Cmune
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| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | March 2007 |
| Dissolved | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Created by | Ludovic Bodin, Shaun Lelacheur Sales |
| Key people |
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| Industry | Online games, Internet, Social Networking |
| Products | Computer games |
| Employees | 18 employees |
| URL | cmune |
Cmune is a Chinese software developer which was established in 2007. Cmune is the maker of UberStrike, a cross-platform computer game. Cmune has offices in Beijing, China[1] and San Francisco, United States.
Developed initially under the name Paradise Paintball, the first-person shooter (FPS) Uberstrike is a casual and multiplayer free-to-play 3D browser game. As of November 2012, it was the largest FPS inside Facebook. It was also available on its own website, and on the App Store for Mac and iOS.[2][3] As of June 13, 2016, the game has been offline.[4] The company was shut down later in 2020. Throughout its lifespan, the company has received funding from Atomico, DCM and Starbreeze. According to one of the moderators,[5] on DeadHeads discord server, the company was moving its HQ from Hong Kong to Taiwan in 2017, but there is no information available as to whether they succeeded or not.
Recognition
[edit]On 28 May 2009, Paradise Paintball was selected as one of the winners of the Facebook fbFund 2009 program. The fbFund is run by Facebook, Accel Partners, and The Founders Fund.[6][7] Cmune was nominated for two Unity Awards: the Community Choice Award, which is chosen by users via poll, and The Cross Platform Award.[citation needed]
Games
[edit]Cmune has developed three games in total: UberStrike, DeadHeads, and UltraHunt. The company also worked on PAYDAY: Crime War for a few months.
UberStrike was an online FPS for PC's and later became available on iOS. The game's servers were shut down in 2016 but the original website www.uberstrike.com remains.
DeadHeads was an online FPS for Android and iOS. The game was shut down around 2020. Website is still up to this day at deadheads.webflow.io
UltraHunt was a battle royale game for Android and iOS. It originated in 2018 and was in closed pre-alpha stage. Not so much is known about that game.
UberStrike
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Paradise Paintball was launched in November 2008. The game was ranked number 1 worldwide on Apple Dashboard for four months after its debut in November 2008 and was the first real-time 3D multiplayer game launched on Facebook[8] and MySpace, where it was awarded "Best New App" at GDC in March 2010.[9] Paradise Paintball was touted as the first 3D browser-based game with real-time micropayment systems, where users are able to purchase virtual goods without having to quit the game.[10]
Paradise Paintball was renamed UberStrike on November 16, 2010.[citation needed] The game also had a forum where every player could seek training, visit clan threads, sell signature art, etc. On April 13, 2016, Cmune announced the closing of Uberstrike through the game's website homepage.[11] and the game servers were terminated on June 13, 2016.[11]
DeadHeads
[edit]DeadHeads was launched back in May 2017. It offered 12 weapons and lots of skins to them, 4 survivor characters (with each having own skins) and 5 infected characters (with each having own skins). There were 10 maps in total, with some being taken from UberStrike: Turbine, Transit, Outpost, New Hongkong, Lunar, Hangar, Ground Zero, Garrison, Basilica and Aqualab. This game had a discord server which is still up to this day and can be accessed from the official website. The game was shut down in 2020 with studio as well.
UltraHunt
[edit]UltraHunt was launched in 2018 as closed pre-alpha. It was supposed to be a battle royale for Android and iOS devices. Website is still available via ultrahunt.webflow.io Very little is known about it as of 2022.
PAYDAY: Crime War
[edit]Cmune used to work on the mobile port of PAYDAY 2 called PAYDAY: Crime War. The company has worked on the game for some time, according to Pocket Gamer Starbreeze invested $1.4M into Cmune to develop the game.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "01NetPro article (French)". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ UberStrike HD on Mac App Store
- ^ UberStrike HD on iPad, October 7 ,2012[permanent dead link]
- ^ "UberStrike is offline". www.uberstrike.com. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- ^ on 15.10.2017 at 2:48 in #announcements channel, a user "peanut232" has sent the following message: @here To those of you who are currently questioning the state of the game: it has been just now been confirmed by the devs that the game is still actively being developed and the game is in no way abandoned. CMUNE is currently busy changing headquarters from Hong Kong to Taiwan as well as working on a variety of other services (which you will be surprised to see shortly) The devs have explicitly said that the update is near 3/4 of the way finished and it's [sic] ETA can be expected around December/January. Remember: the devs aren't pushing an update for the sake of band-aiding their bugs like other game companies; instead, they're taking the time to fix the root issues which are causing problems and at the same time adding new features. We just need to be patient for a little longer. Thanks for sticking with us so long, Happy Deadheadin'!
- ^ Paradise Paintball one of the winners of Facebook fbFund
- ^ "Paradise Paintball on About.com". Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ "Appdata - Paradise Paintball 3D". Archived from the original on 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ Gamasutra, March 10, 2010
- ^ Inside Facebook interview with Zong CEO
- ^ a b "UBERSTRIKE SUNSETTING". UberStrike. Cmune. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- https://www.destructoid.com/paintball-3d-becomes-the-first-facebook-fps--170927.phtml
- http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/19/4006744/uberstrike-developers-planning-for-tablet-release