Comments on: Shawn Fanning Finally Gets A Real Payday: Electronic Arts Buys Rupture For $30 Million

By: China Mobile Phone

China Mobile Phone — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:10:43 +0000

Your article very interesting

By: power-battery.com.au

power-battery.com.au — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:08:14 +0000

The question I ask is, do gamers truly want to venture out from their fake online “in game” personas to continue socializing within their gaming culture?

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:58:42 +0000

Congrats…. it’s been more than half a decade since napster shut down – well before iTunes was ever allowed to sell music, and years before imeem re-created napster in a web browser and bought snocap. 3rd time is a charm as they say.

I agree

By: Jeux Vidéos et Web Squared : le Game² (1ère partie) | ReadWriteWeb France

Jeux Vidéos et Web Squared : le Game² (1ère partie) | ReadWriteWeb France — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:02:15 +0000

[...] parler de lui, avec GamerDNA et Rupture – de Shawn Fanning, Mister Napster. Ce dernier a été racheté par EA avant même son lancement public, c’est dire l’importance que représentent ces services [...]

By: tom

tom — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:24:12 +0000

Granted, now that EA actually has Rupture, I expect it to begin dying immediately, but that’s just my opinion of EA. This still constitutes a major milestone in the buying and selling of online gaming based properties

By: Complete List of Q2 2008 Web / Internet / Tech Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:09:22 +0000

[...] Rupture is a social network gaming startup. TechCrunch | VentureBeat [...]

By: Marco

Marco — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:33:08 +0000

Wow! talk about the right stuff at the right time, I wonder how much it is worth now!!

By: Complete List of 2008 Web/Tech/Internet Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:55:26 +0000

[...] is a social network gaming startup. TechCrunch | [...]

By: Rhodri Evans

Rhodri Evans — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:57:08 +0000

I find it fascinating how people will pay so much money especially in the current climate I feel another buble coming on?

By: EA buys WoW social networking site Rupture - WOW Insider - Curse

EA buys WoW social networking site Rupture - WOW Insider - Curse — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:04:42 +0000

[...] way, EA just put their money where their mouth is in the social networking MMO game.Thanks, Brooke! Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Login to save Favorites Login to share Login to report [...]

By: Raptr Launches 1337 Gaming Network To The Public

Raptr Launches 1337 Gaming Network To The Public — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:32:18 +0000

[...] a number of features in common with Rupture, Napster-founder Shawn Fanning’s startup that was aquired by EA for a reported $15 million. EA apparently aquired Rupture for its technology – the site, [...]

By: Business-Tipps vom Napster-Gründer - The Inquirer DE

Business-Tipps vom Napster-Gründer - The Inquirer DE — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:28:09 +0000

[...] TechCrunch // [...]

By: UGame’s Community Gamer Site Opens Up Public Beta

UGame’s Community Gamer Site Opens Up Public Beta — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:33:55 +0000

[...] major players (pun intended) in this space include Shawn Fanning’s Rupture (acquired by EA Games in May), Raptr (social network with a client-side app for online games), Curse (includes portals [...]

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:58:25 +0000

Because of this huge payoff prepare for more gaming social network sites to pop up in the future; if not in the next few months. Warcraft having any many subscribers as they do, make it obvious that the money is in targeting WoW users.

The question I ask is, do gamers truly want to venture out from their fake online “in game” personas to continue socializing within their gaming culture? I’d imagine they’d prefer to spend what time they have playing their favorite game and then using social tools like facebook/myspace to socialize in reality…or at least I’d hope so.

By: GAMING « Daily Marauder

GAMING « Daily Marauder — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:59:15 +0000

[...] acquired Shawn Fanning’s social-network-gaming startup Rupture for around $30 million. Techcrunch reported this deal a month ago. [...]

By: EA Acquires Shawn Fanning’s Rupture Says The LA Times A Month After We Did

EA Acquires Shawn Fanning’s Rupture Says The LA Times A Month After We Did — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:12:01 +0000

[...] reported this deal a month [...]

By: battery

battery — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:58:26 +0000

Darkstar, you are correct. If there is a risk that open encrypted volumes of interest would close on power loss, it is preferable to employ a live forensic tool and not to cut the power. Yes, that’s a very tough call for a first responder to make. Then again, LE also has the option of arresting the perp and requesting/coercing the password.

By: EAM has been busy! - Ultimate Online Forums

EAM has been busy! - Ultimate Online Forums — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:10:15 +0000

[...] to create MMORPG-based social networks. Well, I doubt EA read my ramblings, but they did just buy Rupture, a beta Web service created by Napster�s Shawn Fanning that will allow them to do just that! [...]

By: EA buys Rupture | Your Game Blog

EA buys Rupture | Your Game Blog — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:37:01 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:30:13 +0000

Congrats.

I find it astonishing EA was willing to pay that much for a beta website (cool as it may be) without any traffic nor real launch.

But good to see you made it

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Mon, 12 May 2008 22:39:17 +0000

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By: MMO Clerks » EA Snags “Napster”-Founded Social Net? [EA Gets A Social Network?]

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:53:07 +0000

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By: May 9, 2008 | next media update

May 9, 2008 | next media update — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:57:43 +0000

[...] Electronic Arts Buys Gamer Social Network Rupture for $30 Million TECHCRUNCH Shawn Fanning, best known for founding Napster, has a new job. He will be working at Electronic Arts, which is about to buy his social-network-gaming startup Rupture for $30 million, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. His co-founder Jon Baudanza will also join Electronic Arts. Rupture’s first product was a social network for players of the online video game World of Warcraft, but it only came out with a beta version and kept delaying its public launch. Electronic Arts is buying the company for its technology, since it doesn’t have a lot of users (it was only ever in beta) and never launched the second version of its service. Rupture had previously raised only $2.5 to $3 million in an angel round last summer from investors including Ron Conway, Joi Ito, Reid Hoffman, and Baseline Ventures. Source> [...]

By: EA compra 'Rupture'

EA compra 'Rupture' — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:49:01 +0000

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By: Gadgeteer10

Gadgeteer10 — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:55:19 +0000

Congratulations, really nice paycheck for a gaming network!