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Miniclip SA

Screenshot File:Miniclip Screenshot 2016.pngScreenshot of the Miniclip homepage in June 2016
Type of business	Subsidiary
Type of site	Online games
Available in	English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Korean, Chinese, Turkish, Hindi, Japanese
Founded	30 March 2001
Headquarters	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Owner	Tencent (2015–present)
Key people	Robert Small, President Saad Choudri, CEO
Parent	Tencent (since 2015)
URL	miniclip.com
Registration	Optional
Current status	Active

Miniclip SA is a mobile game publisher and former browser game website that launched in 2001. It was started by Robert Small and Tihan Presbie with a budget of £40,000. In 2008, the company was valued at over £275 million.

In 2009, Miniclip hosted over 400 applications on its website.

In 2015, Tencent acquired majority stakes of Miniclip. In December 2016, Miniclip achieved 1 billion downloads across its mobile games on iOS, Android, and Windows devices. In March 2022, Miniclip announced that it had reached 4 billion downloads, with 8 Ball Pool alone accounting for 1 billion.

In April 2022, Miniclip announced that it would begin prioritizing its mobile games. As a result, the browser game portal was shut down in July 2022 and the website lost all but its two most popular games, Agar.io and 8 Ball Pool.

In June 2022, Miniclip acquired SYBO, the publisher of Subway Surfers, in an undisclosed deal.

Studios

Mobile games

Miniclip has developed and published numerous mobile games for iOS, Android, Symbian, and Windows Phone such as 8 Ball Pool, Golf Battle, Gravity Guy, Bloons Tower Defense, Plague Inc. for Android, Berry Rush, Agar.io, Diep.io, Mini Militia, and Ludo Party. Miniclip’s removal of Golf Battle Rush Mode has been met with much criticism.

Xbox games for Windows 8

In September 2012, Microsoft announced on the Windows blog on 31 August 2012 (see also List of Xbox games on Windows) that Miniclip games will be able to distribute their games on the Xbox division of Windows 8. Miniclip games that are supported by Xbox for Windows 8 include Gravity Guy, iStunt 2, and Monster Island. Gravity Guy was released on Windows Store on 29 November 2010.

In April 2013, most of the Miniclip games for Windows 8 and Windows Phone were distributed for free for one year.

Xbox One, PC, and PS4

On 14 February 2017, Miniclip released their first game compatible with Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4, titled MX Nitro.

Malicious software issues

On 1 September 2005, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an advisory concerning Miniclip:

The Retro64 / Miniclip CR64 Loader ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Although the ActiveX control is no longer in use by either retro64.com or miniclip.com, any system that has used certain pages of these websites in the past (prior to September 2005) may be vulnerable.

In 2006, several security firms reported that some Miniclip users had installed a "miniclipgameloader.dll" which contained the hostile code identified as "Trojan Downloader 3069.” In the same year, another download related to Miniclip installed "High Risk" malware called "Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader.”

References

1. Weber, Rachel (17 May 2013). "From MiniClip to Mega Brand". Game Industry Biz. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. "Game Plan Keeps It Simple". Archived from the original on 3 June 2009.
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4. "China's Tencent moves into Europe with investment in mobile and online game publisher Miniclip (exclusive)". VentureBeat. 18 February 2015.
5. Orr, Aaron. "Miniclip exceeds 4 billion downloads". pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
6. "The evolution of Miniclip.com - Player FAQ". support.miniclip.com. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. ^ "Miniclip will acquire Subway Surfers maker Sybo". 24 June 2022.
8. "Miniclip acquires Masomo |". gamesindustry.biz.
9. "Miniclip acquires Eight Pixels Square |". gamesindustry.biz. 17 March 2020.
10. "Miniclip acquires Gamebasics |". gamesindustry.biz. 19 January 2021.
11. "Miniclip acquires Green Horse Games |". gamesindustry.biz.
12. "Miniclip acquires Supersonic Software |". gamesindustry.biz. 25 May 2021.
13. Team, Rankerspace. "8 Ball Pool". Rankerspace.com. Rankerspace.
14. "MX Nitro - OUT NOW on PS4, Xbox One & PC - The Miniclip Blog". 14 February 2017.
15. "Vulnerability Note VU#649289, Retro64 / Miniclip CR64Loader ActiveX control buffer overflow". United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Department of Homeland Security. 1 September 2006.
16. "Trojan.DownLoader.3069 / MINICLIPGAMELOADER.DLL". Prevx. 15 July 2005. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007.
17. "Threat Details - Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader". Sunbelt Software. 14 September 2006. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007.

External links

• Official website

• Browser-based game websites
• Swiss websites
• Mobile content
• Internet properties established in 2001
• IOS games
• Android (operating system) games
• Windows Phone games
• Tencent divisions and subsidiaries
• 2001 establishments in Switzerland
• 2015 mergers and acquisitions