. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Shockwave.com, or Shockwave, is an online and offline video games distributor and game portal. It is owned by Addicting Games, Inc., based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was launched by Macromedia on August 2, 1999, to promote the company's Shockwave and Flash players, both used on the website. As of 2005, the website had 22 million users. By 2010, it hosted more than 400 games in a variety of genres. The corporate owner, also known as Shockwave.com, was based in San Francisco. Following the dot-com bubble, the company merged with Atom Corporation in 2001 to form AtomShockwave Corporation. It was renamed Atom Entertainment in 2006, and was purchased by MTV Networks for $200 million. Defy Media purchased the website in 2014, before Addicting Games eventually took over."@en . . . . . . "Mika Salmi"@en . . . . . . . . . "Shockwave (game portal)"@en . . . . . . . "Shockwave.com, or Shockwave, is an online and offline video games distributor and game portal. It is owned by Addicting Games, Inc., based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was launched by Macromedia on August 2, 1999, to promote the company's Shockwave and Flash players, both used on the website. As of 2005, the website had 22 million users. By 2010, it hosted more than 400 games in a variety of genres."@en . "1999-08-02"^^ . . . "30447"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1116511981"^^ . . "Dave Williams"@en . . "Addicting Games, Inc."@en . . . . . . . . . "Shockwave"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "27805998"^^ . . . . "25"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .