Jolt Online Gaming
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| Online gaming network | |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Defunct | March 16, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
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Key people
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Dylan Collins |
| Website | www |
Jolt Online Gaming was an online gaming company hosted in Ireland. Its main site provided news, reviews, and interviews concerning upcoming games on consoles and computers, while its gaming network Jolt Online Gaming Network hosted and published free-to-play browser-based games. Notable works included Utopia, Utopia Kingdoms, Legends of Zork, and NationStates 2.
As of March 14, 2012 Jolt's CEO Richard Barnwell announced through the Utopia Kingdom's forum that the company would be closing in the next couple of days:
"It's my job to oversee the Games Studios and all of the people and games within them. So as you can imagine, Utopia Kingdoms has been a big part of my life. It's therefore with disappointment I have to share the news with you that Jolt will be closing down at the end of the week - March 16th 2012."
Founded in 1999, Jolt Online Gaming was based in Europe, with servers across the US. Jolt was known as one of the pioneers of the supply of rentable servers to online gaming clans. Jolt was acquired by OMAC Industries, a company based in Dublin, Ireland in June 2008. On November 8, 2009, the website Silicon Republic confirmed that Gamestop had acquired a stake in Jolt, making a major, undisclosed investment.
The Jolt Online Gaming Network had been noted for releasing browser-based games using the names and fictional worlds of older games or franchises. Their business models often employed micropayment systems, as well as basic banner advertisements.
Championship Manager: Rivals is a football (soccer) game playable through the Facebookwebsite. It was officially released on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, by Jolt Online and developed by Beautiful Game Studios.
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