RealArcade
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| Division of RealNetworks | |
| Industry | Online and offline video game development, publication and distribution |
| Fate | Still producing games after InterAction Studios being acquired. |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Products | Video games (Casual games) |
| Website | www |
GameHouse is a casual game developer, publisher, digital video game distributor, and portal, based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
GameHouse distributes casual games for PC and Mac computers, as well as for mobile devices such as phones and tablets (on both iTunes, Google Playstore and the Amazon Appstore).
GameHouse offers 2,300+ online and downloadable games, consisting of both in-house produced titles (such as the Delicious series) and third party games.
The first downloadable game developed by the company was Collapse, a game somewhat similar to Tetris. In 2003, company revenues topped $10 million ($5.5 million net). In 2004, GameHouse was acquired by RealNetworks for $14.6 million cash and about 3.3 million RNWK shares, then estimated at $21 million.
After acquisition, the GameHouse studio continued operations as a developer, while its games were distributed via RealNetworks, and the GameHouse game portal continued to operate alongside the RealArcade game service.
On November 3, 2009 RealArcade had announced they are merging with GameHouse to create a large distribution platform. Such plans include migrating the accounts of users from RealArcade, offering discounts and special offers to GamePass members and new social community opportunities. The merging is expected to complete by the end of this year.
RealArcade was a gaming service run by RealNetworks that sold casual style computer games to individual users. Its purpose was to let users download demo versions of games, and optionally buy the full versions.
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