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GuildCafe, A Social Net For Gamers, Secures First Round Financing

By David Kaplan - Wed 25 Jul 2007 08:44 AM PST

Gaming community site GuildCafe Entertainment, has raised an undisclosed amount of first round funding from IDG Ventures Boston. Most players on the Cambridge, MA.-based company’s site participate in massively multi-player online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars and Lord of the Rings Online. GuildCafe sees its purpose as helping gamers find friends, discover game content through social net tools. It plans to use the funding to build out its management team and expand the site’s offerings. Earlier this month, Sanya Weathers, who most recently directed online community at Electronic Arts Mythic, joined GuildCafe in an unspecified role. Release

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3 Responses:
  • From Jabed Morshed Mon 06 Aug 2007 03:48 PM

    Hi everybody,
    I am realy upset about this site. I came to this site to find a little information about the latest updates of the popular game Age of Empire iii. But my total effort is zero.

    So, i think we should think twice before visiting these kind of sites. And again this site should posses more information on gaming.

    Thanx

  • From Cormdragon Wed 12 Dec 2007 08:41 PM

    Guildcafe is more for the online game community.. as Age of Empires is a stand alone game its doubtful you will find any info on it.

  • From Cormdragon Wed 12 Dec 2007 08:43 PM

    Also if you total effort is zero its doubtful you will achieve anything. Very little can be gained with zero effort.

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