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March 05, 2007
Ireland's Demonware Rumored Acquisition By Activision
The Irish press is reporting that Activision, the company behind Call of Duty multi-player games, is set to buy Irish DemonWare for around $20M.
Demonware was by Dylan Collins and Sean Blanchfield, and reportedly raised about €1M in VC in what was a very tough tech fundraising environment, circa 2002.
DemonWare developed State Engine and Matchmaking+, which provides services for multiplayer games such as matchmaking, user profiling and gaming statistics. Its online performance enhancing gaming software is used by Activision, as well as THQ and Ubisoft.
Read - Press coverage Silicon Republic and ENN
Posted on March 5, 2007 05:55 AM | Posted to Games (PC and other) | Permalink
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