October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Multiplayer Gaming | No Comments »
Intel Capital has announced a $3 Million investment in Aurora Feint, the company behind the successful OpenFeint social mobile gaming network (and some games).
This investment brings the total amount of money raised to $12 Million. Next to OpenFeint, the company also recently launched PlayTime, an SDK to create real-time multiplayer games that allow battles between iOS and Android users.
Aurora Feint will use the new capital to expand OpenFeint to additional platforms.
“We’ve added 3,400 games and over 45 million mobile gamers to OpenFeint in just over a year – so it’s clear to us that people love to play OpenFeint-enabled games on their mobile devices,” said Jason Citron, CEO of Aurora Feint. “Mobile games are an integral part of any viable mobile platform, and this investment from Intel Capital will help us expand our cross platform efforts to help bring great gaming content, discovery and community to every mobile device. We’re thrilled to have Intel Inside.”
“Over the past few years, interest in mobile gaming has exploded, creating a huge market opportunity to deliver these games to the one billion plus mobile device users worldwide,” said Mike Buckley, managing director of Intel Capital. “OpenFeint’s momentum and established user base have positioned OpenFeint as the mobile social gaming platform preferred by developers and publishers. With this investment, Intel Capital is investing in a robust ecosystem of gaming content that we hope to help Aurora Feint scale globally.”
“OpenFeint is a cross platform social gaming network that helps players find, buy and play great games they love regardless of the mobile OS that’s on their phones,” said Peter Relan, Chairman of Aurora Feint. “With the backing of Intel Capital, we will build a truly global network of gamers that will accelerate the social discovery of games and help game developers unlock the true revenue potential of their games.”
