Marchand said Overwolf is committed to making the gaming experience even more fun for gamers.

But the CurseForge mod installation tech didn’t get sold with that deal, and now Overwolf is taking it over. In 2016, Twitch acquired the technology when it bought Curse, rebranded the app to the Twitch app, then sold Curse Media to Fandom. Overwolf has raised $23 million to date from Marker, Intel Capital, and Liberty Media. Overwolf’s mission is to generate value for every gamer in every game by empowering third-party creators and developers to enhance those games. It’s also helping people making money from playing or modifying games as part of what I call the Leisure Economy, where people make money playing games. And it has built an open platform of game apps and in-game services. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Overwolf created an overlay platform that enables developers to create game applications, modifications, or services that enhance the experience of today’s PC games. Register here.Ĭreator platform Overwolf has acquired CurseForge, the biggest repository of mods for video games, from Amazon’s Twitch division. The move helps Overwolf expand from a platform for in-game apps for creators into helping authors of mods - or custom levels for games like Half-Life or StarCraft II - with a hub for mod tools for development and monetization.

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