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Slide executive Keith Rabois isn't the only one who sees serious cash in silly games. To get more in on the action, News Corp. property IGN is trying to acquire Tom Fulp's Newgrounds, a Flash videogame portal that specializes in violent games like The Last Stand 2, featured in the video embedded above. A sale could be lucrative for Fulp.
Slide executive Keith Rabois isn't the only one who A source tells us that the site's founder, who's never taken funding and brags on the Newgrounds "about page" that "we're still 100 percent independent and love what we do," is said to be happy collecting "millions" in revenue and is uninterested in a sale. According to Quantcast, Newgrounds sees about 1.5 million monthly uniques.
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Newgrounds has been around for a long long time. It is surprising that no one has bought them, Fulp must be true to his word to stay independent.
I can see why Newscorp is hot to get content like this:
[www.newgrounds.com]
I don't think Tom would ever sell. Tom has made flash gaming what it is today and not only does the site specialize in flash gaming, but they also do flash animations and have a huge support network for game developers including an audio portal, game ads, etc. Chances of Tom selling are 0! Ps. Thanks for posting a video of 'The Last Stand 2' :) Daniel CEO of Armor Games
I actually met Tom on a random encounter. I happened to be working for Satanic Video Game Cult Gamestop at the time of his Alien Homonid launch and he just strolled into the store to ask about the game. Seemed like a real down to earth person. I shot the shit with him for like 20 minutes about AH and NG. He'd probably sell a child on the black market over selling NG.
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