WildTangent

Gamigo Inc.
Parent	Gamigo [de] (2019–present)
Website	company.wildtangent.com

Gamigo Inc. (trade name: WildTangent) is an American video game developer based in Bellevue, Washington. In April 2019, it was acquired by the German games company Gamigo [de].^[1]

Games

Approximately 30 of the games in the WildTangent catalog were produced by the company's own WildTangent Game Studios. The rest of the games on the WildTangent game network are from other game developers and publishers. This includes games like Mall World which the company has represented to integrate major brands like

Levis.^[2]

Criticism

Users have complained that the company's products have an adverse effect on their PC's performance or are intrusive to the user's experience.^[

antispyware program Spybot classified WildTangent's original WebDriver as a potentially unwanted program.^[4]^[5]

In 2011, WildTangent challenged a

Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l narrowed patent eligibility for software, and the Supreme Court subsequently sent Ultramercial's case back to the Federal Circuit. In November 2014, the Federal Circuit invalidated Ultramercial's patent in light of the ruling in Alice, undoing two of its own previous rulings and freeing WildTangent from liability.^[9]

Genesis3D

WildTangent owns the Genesis3D

action-adventure game Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair (2002).^[18]

References

^ gamigo AG: acquisition of the game publisher WildTangent Inc. in the form of an asset deal leads to further profitable growth Archived 2020-09-22 at the Wayback Machine/
^ "WildTangent Collaborates with the Levi's® Brand to Bring Levi's® Curve ID Product Line to Popular Facebook Game, Mall World". SFGate. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
^ Machrone, Bill (2004-06-22). "Spyware or Slyware?". PCMag.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
^ [1] Archived April 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ [2] Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Supreme Court orders do-over on key software patent ruling". Ars Technica. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ "One of the worst patents ever just got upheld in court". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ Fisher, Daniel. "Take That, SCOTUS: Appeals Court Reinstates Patent On Video-Ad Technology". Forbes. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ Crouch, Dennis. "Federal Circuit: Novelty in Implementation of an Abstract Idea Insufficient to Overcome Alice". Patently-O. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^
ISBN 9781556229732. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2020 – via Google Books
.

^ Heaslip, Stephen (July 4, 1998). "Cry Havoc Engine Demo". Blue's News. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
^ Heaslip, Stephen (July 29, 1998). "Genesis 3D SDK". Blue's News. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ Heaslip, Stephen (March 2, 1999). "Genesis 3D Engine Release Candidate, News". Blue's News. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ Festa, Paul (January 2, 2002). "Short Take: WildTangent acquires 3D firm". CNET. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ Gibson, Nick (February 20, 2012). "Christian FPS Games". Hardcore Gaming 101. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ Becker, David (August 8, 2002). "Video games raise concerns over racism". CNET. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ Piasecki, Stefan (November 19, 2003). "Für 8,50 Dollar in den Krieg gegen Israel" [To war against Israel for $8.50]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). p. 1. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ Moltenbrey, Karen (January 2003). "A Knight to Remember". Computer Graphic World. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] AG: acquisition of the game publisher WildTangent Inc. in the form of an asset deal leads to further profitable growth Archived 2020-09-22 at the Wayback Machine/

[2] "WildTangent Collaborates with the Levi's® Brand to Bring Levi's® Curve ID Product Line to Popular Facebook Game, Mall World". SFGate. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2012-12-27.

[3] Machrone, Bill (2004-06-22). "Spyware or Slyware?". PCMag.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-12-27.

[4] [1] Archived April 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[5] [2] Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[ars-doover-6] "Supreme Court orders do-over on key software patent ruling". Ars Technica. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[wp-worstpatent-7] "One of the worst patents ever just got upheld in court". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[forbes-ultramercial-8] Fisher, Daniel. "Take That, SCOTUS: Appeals Court Reinstates Patent On Video-Ad Technology". Forbes. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[patentlyo-ultamercial-9] Crouch, Dennis. "Federal Circuit: Novelty in Implementation of an Abstract Idea Insufficient to Overcome Alice". Patently-O. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[Pedersen_166-10] 
ISBN 9781556229732. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2020 – via Google Books
.

[11] Heaslip, Stephen (July 4, 1998). "Cry Havoc Engine Demo". Blue's News. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

[12] Heaslip, Stephen (July 29, 1998). "Genesis 3D SDK". Blue's News. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[13] Heaslip, Stephen (March 2, 1999). "Genesis 3D Engine Release Candidate, News". Blue's News. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[14] Festa, Paul (January 2, 2002). "Short Take: WildTangent acquires 3D firm". CNET. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[15] Gibson, Nick (February 20, 2012). "Christian FPS Games". Hardcore Gaming 101. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

[16] Becker, David (August 8, 2002). "Video games raise concerns over racism". CNET. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[17] Piasecki, Stefan (November 19, 2003). "Für 8,50 Dollar in den Krieg gegen Israel" [To war against Israel for $8.50]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). p. 1. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2023.

[18] Moltenbrey, Karen (January 2003). "A Knight to Remember". Computer Graphic World. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

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