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FXLabs acquires gaming portal Knibble.com

Targets a leadership position in the $1.5 billion global online casual game market

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  • To pay USD 3 million in stock for 100% acquisition
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  • Enters the global online casual gaming space
  • Emerges as a complete end-to-end global gaming company
  • www.fxlabs.com to provide more than 10,000 casual games
  • First company to offer casual games in multi platform
  • Targets Indian and International gamers and developers
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    US/India, December 17, 2007: FXLabs Studios, India's leading developer of video games has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Interactive Media Technology, Inc., a US based company that owns one of the world's largest online casual games portals, knibble.com. FXLabs will pay USD 3 million in stock to acquire 100% of IMT.
     
     
    With over 10,000 online causal games which can be played for free, Knibble is currently the largest casual game site. In addition, it has also emerged as the best destination for game developers to showcase their talent, wherein registered members can submit new games, add a description, suggest a content rating and add tags.
     
     
    Sashi Reddi, Founder and Chairman of FXLabs stated that "With the acquisition of Knibble we have expanded our capability from being a game developer to a company that will be directly delivering world class game play experience to consumers globally. We are extremely optimistic about emerging markets like India driving worldwide online game revenues and we believe that this is a terrific move for both FXLabs and Knibble."
     
     
    "In addition to the international gaming community, Knibble's association with the FXLabs brand will help us reach a much wider audience in India. With a portfolio of 10,000 plus games over multiple platforms, we are an attractive game destination for game enthusiasts world-wide," said Sashi Chimala, Founder and CEO of IMT.
     
     
    With this acquisition, FXLabs is making a strong entry into the world of online casual games and it has already built in-house the expertise to design and develop state-of the art casual games. The company recently launched its revamped web site www.fxlabs.com, which now integrates the free game play of Knibble with a new digital download platform for the PC games that FXLabs is developing.
     
     
    This acquisition makes FXLabs the leading online gaming company globally. It also facilitates the company's expansion to reach international online game players, who are also its target audience for games like 'Archies' and 'Dhoom-2' that it is currently working on.
     
     
    FXLabs has a state of the art game development studio in Hyderabad. With this acquisition FXLabs will expand its geographic presence to have an online game development center in Chennai as well as a business development office in San Francisco.
     
     
    Knibble games will be available and can be played from the iPhone, Nintendo Wii console and other traditional and non-traditional gaming platforms. Its unique web crawling technology automatically finds casual games from the internet and makes the games available for playing on the Portal. This truly makes FXLabs a 'pioneer' to foray into the exploding market for online casual games.
     
     

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    First Published: Dec 17 2007 | 12:00 AM IST

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