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EA purchases Napster creator's social networking site

Comments (9) by Scott Jon Siegel May 9th 2008 9:00PM

Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business


Shawn Fanning has been doing more than simply riding high on the Napster phenomenon and appearing in Volkswagon commercials. In 2006, he created a new social networking site called Rupture, which shares game achievements from Halo 3, WoW, Madden 08 and other games with your friends. Now, EA is purchasing Rupture in a $30 million deal, making Fanning a happy, happy man (again).

Electronic Arts will be most likely utilizing the technology behind Rupture -- which never left its closed beta phase -- to improve its own online multiplayer experiences. As for Fanning, this is his first truly successful venture, following the bankruptcy of Napster, and the modest sub-5mil acquisition of SnoCap, the young entrepreneur's second company.

[Via Massively]

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Wii unique like 'Google,' says Nintendo

Comments (91) by James Ransom-Wiley Apr 28th 2006 11:57AM

Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Business

WiigleIGN did its best to make sense of yesterday's Nintendo Wii announcement by going right to the source, Nintendo. According to Nintendo of America's VP of corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan, Wii is the next in a line of unique product/service names that includes, Google, Virgin Airlines, Amazon, and Napster. But Wii surpasses these beloved names because it operates on multiple levels. "It looks like two people with heads who can play," says Kaplan. That's odd, to us it just looks like Nintendo doubled the letter i.

While Kaplan successfully dodged questions about Wii's inherent phallic connotation, she did have a few words for the haters: "Live with it, sleep with it, eat with it, move along with it..." And to that we add, just wiigle with it!

[Thanks Gareth]

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