Games2win
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Games2win is a free online gaming
portal
, cofounded by the serial entrepreneur Mr. Alok Kejriwal in 2005.
It is one of the top 20 online gaming businesses in the world (as per comScore
).It offers funny games,
casual games, cricket games, action games and many more online games which are simultaneously published
in the 23 most popular languages.
. Since then Games2win has grown to become a popular online gaming site for girls. In 2007, Games2win launched a talent platform for gamers called Temple of 7. This was group of professional gamers signed up by Games2win to compete in all key gaming tournaments, nationally and internationally.
In March 2007, Games2win raised about $5 million from leading U.S. venture capital firms Clearstone Venture Partners
and Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group.
In October 2007, Games2win partnered with Sega Corporation of Japan
as their exclusive online distributor in India for CT Racer – an online multiplayer car racing game.
In June 2008, Games2win launched its first application on Orkut
called Slapster. Slapster became a top application on Orkut within a few days of its launch.In July 2008, Games2win launched an online games ad network, InviziAds.
In November 2008, Games2win launched Gamecurry.com, a search engine for games.
In October 2009, Games2win launched Gangofgamers.com, an online gaming site for boys.
In March 2010, Games2win launched Chimpoo.com, a virtual world for kids.
Virality : Can the game distribute itself?
Involvement : How will this game become addictive?
Community : How does the game play involve my friends and others?
Targeted : Right product for the right audience
Originality : How original is the concept?
Revenue : What and why will players play real CASH?
Yo-yo : How is the developer leveraging past products?
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
portal
Web portal
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, cofounded by the serial entrepreneur Mr. Alok Kejriwal in 2005.
It is one of the top 20 online gaming businesses in the world (as per comScore
ComScore
comScore is a Internet marketing research company providing marketing data and services to many of the Internet's largest businesses. comScore tracks all internet data on its surveyed computers in order to study online behavior....
).It offers funny games,
casual games, cricket games, action games and many more online games which are simultaneously published
in the 23 most popular languages.
History
Games2win.com was launched in 2005 by Contests2win.com. The initial games were often a funny take on current issues in IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Since then Games2win has grown to become a popular online gaming site for girls. In 2007, Games2win launched a talent platform for gamers called Temple of 7. This was group of professional gamers signed up by Games2win to compete in all key gaming tournaments, nationally and internationally.
In March 2007, Games2win raised about $5 million from leading U.S. venture capital firms Clearstone Venture Partners
Clearstone Venture Partners
Clearstone Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on IT investing with offices in Santa Monica, CA, Palo Alto, CA, and Mumbai, India...
and Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group.
In October 2007, Games2win partnered with Sega Corporation of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
as their exclusive online distributor in India for CT Racer – an online multiplayer car racing game.
In June 2008, Games2win launched its first application on Orkut
Orkut
Orkut is a social networking website that is owned and operated by Google Inc. The service is designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships...
called Slapster. Slapster became a top application on Orkut within a few days of its launch.In July 2008, Games2win launched an online games ad network, InviziAds.
In November 2008, Games2win launched Gamecurry.com, a search engine for games.
In October 2009, Games2win launched Gangofgamers.com, an online gaming site for boys.
In March 2010, Games2win launched Chimpoo.com, a virtual world for kids.
VICTORY
V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. is a rating system developed by Games2win for rating gaming apps on social networking sites. It rates apps on the 7 key elements of a social game which broadly are:Virality : Can the game distribute itself?
Involvement : How will this game become addictive?
Community : How does the game play involve my friends and others?
Targeted : Right product for the right audience
Originality : How original is the concept?
Revenue : What and why will players play real CASH?
Yo-yo : How is the developer leveraging past products?