August 16th, 2012

Playerize Acquires Adknowledge’s Super Rewards To Get Game Makers More Dollars

Playerize Super Rewards

Three years ago Adknowledge paid $50 million to buy game monetizer Super Rewards. But then its founder bought it back and today sold it to user acquisition service Playerize. Super Rewards’ embeddable paywall for developers lets gamers score virtual goods and currency by buying offers, completing surveys, and watching branded videos.

Super Rewards will turn Playerize into a one-stop shops for… → Read More

July 26th, 2009

The Value Of Virtual Currency: The Real Price Of Super Rewards Was Closer to $50 Million

Last week saw an unusual burst of acquisition activity among Web companies. Yahoo bought email add-on Xoopit for about $20 million, Nokia bought social address book provider Cellity, and overshadowing them all was Amazon’s $928 million purchase of Zappos.

But the week started off with another acquisition which quickly got lost in all the subsequent news. Advertising network Adknowledge bought… → Read More