Adrenaline Vault
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Video game website | |
Country of origin | United States |
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Owner | NewWorld.com, Inc. |
Created by |
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Industry | Video game journalism |
URL | www |
Launched | 1995 |
Current status | Defunct |
Content license | Proprietary[1] |
The Adrenaline Vault, often shortened to AVault, was an American
History
The Adrenaline Vault was founded by Angel Munoz, who was working at the time as president of a Dallas investment banking and consulting firm. Munoz launched the Adrenaline Vault in Irving, Texas in 1995 with partner Jeff Fox; he was motivated to start an online gaming website because he was a fan of video gaming and felt that print video gaming media was compromising truthfulness to sell out to video game companies. He staffed the Adrenaline Vault with gaming hobbyists committed to honesty and independence.[2] Publicity initially spread by word of mouth and by 2000 the Adrenaline Vault was one of the most visited gaming websites.[3] Over time, its parent company NewWorld.com shifted focus to esports, converted the website to a blog and its popularity waned.[2]
Munoz resigned as CEO of the Adrenaline Vault in 2011 and the board of directors announced their intention to sell off the company's assets.
Notable staff members included publisher Brian Clair, who would go on to work as a producer on Sins of a Solar Empire[6] and director of publishing at Stardock,[7] editor Emil Pagliarulo, future video game designer at Bethesda,[8] and staff writer Pete Hines, future Senior Vice President at Bethesda.[9][10]
Page-jacking incident
In 1999, the Adrenaline Vault discovered they were victims of a
Reception
The Adrenaline Vault established itself as a popular and respected gaming website, with at least 3 million unique visitors per month in 1999 and an average of between 3 and 4 million visitors per month in 2000.
In 1996, the
The Sydney Morning Herald considered the Adrenaline Vault "one of the most respected sources of independent and unbiased opinion", primarily on PC gaming but with "always insightful" views on console coverage.[13] An APC review rated the Adrenaline Vault 9 out of 10, saying their team of "highly literate, knowledgeable reviewers... do a better job than their rivals such as Gamespot and CNet."[22] In 2002, Živě.cz described the Adrenaline Vault as a "legendary online gaming magazine" and "one of the largest and most famous [magazines] on the Internet".[14]
References
- ^ "Terms and Conditions of Use". Adrenaline Vault. NewWorld.com, Inc. Archived from the original on 2013-04-25.
- ^ a b Laprad, David (2015-10-23). "A Gamer's Life". Hamilton County Herald.
- ^ a b c Jones, Kathryn (September 2000). "PC Game Player Finds Profits". Hispanic. 13 (9). Hispanic Publishing Corporation: 75.
- ^ "AVault for Sale". 2011-12-11. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07.
- ^ "The Adrenaline Vault has Been Closed". Old PC Gaming. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26.
- ^ Clair, Brian (2012-01-25). "Exclusive Interview: First Major Details and Screenshots for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion" (Interview). Interviewed by Dan Stapleton. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Stardock Management". Stardock. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17.
- ^ Pagliarulo, Emil (2022-03-29). "Meet Emil Pagliarulo – Lead Designer on Starfield" (Interview). Bethesda Softworks LLC.
- ^ "Pete Hines". Video Games Chronicle. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-06-23.
- ^ "The Adrenaline Vault - About Us". The Adrenaline Vault. Archived from the original on 1998-01-19.
- ^ Koenig, David (1999-09-24). "Complaint spurs probe of Internet porn". Abilene Reporter-News. p. 8A.
- ^ a b Dash, Julekha (1999-09-27). "FTC Cracks Down on Web 'Pagejacking'". Computerworld. 33 (39): 10.
- ^ a b Cheung, Kevin (2000-10-07). "Playing around". Icon. The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 8.
- ^ a b Clair, Brian (2002-12-05). "Interview: Brian Clair, The Adrenaline Vault publisher". doupe.zive.cz (Interview). Interviewed by Jan Horčík. Czech News Center.
- Indian River Press Journal. p. C12.
- ^ Galvan, Victor (1996-06-30). "Paperless magazines". Detroit Free Press. p. 7E.
- ^ McKeen, Scott (1998-05-04). "The Gamer's games". Edmonton Journal. p. B6.
- ^ Silverman, Dwight (1998-01-09). "Websites keep getting better, but these 8 are the best of '97". Star Tribune. p. E21.
- ^ Saltzman, Marc (1997-02-27). "Top 10 gaming sites". Toronto Star. p. J4.
- Ziff-Davis Publishing, Inc.May 2001. p. 29.
- ^ Powell, Nigel (2002-06-30). "The best of broadband". The Sunday Times. p. 52.
- ^ Vandore, Simon (January 2001). "Big game hunting: The Adrenaline Vault". APC. ACP Tech: 199.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-07-06)