GameStorm
Moby ID: 2651
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Launched on November 21, 1997, GameStorm was a multiplayer online gaming service. Owned and branded by Kesmai Corporation, the portal featured games from Kesmai and Engage as well as SegaSoft's Heat.net. It also offered a "turnkey solution" for websites interested in hosting online games.
Members of GameStorm were charged a flat fee of $9.95 USD per month for "unlimited access to everything". The co-branded area within GameStorm also featured links to GameSpot, allowing GameStorm members to access additional GameSpot content without having to exit the world of GameStorm.
Monthly events, contests and give-aways were conducted to help promote the service. One of their first such events took place during the month of May 1998 when $1,000 was given away per day to randomly selected members.
GameStorm, along with parent company Kesmai, was sold for $30 million USD to Electronic Arts in 1999, and disbanded in 2001.
Credited on 6 Games from 1998 to 1999
| Starship Troopers: Battlespace (1998 on Windows) |
| USCF Chess (1998 on Windows) |
| Claw (1997 on Windows) |
| Legal Crime (1997 on Windows) |
| Rolemaster: Magestorm (1996 on Windows) |
| WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995 on DOS, Macintosh) |
History +
- November 21, 1997
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GameStorm launched.
Trivia +
Company information (1998):
GameStorm
P.O. Box 95
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 2 games with Mythic
- 1 game with Monolith Productions, Inc.
- 1 game with Kesmai Corporation
- 1 game with Daybreak Game Company LLC
- 1 game with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 1 game with Byte Enchanters Inc.
- 1 game with Indigo Moon Productions Inc.
- 1 game with Intermetrics, Inc.
- 1 game with Advanced Software Company Tasc BV, The
- 1 game with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 1 game with Charles H. H. Weidman III
- 1 game with Patrick Wyatt
- 1 game with Bill Roper
- 1 game with Bob Fitch
- 1 game with Michael Morhaime
- 1 game with Jesse McReynolds
- 1 game with Sam Didier
- 1 game with Brian F. Sousa
- 1 game with David Berggren
- 1 game with John Miles
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