Cmune facts for kids
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| Type of business | Private |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | March 2007 |
| Dissolved | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Created by | Ludovic Bodin, Shaun Lelacheur Sales |
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| Industry | Online games, Internet, Social Networking |
| Products | Computer games |
| Employees | 18 employees |
Cmune was a company from China that made computer games. It started in 2007. They were famous for a game called UberStrike, which you could play on different computers. Cmune had offices in Beijing, China, and San Francisco, USA.
Their main game, UberStrike, was first called Paradise Paintball. It was a fun 3D game where you played as a character shooting things (a first-person shooter). You could play it for free in your web browser. In 2012, it was the biggest first-person shooter game on Facebook. You could also play it on its own website and on Apple devices like Macs and iPhones. The game stopped working on June 13, 2016. The company itself closed down in 2020.
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Awards and Recognition
On May 28, 2009, Paradise Paintball won an award from the Facebook fbFund program. This program was run by Facebook and other investment companies. Cmune was also nominated for two Unity Awards. These awards celebrate great games made with the Unity game engine. Cmune was nominated for the Community Choice Award, which fans voted for, and The Cross Platform Award.
Games Made by Cmune
Cmune created three games in total: UberStrike, DeadHeads, and UltraHunt. The company also helped work on a mobile game called PAYDAY: Crime War for a short time.
About UberStrike
Paradise Paintball first came out in November 2008. It was very popular and was the top game on Apple Dashboard for four months. It was also the first 3D multiplayer game that you could play in real-time on Facebook and MySpace. At a big game conference in 2010, it won "Best New App."
Paradise Paintball was renamed UberStrike on November 16, 2010. The game had a special online forum where players could get help, join game clans, and share art. On April 13, 2016, Cmune announced that UberStrike would be closing. The game servers were turned off on June 13, 2016.
About DeadHeads
DeadHeads was launched in May 2017. It was a first-person shooter game for Android and iOS phones. The game had 12 different weapons and many cool skins for them. You could choose from 4 "survivor" characters and 5 "infected" characters, each with their own unique looks.
There were 10 maps in the game, and some of them were from UberStrike. These maps included Turbine, Transit, Outpost, New Hongkong, Lunar, Hangar, Ground Zero, Garrison, Basilica, and Aqualab. DeadHeads also had a Discord server where players could chat, and it is still active today. The game was shut down around 2020, at the same time the company closed.
About UltraHunt
UltraHunt started in 2018 as a very early test version. It was planned to be a battle royale game for Android and iOS devices. In a battle royale game, many players fight until only one is left. Not much is known about this game, as it was still in early development.
Work on PAYDAY: Crime War
Cmune also worked on a mobile version of the popular game PAYDAY 2, which was called PAYDAY: Crime War. The company worked on this game for a few months.
See also
- Online gaming in China
