Cmune is TechCrunch’s Favorite Startup at Infinity Ventures Summit in Japan

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May 23, 2009 0

Cmune was the only non-Japanese startup presenting in Sapporo at Infinity Ventures Summit, Japan’s largest web conference. TechCrunch was there and Cmune was its favorite startup among the 12 who presented.

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3D social game Paradise Paintball was my personal favorite of the show. Developed by Korea- and China-based Cmune, this first person shooter is part of a social game platform presenter Benjamin Joffe described as a “YouTube for 3D games”. Cmune wants to offer multiplayer, multi-platform games that can be mainly monetized through sales of virtual goods. Paradise Paintball users can go to the the game’s Facebook app, for example, to play against friends who have opened a the game’s widget on the Apple desktop.

The game, which requires the installation of 3D plug-in Unity (and would be impossible to do under Flash or Shockwave), already saw about 1 milllion installs. This isn’t really surprising as a) it’s very cool and b) can be distributed via any web page out there.

Here is a demo video.

Paradise Paintball 2.5 Preview from Shaun LelacheurSales on Vimeo.

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