| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.08.2011 | Online game company Outspark appoints new CEO after founder departs (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Online gaming firm Outspark announced a new chief executive today, promoting its No. 2 executive to replace outgoing founder Susan Choe... |
| 07.07.2011 | Outspark announces digital distribution platform for online games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Outspark, a publisher of free-to-play online games, is launching a new digital distribution platform today called Flint.
The platform w... |
| 05.04.2011 | Will Outspark be stuck in gaming’s middle with Divine Souls? | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Outspark has been trying to carve out a role in the middle of the online game market for five years. Today, it’s launching a new online... |
| 05.04.2011 | Will Outspark be stuck in gaming’s middle with Divine Souls? | Outspark has been trying to carve out a role in the middle of the online game market for five years. Today, it’s launching a new online action game called Divine Souls that it hopes will spur demand for online market games with faster actio... |
| 27.09.2010 | How the Wrong Decision in Schwarzenegger v. EMA Could Cripple Video Game Innovation | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In 2005 the Terminator signed a bill to outlaw the sale of “violent” video games to anyone under 18 years of age in California. Granted, he was wearing his off-set persona as ... |
| 26.08.2010 | Outspark confirms it is in deal talks, but can’t confirm Shanda rumor | Outspark, a massively multiplayer online game publisher that brings Asian games to the U.S., confirmed it is in talks about being acquired. But the company had no comment that Shanda Games is about to purchase it.
Susan Choe, chief executiv... |
| 26.08.2010 | Outspark confirms it is in deal talks, but can’t confirm Shanda rumor | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Outspark, a massively multiplayer online game publisher that brings Asian games to the U.S., confirmed it is in talks about being acqui... |
| 07.06.2010 | Outspark bring’s Chinese online game to Western markets | Outspark has quietly built itself a good business importing Asian online games into the U.S. and European markets. Today, it is announcing that it is bringing Luvinia Online, a massively multiplayer online game from China’s Shanda Games, to... |
| 07.06.2010 | Outspark bring’s Chinese online game to Western markets | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Outspark has quietly built itself a good business importing Asian online games into the U.S. and European markets. Today, it is announc... |
| 09.02.2010 | More GamesBeat@GDC speakers: Helgason, Pham and Mahoney | VentureBeat’s upcoming GamesBeat@GDC executive game conference is set for March 10 in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference in the Moscone Convention Center. Here are some of the latest speakers we’ve added to the program:
David H... |
| 09.02.2010 | More GamesBeat@GDC speakers: Helgason, Pham and Mahoney | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
VentureBeat’s upcoming GamesBeat@GDC executive game conference is set for March 10 in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference i... |
| 16.10.2009 | Sometrics Raises $4 Million For Social Analytics And Advertising Platform | LA-based Sometrics has secured a Series B round of venture capital, led by Walt Disney Company-affiliated Steamboat Ventures and joined by previous investors The Mail Room Fund and Greycroft Partners. In total, $4 million was injected into ... |
| 12.09.2009 | Week in review: AMD simplifies the PC-buying process, we compare Facebook and Facebook Lite, and more | Here’s a rundown of what happened in the last week of tech and business news. First up, the five most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days. Despite all the speculation about Apple’s big event on Wednesday, it was our... |
| 12.09.2009 | Week in review: AMD simplifies the PC-buying process, we compare Facebook and Facebook Lite, and more | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Here’s a rundown of what happened in the last week of tech and business news. First up, the five most popular stories VentureBeat publi... |
| 08.09.2009 | Outspark snares former Electronic Arts executive as CEO | The brain drain from the old guard to the new continues in the video game business. Online game publisher Outspark is announcing it has hired former Electronic Arts executive Owen Mahoney as its chief executive today.
The hiring is yet anot... |
| 08.09.2009 | Outspark snares former Electronic Arts executive as CEO | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The brain drain from the old guard to the new continues in the video game business. Online game publisher Outspark is announcing it has... |
| 01.09.2009 | Outspark to publish dancing game with Electronic Arts | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In a coup for online game site Outspark, it’s cut a deal to publish a new online rhythm and dancing game developed by Electronic Arts. ... |
| 01.09.2009 | Outspark to publish dancing game with Electronic Arts | In a coup for online game site Outspark, it’s cut a deal to publish a new online rhythm and dancing game developed by Electronic Arts. The deal illustrates how even EA is embracing a big industry shift toward new online business models.
The... |
| 14.07.2009 | Outspark raises $8.3 million for casual online role-playing games | Showing that the game sector is still vibrant for venture investment, Outspark has raised $8.3 million in a third round of funding for its casual online role-playing games.
The San Francisco company will use the money to expand on a global ... |
| 14.07.2009 | Outspark raises $8.3 million | 'Freemium' social gaming site monetizing through the selling of virtual goods
The selling of virtual goods is proving to be a viable business model to investors.
Outspark, a social gaming company, has raised $8.3 million in Series C funding... |
| 14.07.2009 | Outspark raises $8.3 million for casual online role-playing games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Showing that the game sector is still vibrant for venture investment, Outspark has raised $8.3 million in a third round of funding for ... |
| 01.07.2009 | Zong Brings Mobile Payments to Outspark | Mobile payments provider Zong has just announced a partnership with online gaming community Outspark. Zong will power Outspark’s mobile payment processing services by allowing users to purchase SparkCash (the gaming company’s currency) to b... |
| 04.05.2009 | With a working revenue stream, Meebo expands on the web | Meebo has been seeing some new users through its service for integrating instant messaging into other web sites, and it could start to make more money as a result. Seven or so partner web sites generated 4.5 million unique visitors in March... |
| 23.03.2009 | GamesBeat 2009 just about sold out; follow us online! | GamesBeat 2009 is our inaugural conference for the gaming industry, and it’s about to sell out. It takes place tomorrow, March 24, at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA.
The excitement around GamesBeat is a great example... |
| 11.04.2007 | Outspark raises $4M to bring Korean games to U.S. | Updated
Outspark, a company with offices in Seoul, Korea and San Francisco that hopes to help publish Asian multiplayer online games in English, said it has raised a $4 million first round of financing from Altos Ventures and Doll Capital M... |