Kongregate
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Kongregate is an American web gaming portal and video game publisher. Its website features over 124,000 online games and 30+ mobile games available to the public. The company also publishes games for PC, mobile, and home consoles. It was purchased by GameStop in 2010 before being acquired by Modern Times Group (MTG) in 2017. Kongregate was sold to game developer Monumental in 2024. The website's portfolio of games spans a wide range of genres. Kongregate is the home for several idle/clicker games, including Adventure Capitalist, Clicker Heroes, Crusaders of the Lost Idols, and Anti-Idle: The Game. On the web portal, users could upload Adobe Flash, HTML5/JavaScript, Shockwave, Java, and Unity games with integrated high scores and achievement badges. The portal was closed to new user submissions in 2020, though previously submitted games remain.
Kongregate is an American web gaming portal and video game publisher. Its website features over 124,000 online games and 30+ mobile games available to the public. The company also publishes games for PC, mobile, and home consoles. It was purchased by GameStop in 2010 before being acquired by Modern Times Group (MTG) in 2017. Kongregate was sold to game developer Monumental in 2024. The website's portfolio of games spans a wide range of genres. Kongregate is the home for several idle/clicker games, including Adventure Capitalist, Clicker Heroes, Crusaders of the Lost Idols, and Anti-Idle: The Game. On the web portal, users could upload Adobe Flash, HTML5/JavaScript, Shockwave, Java, and Unity games with integrated high scores and achievement badges. The portal was closed to new user submissions in 2020, though previously submitted games remain.
History
Kongregate was released on October 10, 2006, by siblings Emily and Jim Greer into an alpha testing phase, which lasted until December 2006. During that time, game developers and players tested the site's interface and functionality. The site formally entered the beta testing phase on March 22, 2007. In December of the same year, the site was formally opened to the public. By July 2008, Kongregate had raised around $9 million in capital from investments by Reid Hoffman, Jeff Clavier, Jeff Bezos, and Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm. On July 23, 2010, GameStop announced an agreement to acquire Kongregate. In 2014, the site introduced digital creatures called Kongpanions, which act as a site-wide achievement system and metagame. The creatures often take the form of animals or anthropomophized objects. The Kongpanions which players collect can be used in some games on the site. Kongregate was sold to game developer Monumental in 2024 in a deal that gave MTG a 30% stake in the resulting company.
Kongregate.io
In July 2021, Kongregate announced plans for Kongregate.io, a web gaming portal featuring games that use non-fungible tokens.
Immutable X
In May 2022, Kongregate announced a team-up with blockchain game tech company Immutable X with a $40 million grant fund for developers who make blockchain games for Kongregate.
External links
Kartridge website
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