virtual-worlds
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Bunch built a place to stay when the game was over
The party app put friends ahead of the games they played. Its journey from mobile video chat to virtual homes and MiniParty is a study in how much machinery a simple hangout needs.
The Company That Wants Virtual Worlds to Grow Old
Pocket Worlds began with Highrise and now owns three social games. Its wager is that the best virtual world is one people still want to visit years after the novelty fades.
Improbable learned to build companies, too
After a $502 million funding round and some painful lessons in virtual worlds, Improbable found another product: the companies built around its technology. Its latest chapter runs through AI, crypto and the decidedly real business of selling what it creates.
Two Riot Vets Bet $49M That a Game Could Feel Like Church
They left Riot to make an online world that welcomed the people MMOs usually scare off. Palia found 10 million of them - and still cost the founders the studio.
Ampverse
Ampverse is a Singapore-founded, creator-first gaming and entertainment company that connects consumer brands and game publishers with gaming audiences across Southeast Asia, India and the Gulf. It owns and operates gaming media properties, esports teams and creator networks, and packages them into marketing, in-game advertising, publishing and analytics services for brands like Coca-Cola, KFC and Red Bull. The group reaches a claimed 600M+ fans through its owned assets and managed creators.
Roblox
Roblox is an online platform and game-creation system where users build, publish, and play 3D experiences made by other users. Rather than producing its own games, Roblox provides the engine (Roblox Studio), hosting, social layer, and a virtual currency (Robux) that lets a global community of creators turn ideas into playable worlds - and, increasingly, into income. With roughly 132 million daily active users and more than $1 billion paid out to creators in a single year, it has become one of the largest user-generated entertainment platforms in the world.