonty | publisher = Gamesutra}}
References
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Further reading
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- {{cite news | url = http://www.wirelessweek.com/toc-newsat2/2005/20050513.html | title = Boonty Rolls Out New Games Offering | publisher = Wireless Week | date = May 13, 2005 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061111041742/http://www.wirelessweek.com/toc-newsat2/2005/20050513.html | archive-date = November 11, 2006 }}
- {{cite news | author = Charlotte Ong | title= Casual Gamers are Serious Business | publisher = Digital Life | date=April 26, 2005}}
- {{cite web | author = Ellie Gibson | date = 13 May 2005 | url = http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=8765
| title = Boonty Reveals Plans to Open New Mobile Games Store | publisher = Gamesindustry.biz |access-date = 17 October 2006}}
- {{cite news | url = http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2007/05/france_alert_ten_web.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070519053430/http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2007/05/france_alert_ten_web.html#more | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 19, 2007 | title = France Alert - Ten Web 2.0 Wonders | publisher = Alarm Clock Euro | date = May 16, 2007 }}
- {{cite web|author=Noah Gellman |date=23 March 2007 |url=http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/12692 |title=Boonty: The Casual Gamer's Playground |publisher=AlwaysOn |access-date=26 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622161955/http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/12692 |archive-date=22 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web | author = Om Malik | date = 5 February 2007 | url = http://gigaom.com/2007/02/05/are-social-networks-just-a-feature/
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070206164105/http://gigaom.com/2007/02/05/are-social-networks-just-a-feature/
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = February 6, 2007
| title = Are Social Networks Just a Feature? | publisher = GigaOm | access-date = 26 June 2007}}
- {{cite news | url = http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33591 | title= PlayFirst and Boonty Sign Game Distribution Agreement | publisher = Digital Producer | date=July 20, 2005}}
- {{cite news | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13130 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070317200419/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13130 | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 17, 2007 | title = Q&A: Boonty's Nouzareth Opens Casual Microtransactions | publisher = Gamasutra | date= March 15, 2007}}
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External links
- [http://www.nexway.com/ Nexway corporate site]
- [http://www.boonty.com/ Boonty consumer site]
Category:Video game companies of France