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Curse, Inc. is an online game media company founded by French entrepreneur Hubert Thieblot in 2006. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Alabama, New York and the UK, Curse provides complementary media properties to extend the lifetime and increase the audience of the most popular video games on the market.

According to Quantcast June 2012, Curse reaches more than 21 million unique visitors every month worldwide Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). . Curse, Inc. family of sites include more than 50 websites dedicates to online gaming.

Produkte

CurseClient

The Curse Client is an add-on manager that allows you to browse, install, and update your add-ons automatically. The manager is free. A paid version is also available where members can get faster and automatic add-on updates without any ads.

Main Sites

  • Curse: Curse.com is the premier portal for MMO games providing MMO news and community features such as forums and blogs. Curse is also the #1 destination for add-ons, which extend and enhance game-play. In addition, curse.com serves as the portal to all other Curse sites assisting players in reaching their destination.
  • ArenaJunkies: ArenaJunkies is a destination website for World of Warcraft PvP players. Arena Junkies has statistical tracking of WoW Arena teams, as well as tools to help prepare your character for PvP gameplay. The site also has an active community to discuss strategies and write guides for players.
  • [http://www.darthhater.com DarthHater: DarthHater is a community site which offers articles, news, guides, tips, live chat, podcasts and a database (see db.darthhater.com) about EA and BioWare’s first MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic.
  • DartHaterDB: DarthHaterDB is a database that offers detailed information about items, NPCs, missions, locations, recipes, companions, codex, abilities, tools, and objects in EA & BioWare’s first MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic.
  • DiabloFans: DiabloFans is the largest Diablo fan site in the world. The site offers news and insight into future Diablo titles, and provides guides and information for previously-released titles.
  • FPSGeneral: FPSGeneral is a community site which offers articles, news, and videos about the best first-person shooter games out there.
  • GuildWars2Guru: GuildWars2Guru is the #1 fan site for the upcoming game Guild Wars 2. The site includes forums, auctions and articles pertaining to Guild Wars 2. Users can discuss features of the game, get updates on recently released information, and meet other fans of the game.
  • LolPro: LoLPro is the first League of Legends site where the content is created by professionals (including members of Team Curse). At LoL Pro you can browse champion and gameplay guides, view matches, how-to videos, video guides, community forums and tournament replay videos.
  • MinecraftForums: MinecraftForums is the Mojang designated official community site for Minecraft fans. The site offers news, videos, developer blog and forums about the game.
  • MinecraftForum.FR: MinecraftForums.FR is a French community site dedicated to Minecraft. The site offers info about French Minecraft servers, game basics, news and forums specifically for the French Minecraft fans.
  • MMO-Champion: MMO-Champion is the largest World of Warcraft fansite in the world. The site offers daily news, patch information, forums, and insight into what’s on the horizon for WoW.
  • MMO-ChampionDB: MMO-ChampionDB is a database that offers detailed information about items, spells, NPCs, quests, zones and pet skills in Blizzard’s World of Warcraft.
  • Reign of Gaming: Reign of Gaming is a community fansite for League of Legends players . The site offers daily news, forums, and latest patch updates.
Other sites

Other Curse, Inc. online properties include: Aion Source, AoE Wiki, Blade and Soul Dojo, Blade and Soul Wiki, Borderlands 2 Wiki, Cabal Wiki, Cobalt Forum, Cobalt Wiki, Curse Forge, Diablo Wiki, Dragon Nest Wiki, Enter BF3, Fallout Wiki, FFXIV Core, FFXIV Core Wiki, Glitch Wiki, Guild Wars Guru, Guild Wars PvX, Guild Wiki, Minecraft Wiki, Modern Warfare 3 Forum, Reckoning Wiki, Runefactory Wiki, SC2 Mapster, SC2 Replayed, Skyrim Forge, Skyrim Wiki, Smite Wiki, SWTOR Wiki, Telarapedia, TERA Fans, TERA Fans Wiki, Terraria Online, Terraria Online Wiki, The Evony Wiki, The Runes of Magic Wiki, Vindictus Wiki, Wakfu Wiki, Warhammer Alliance, WoW Ace, Wowpedia, WoWStead, Zybez.

Awards and Recognitions

In 2011, Curse was named as one of Inc. 500's Fastest Growing Companies in 2011 [1] and was also ranked 20th on the list of Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the San Francisco Bay AreaCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. Additionally, Curse was also honored as a Microsoft "Startup of the Day" and were selected to participate in Microsoft's exclusive BizSpark One Program that partners high-potential startups with a dedicated Microsoft business manager. In 2012, Curse’s Founder & CEO, Hubert Thieblot was selected as one of the Northern California Finalists of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year®[2]. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Pro-Gaming

Team Curse.NA

Since 2011, Curse is the main sponsor of League of Legends’ Professional Gaming team, Team Curse.NA. The team has become a top three team in the League of Legends arena and is widely recognizable and well known competitive team in the world.

As of June 2012, the team members are:

  1. Team Captain: Steve “LiQuiD112” A.
  2. AP Carry: Jacky “Nyjacky” Wang
  3. Top Lane: Eugene “Pobelter” Park
  4. Support: Cody “Elementz” Siggy
  5. Jungle: Brandon “Saintvivious” DiMarco

Team Curse.EU

In June 2012 Curse became the main sponsor of European Pro Gaming Team Absolut Legends EU, now known as Team Curse.EU.

As of June 2012, the team members are:

Team Captain: Tomislav “flyy” Mihailov

  1. AP: Vytautas “extinkt” Melinauskas
  2. AD: Algirdas “Sleper” Saliamona
  3. Jungle: Tobias “Malunoo” Magnusson
  4. Support: Andreas “xinec” Krogsbøll
  5. Top: Aurimas “Angush” Gedvilas


References

  1. ^ Curse, Inc. named to Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companiesNasdaq | GlobeNewswire, August 30, 2011.
  2. ^ Ernst & Young Announces Curse, Inc. CEO Hubert Thieblot is an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 Semifinalist in Northern CaliforniaWall Street Journal MarketWatch, April 16, 2012.


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