 FunOrb logo | |
Type of site | Internet games |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese |
| Owner | Jagex |
| Created by | Jagex |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (compulsory for multi-player games) |
| Launched | 27 February 2008 |
| Current status | Closed on 7 August 2018 |
FunOrb was a casual gaming site created by Jagex. Launched on 27 February 2008, and closed on 7 August 2018, it was the company's first major release after their successful MMORPG, RuneScape. All of the games were programmed in Java.
Jagex had announced that this site was targeted towards the "hard casual", "deep casual" or "time-pressured" gamer market and that it intended to expand into the mobile phone games market.[1][2][3] On 3 December 2009, Jagex released its first mobile phone game, Bouncedown, for the iPhone and iPod Touch,[4] followed by StarCannon on 15 April 2010,[5] Miner Disturbance on 8 June 2010,[6] and Undercroft on 16 September 2010.[7]
- ^ Leigh Alexander (2008-01-28). "Q&A: Jagex's Faulkner Talks New Service, Emerging Trends". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Robert Purchese (2008-02-29). "FunOrb targeting "every demographic"". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Christian Nutt (2008-10-24). "Interview: Jagex CEO Iddison On Going 'Deep Casual' With FunOrb". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ "Bouncedown — Now available on the iPhone". FunOrb News. Jagex. 2009-12-03. Archived from the original on 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "StarCannon: now on iPhone and iPod Touch". FunOrb News. Jagex. 2010-04-15. Archived from the original on 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Miner Disturbance for iPhone and iPod". Jagex. 2010-06-08. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ^ "Undercroft for iPhone and iPod". FunOrb News. Jagex. 2010-09-23. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2011-02-03.