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 [...]
Infographic: Facts & Stats For Turkey’s Largest Virtual World Sanalika
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on December 22, 2010
Using the latest statistical information we have received, designed an infograph on Sanalika, one of the most important gaming projects in Turkey. We strongly believe that it gives us some valuable insight on Sanalika’s growth and the point it has reached. Sanalika’s total number of users has reached 9,548,041 by the end of November 2010. [...]
Why The Access To Popular Facebook Games is Blocked in Turkey?
8 Comments by Hasan Başusta on October 4, 2009
On October 3, 2009, Zynga.com, owner company of the most popular Facebook games such as Farmville, Mafia Wars, Yoville, Zynga (Texas Hold’em) Poker, Blackjack …), was blocked in Turkey. To date, we have not posted any entries until we have the facts and details concerning this incident. Meanwhile, we have taken a screenshot of the screen [...]