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In Latest Branded Entertainment Play Toyota Brand Teams With Kongregate to Teach Players to Become DevelopersOctober 16, 2008
A hip young brand has to get in the game -- video gaming, that is. And this week, Toyota's hip young auto brand Scion added video-game development to its branded-entertainment portfolio.
Working with the gamer site Kongregate, Scion has agreed to sponsor Kongregate's new "Labs" section to help newbie and aspiring game developers create their own video game.
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1UP.com - Kongregate Founder Jim Greer Discusses Player-Created Games
October 14, 2008
Roughly 18 months ago, Jim Greer founded Kongregate, a community centered on user-submitted flash-based independent games. With its profiles, friends lists, chat functionality, and ability for users to make money off their own content, one might label it as the de facto "social network" for indie games. With its profiles, friends lists, chat functionality, and ability for users to make money off their own content, one might label it as the de facto "social network" for indie games. While speaking to 1UP, Greer noted he doesn't necessarily agree with the label, but admits he's proud of bringing people together.
Today, the folks at Kongregate unveiled Kongregate Labs, a new tutorial/toolset aimed at teaching the basic elements of designing Flash games to budding designers.
Wall Street Journal - Indie Videogames Come of Age
October 2, 2008
The videogame business has traditionally been about big game developers, big budgets and blockbuster titles. Now it's also about guys like Joe Rheaume. Mr. Rheaume, a 28-year-old Madison, Wis., resident, last year used off-the-shelf software to create a Web-based videogame called "Chronotron," where users solve puzzles using a time-traveling robot character.
Joystiq Reviews Kongai
July 21, 2008
Kongai is a really excellent digital collectible card game hosted by Kongregate. The strategy is sufficiently deep so that explaining here wouldn't really be practical but, in short, you'll pit three or five character cards against three or five of an enemy's. You'll then have to balance choosing the right attack for the right situation with knowing when to retreat.
At first, it may seem a little broken, with any attack able to be evaded by switching out the character in play. But when you realize that you can counter that evasion with a devastating attack if you successfully predict it, the game takes on the quality of a game of psychic rock-paper-scissors. It's bizarrely addictive, and really difficult to explain the charms of.
Yahoo Finance - Why Gamers are Addicted to Kongregate - Part 1 of 2
July 17, 2008
Sarah Lacy interviews Kongregate CEO Jim Greer.
Yahoo Finance - Why High Tech Luminaries are Betting on Kongregate - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of Yahoo Finance Tech Ticker's interview with Jim Greer.
Time Magazine - 50 Best Websites 2008
June 20, 2008
The Web is a gamer's paradise. Kongregate is our current favorite for its fabulous arcade of free Flash games (most of which tend toward the testosterone-laden shooter and action genres).
Kongregate Wins Two Webbies
May 6, 2008
Kongregate wins the Games Webby and the People's Choice Games Webby
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Invests $3 Million in Kongregate
April 30, 2008
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has invested $3 million into user-generated casual gaming site Kongregate through Bezos Expeditions, his personal investment vehicle.
SXSW: Kongregate Wins Best in Show People's Choice Award
March 9, 2008
Kongregate gets the People's Choice Award for Best Overall Site of 2007.
Game Changers - 25 people reshaping the game business
February 5, 2008
Greer founded and is CEO of Kongregate.com, an online portal for Flash games that is driven by community features and encourages developers to upload their own creations... [Kongregate] really does reward developers with profits from innovative short session games that players love to play.
CNet TV - The Crunchies Awards
January 20, 2008
The Time Sink award went to website Kongregate, a treasure trove of online games.
New York Times - Game Theory
January 3, 2008
Kongregate (www.kongregate.com) houses an excellent collection of games, like Excit, that show what can be done when a game designer focuses on the game play.
The GigaOm Show Episode 18 - Jim Greer, Kongregate and Jameson Hsu, Mochi Media, monetizing casual games?
November 22, 2007
If you're looking for a time killer, most of you tend to play casual games online. It is the fast-growing segment that accounts for about 10% of the $30 billion global video game industry. But seriously, can casual gaming developers monetize on the online popularity?
Kongregate Announces Premium Games
November 14, 2007
This week Kongregate announced the fruits of their Premium Development program, games carefully cultivated and funded by Kongregate to, according to Chris Pasley, Director of Games for Kongregate, "raise the bar of what Flash games are all about."
Gamasutra - Kongregate Announces Indie Funding, Talks Innovation
November 13, 2007
...The first titles to receive the green light through Kongregate's Premiere Development Program are Dinowaurs, by Intuition Games; Remnants of Skystone from Flipline Studios; Lila Dreams, by Creatrix Games; Zening, from developer Michael King, and Argue (About Everything) from development duo Adam Schroeder and Roger Bankus.
Gamasutra - Q&A: Kongregate's Greer on Funding the Flash Renaissance
August 16, 2007
Independent gaming portal Kongregate has announced that it has secured an investment round of over $5 million in venture funding in a round led by Greylock Partners. Greylock’s track record includes companies like Digg, LinkedIn and Facebook, so at a glance it may seem surprising that they’re putting such a vote of confidence in a games site.
CNN Money - The YouTube of Video Games
August 16, 2007
Kongregate, a Web site that bills itself as the YouTube of games since it allows users to create and upload video gamekongregate.jpgs, announced Thursday that it had received $5 million in funding from influential venture capital firm Greylock Partners.
TechCrunch - Kongregate Closes $5 Million Series A For Casual Gaming
August 15, 2007
Casual gaming community Kongregate has closed a $5 million series A round led by Greylock today. This is on top of a $1 million angel round they raised from Reid Hoffman, Joe Kraus, Jeff Clavier and Richard Wolpert, among others.
Next Generation - Flash of Genius
July 6, 2007
YouTube. Flickr. MySpace. Wikipedia. Second Life. Bored yet? Probably. We’ve had the message of how these web phenomena epitomise the user-generated content revolution excitably rammed down our throats for what seems like years. Yet the Flash game sites that really kick-started the movement hardly get a mention.
BusinessWeek - Fostering Independent Game Development
July 6, 2007
As George Carlin used to say, everybody needs a place for their stuff.
But finding a place for game developers' "stuff" -- somewhere where they can show off their wares, get a little exposure and perhaps some cash to boot -- hasn't always been so easy.
Scobleizer - Kongregate about to pass 1,000 games
July 2, 2007
I was hanging out at Kongregate this afternoon getting a look at their video game distribution service and community. The two founders, a brother-and-sister team (Jim and Emily Greer) taught my camera a ton about the video game market.
Joystiq - Kongregate rolls out achievements for Flash games
June 29, 2007
Flash gaming community Kongregate recently rolled out a new feature: Xbox Live-style achievements.
The Escapist - The YouTube of Videogames?
March 26, 2007
Jim Greer is an old-school idealist. Co-Founder of independent game community site, Kongregate, he was formerly Technical Director at EA's casual game site, Pogo and before that worked on a number of games, including a few entries in the storied Ultima series. Last year he decided to make a go of building his own independent game site and co-founded Kongregate.
FOX News Live Interview - Gamers' YouTube
March 23, 2007
Joystiq - Kongregate announces achievements and microtransactions for online Flash games
March 23, 2007
Flash gaming community Kongregate recently announced a few Xbox Live-ish upgrades to be rolled out over the next few months. Starting today, time-limited achievements will be available for select games. The current challenge for The Fancy Pants Adventure requires you to collect five trophies within the game and rewards you with a collectible Rumiko card.
Pandasmic - Kongregate, Where Web 2.0 Meets Flash
March 23, 2007
As the name implies, Kongregate brings game-lovers together. It features a pretty classy system for users to upload and play flash games; essentially, it’s the YouTube of the flash game world.
Gamasutra - Q&A: Kongregate's Greer On His Game Portal 2.0
March 22, 2007
Social Flash gaming portal Kongregate has today announced the launch of a series of new features as part of their Beta release. The site has been running since last October, when it was launched as an invitation-only Alpha build, though it has gradually opened up to the public through that period. Kongregate is billed as a Web 2.0 gaming hub and has attracted more than 300 user-submitted Flash and Shockwave games over that time, including Fancy Pants Adventures, and the IGF nominated shooter Gamma Bros.
Reuters - New site aims to be the YouTube of gaming
March 22, 2007
When video game maker Jim Greer approached Silicon Valley investors to give him nearly $1 million for his start-up. he had an irresistible pitch: "It's video games meets YouTube."
IGN - Everyone Kongregate
March 22, 2007
Fans of casual gaming have a new destination. The social gaming website, Kongregate, launched its beta version today. Featuring free Flash and Shockwave games uploaded by registered users, Kongregate eagerly embraces the growing phenomenon of casual games. It's here that you may play the next break-out title or, at the very least, have a good time enjoying some games that are easy to pick up and play.
TechCrunch - Kongregate Gets $1M, Launches User Generated Games
March 22, 2007
We covered Kongregate when they were in private beta, but they’re officially public with a new wad of cash from some big names to back them up. They’ve created a gaming community around Flash games developed by other users, and are announcing a “nearly” $1 million angel round, including funds from Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Joe Kraus (Excite/JotSpot), Jeff Clavier (SoftTech VC) and Richard Wolpert (Disney Online), among others.
Spillnett.no - Fancy Pants World 2 demo
March 18, 2007
A link to the demo of the Fancy Pants world 2 demo from Norwegian site Spillnett.no
Hyperreality - 5 Quality Games from Kongregate
March 16, 2007
In a nutshell, what I’m trying to say is that it’s a treat to visit this website and play games...The way Kongregate works is that game developers upload their games to the website, and the revenue generated from advertising is shared with those developers.
Digg - Awesome Stick Fighter Flash Game
March 11, 2007
An amazingly addictive fighter. Fight multiple other stick men using slow-mo moves and other cool combos.
Joystiq - Fancy Pants Adventures creator Brad Borne interviewed
March 11, 2007
The Flash game Fancy Pants Adventures is one part Super Mario Bros., a dash of Sonic, and a heaping tablespoon of originality. Brad Borne's fancy-pants-wearing stick figure stars in a side-scrolling platformer that emphasizes speed, exploration, and acrobatics. It's a well-polished title that stands tall over the deluge of second-rate Flash platforming games.
Kotaku - Fancy Pants Adventure Gets A New Demo Level
March 10, 2007
The unfinished demo level is available to try out and comment on at Kongregate and hopefully we won't have to wait too long before Brad finishes the rest of it.
Joystiq - Bounce red ball. Hit targets. Earn points.
March 8, 2007
Blind luck and l33t skillz are both acceptable methods (bending space and time is not). You can thank the game's author Anton Granik for stealing away the next half hour of your life.
Video Review: Kongregate - Great Flash Video Games
January 25, 2007
Kongregate is a site that houses great Flash video games. I have been in the Flash gaming business for years now and really like what Kongregate is doing. At first the name seems odd for a gaming site. However once you watch Jake's video, it will make more sense. You congregate around the games you play to create this immense community.
blog.hanfordlemoore.com - Kongregate: a potentially disruptive indie game publisher
January 25, 2007
Taking a closer look at Kongregate, I realized that it has potential to be a very disruptive game publisher, following practices that I had wished other publishers would do for a while now. And when I say “game publisher”, I mean indie publishers like Big Fish, Real Arcade, Popcap, Oberon, and Reflexive.
SolutionWatch - Kongregate: Your Gatorade For Flash Games
December 20, 2006
There are thousands of websites geared towards gaming, however finding one like Kongregate that truly pulls together everything that everyone likes, is a tough target to hit.
TechCrunch - Kongregate: a Next Generation Web Games Marketplace
October 19, 2006
Kongregate is an alpha stage online gaming site that will let users upload games they have built, charge users for premium play or features with a one click payment system and share revenues with the site from premium payment and advertisements
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