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| Type | Limited |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Rob Small: CEO Tihan Presbie: President |
| Slogan | "Play Free Games" (Former slogan: "Free Games and Shows") |
| Website | www.miniclip.com |
| Type of site | Online games |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Brazilian, Italian, Polish, Khmer, Romanian, Hungarian, Korean, Chineses, Japanese |
| Current status | Active |
Miniclip is a an Internet company known for its website Miniclip.com and its browser-based online games. Miniclip.com is an online games and entertainment portal that showcases some of the top online games available such as Club Penguin and Runescape. There are single player games and multiplayer games. Miniclip.com runs games both developed internally and by other developers. There are currently 33 different game categories. Many Miniclip games are freely syndicated for use on other websites. Built by Robert Small and Tihan Presbie on a budget of £40,000.[citation needed] As of 2008, the company has been valued at over £200 million, having been profitable for six of its seven years, with turnovers exceeding £20 million in the past two years.[1] The site has popular browser-based games, such as RuneScape and Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates. Club penguin was listed as number one in the top ten list for several years, before another multiplayer game was created, 'Spineworld' took the top spot.
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Timeline
- 2000: The Miniclip website opened.
- January 31, 2006: The well-known game Club Penguin is added to Miniclip.
- July 10, 2006: The developers changed the look of the website.
- December 11, 2006: Toons and Ecards channels are launched.
- September 21, 2007: Toons and Ecards are closed. They are replaced by Players.
- January 6, 2009: SketchStar, the cartoon drawing program is launched.
- September 24, 2009, Miniclip moved into the mobile phone game market via an allliance with Amsterdam’s Holland9 firm. The first games will run on Google's "Android" operating system for cell phones.[2]
Top multiplayer games on Miniclip.com
Spineworld is a free to play virtual world that was for a time the number one game on Miniclip.com. It includes adventures and places for users to visit. Users can customize their avatar, have their own room and have options to upgrade by paying for digital goods.
Club Penguin has been on Miniclip since 2005. It is a massively multiplayer online game involving a virtual world containing a range of online games and activities, developed by Club Penguin Entertainment (formerly New Horizon Interactive). Using cartoon penguins as avatars, players waddle around, chat, play minigames and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world.
Ourworld is an MMO game in flash that runs on Miniclip.com. It is a chat based game where users can customize avatars and do many exciting things.
Disc Pool is a multiplayer flash based game where players match up to play one and one in live pool games with colored discs and a pool cue.
Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates is a massively multiplayer online game developed by Three Rings Design. The player takes the role of a pirate, adventuring on the high seas and pillaging money from roaming enemy ships (human or computer-controlled). The mechanics of Puzzle Pirates are driven by puzzles. For example, to effectively sail a ship, crewmates must play puzzles representing work at the sails for speed, pumping bilge water to remove it from the ship, and carpentry to fix any damage the ship may take. Puzzle Pirates is open-ended and community-driven. Over time, pirates can join a crew, progress in rank within that crew, buy and run sailing vessels and "shoppes", and perhaps even become captain of a crew, royalty within a flag (an alliance of crews), or governor of an island. Islands are governed and shoppes are managed exclusively by players. From time to time, players are also called upon to help expand the game, whether it be new puzzles (developed on Game Gardens), island objects to be used on new oceans (servers), or artwork used for a variety of purposes in-game.
RuneScape is a Java based massively multiplayer online role playing game that has been available through Miniclip since 2004. The game takes place in the game world of Gielinor, a fantasy realm divided into several different kingdoms, regions, and cities.
Free Realms was originally launched with the exclusive online beta on Miniclip. It is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game Adventure game developed by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) set in a whimsical, family-friendly, fantasy-themed world for the PC. The game was released on April 29, 2009 for the PC.
Dofus is a Flash based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. It is primarily a pay-to-play game, though it still offers a limited amount of free content. Its success has led to the marketing of spin-off products, such as books, art and comics. It has also led to the development of two continuations: Dofus Arena, released at the beginning of 2006, which is an alternative "tournament" version of Dofus; and Wakfu, a continuation of Dofus, which is currently in the process of beta testing. The game has attracted over ten million players worldwide and is especially well-known in France.
Top Game
- Club Penguin (31st January 2006)
- Commando (when game added to Miniclip, it was 1 week)
- Club Penguin (return next to Commando)
- Commando 2 (4th October 2008, it was 2 weeks in this list, when game added to Miniclip)
- Club Penguin (return next to Commando 2)
- Spineworld (15th August 2009, when game added to Miniclip)
- Club Penguin (return next to Spineworld in 3rd October 2009)
- Obama Alien Defense (5th November 2009, when game added to Miniclip)
Security issues
Several security firms reported in 2005 that some Miniclip users had installed a DLL; "miniclipgameloader.dll" which contains the hostile code identified as "Trojan DownLoader 3069".[3] Removal tools are available. Reports in 2006 from the same security vendors show the same file as not containing hostile code.[citation needed] In 2006, the security firm Sunbelt Software reported that Miniclip installed "high risk" malware called "Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader".[4] On September 1, 2006, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an advisory concerning Miniclip:
The Retro64 / Miniclip CR64 Loader ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.... Although the ActiveX control is no longer in use by either retro64.com or miniclip.com, any system that has used certain pages of these web sites in the past (prior to September, 2006) may be vulnerable.[5]
References
- ^ FT.com - Game Plan Keeps It Simple, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d074cf50-7375-11dd-8a66-0000779fd18c.html
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (September 17, 2009). "Casual game firm Miniclip moves into Android games with Holland9". http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/17/casual-game-firm-miniclip-moves-into-android-games-with-holland9.
- ^ "Trojan.DownLoader.3069 / MINICLIPGAMELOADER.DLL". Prevx. July 15, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20071215231213/http://virusinfo.prevx.com/pxparall.asp?PXC=3176336828.
- ^ "Threat Details - Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader". Sunbelt Software. September 14, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-12-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20071216012528/http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader&threatid=39303.
- ^ "Vulnerability Note VU#649289, Retro64 / Miniclip CR64Loader ActiveX control buffer overflow". United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Department of Homeland Security. 2006-09-01. https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649289.
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