Meta Games’ first game Bhalamir: Prologue is at App Store
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on May 21, 2012
The first game of mobile gaming company Meta Games with founders Mehmet Ecevit ile Yağmur Hakan Boğa (founding partners of Sanalika), Bhalamir: Prologue is at App Store as of today. The game, which has been developed for past few months, is classic hero story from old ages. Our character is Bhalamir, and we are trying to rescue [...]
Peak Games Grows in the Middle East and Acquires Kammelna
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on April 27, 2012
We have been writing both investment and acquisition news about Peak Games from the day it started, and the company lastly bought a Saudi Arabia gaming company. The social gaming company, Kammelna, has 4 million active users with Baloot, a local card game. With this acquisition, Peak Games grew stronger in MENA, while the figure Peak [...]
ArcadeMonk receives investment from 212 Capital Partners
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on March 20, 2012
We have published news of two 212 Capital Partners investments last week, and it has announced its third investment for ArcadeMonk. With founders Ömer Bilge Ersoy and Alemşah Öztürk, ArcadeMonk launced its first game Kebap Dünyası (World of Kebab) last year, and got silent afterwards. Ömer Bilge Ersoy says there are 11 million social gamers [...]
Peak Games Gets 11,5 Million Dolar Investment
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on October 5, 2011
We have earlier written about Turkey’s popular social gaming company Peak Games received investment from Hummingbird Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital. Peak Games came to the fore again with its partnership with RockYou. Today we have heard that the company has received a new investment. The company does not want to make an official statement on the [...]
Zynga Game Cards Are in Turkey via Mikro Odeme: Zynga.com.tr
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on October 4, 2011
Mikro Odeme, the micro payment platform, is continuing to expand its works on payment systems with its new brand, 3Pay. As a result of these studies, the game cards Zynga has offered all around the world are in Turkey now. The cards are sold at Zynga.com.tr with prices 4.50, 12.00, 23.00 and 46.00 TL and can [...]
Mobile Payment Share in Online Gaming by Mikro Odeme’s Figures
No Comment by Fırat Demirel on July 1, 2011
Alper Akcan, the founder of Mikro Odeme, made a presentation in our Webrazzi Agenda: Online Gaming meeting held yesterday and mentioned of mobile payment market is grabs attention in online gaming economy. Alper Akcan said that mobile payment is more and more preferred as a payment option in online games and shared some figures with [...]
Social Gaming Company Peak Games Gets Investment of $5M from Earlybird Venture Capital
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on May 26, 2011
Social gaming company Peak Games drew attention since the very first day, and got 1,5 million dollars investment from Hummingbird Ventures a short while ago. Founded by Sidar Şahin in October 2010, the company reached a considerable growth with not only the high number of users by its games, but also the sales figures. This [...]
Mail.Ru In Turkish Market with Allods Online
No Comment by Fırat Demirel on April 25, 2011
Mail.ru, one of the most popular Internet portals in Russia, has taken a step in Turkish online gaming arena. Hamburg office of Mail.ru Games gave us some info on both MMORPG style Allods Online which is in private beta now, and Mail.Ru Games. Let’s have a look at Allods Online and Mail.ru Games first, and [...]
Social Gaming Company Peak Games Gets Investment of $1.5 Million
One Comment by Arda Kutsal on February 22, 2011
Peak Games, was started in October 2010, and is already preparing to transform the potential of Turkish internet market in this area to a global success. The company, whose founders includes successful personalities in Turkey, such as Sidar Sahin, Safa Sofuglu, and Demet Mutlu, has raised 1.5 million dollars from Hummingbird Ventures with Pamir Gelenbe, [...]
Nokia – Etohum Fund Winning Start-ups – Last Status
No Comment by Fırat Demirel on February 21, 2011
This year Etohum announced two investment funds for start-up owners, one of them was Nokia-Etohum Fund and the winners were listed a short time ago. Upon the announcement of winning initiatives by official bulletin, we wanted to take a look at the last status of these initiatives and share it with you. It was a [...]