GarageGames to be acquired by Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp

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GarageGames to be acquired by Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp



The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp (IAC) will announce today that it has acquired a majority stake in GarageGames, developing browser-based 3D games for its upcoming InstantAction.com gaming site.

[Stephen Zepp]

A couple of quick follow-ups:

--We've been operating under this new arrangement for several months now, and it's given us a lot more capability to focus on our core values: helping indies make leaps into successful game development.
--We're on a programmed media release track now--this is just the beginning of a lot of announcements over the next several weeks. Stay tuned!

[Sky]

I want to make an indie torture porn game. The kids go nuts for that these days.

The kids are nuts these days.

[Signe]

It's not just the kids who are nuts these days. 

[Stephen Zepp]

Josh Williams (GG CEO) has just now posted a blog detailing a lot of the background and reasons behind today's news release.

[Stephen Zepp]

An interview with Josh Williams with further details: GarageGames on IAC and InstantAction.

[Krakrok]

Sounds cool. Will be interesting to see the custom browser plugin. Barrier to entry for the lose :( You plugging into Shockwave at all or it's 100% custom?

[Stephen Zepp]

Sounds cool. Will be interesting to see the custom browser plugin. Barrier to entry for the lose :( You plugging into Shockwave at all or it's 100% custom?

I can't go into details right now, but additional information will be forthcoming.

I can say that we've not historically done much in the way of direct integration with Flash, Shockwave, Java, or related systems.