www.addictinggames.com

Haven for Game Addicts

Addictinggames.com claims to be the largest source of free online games. Visitors can choose from sports and skill to arcade games, from action to puzzle games, and many more mind boggling games. This website updates its game database every Friday with lots of new games. With such a large collection of games, game enthusiasts are sure to frequent it more often.

Addictinggames.com is a division of Atom entertainment, an independent, private company that was formed in January 2001 by the merger of Shockwave.com, Inc. and Atom Corporation. Working with independent content developers, Atom Entertainment collects the very best casual games, short films, videos, animations, and more, and distributes them in the cyber world.

Atom Entertainment uses five different websites to publish these digital entertainment materials. AtomFilms.com, Shockwave.com, Shockwave.com Unlimited, AddictingGames.com, and AddictingClips.com are the websites used to extend their reach to the consumers.

In appearance, the website does not leave any sort of lasting impression on a visitor's mind; it's neither very colorful nor flashy. However, with the quantity of games encompassed in additinggames.com, the visitors will surely love to spend time exploring the panoply of games listed here.

Getting through the contents of the website isn't much of problem. Visitors can choose games based on criteria. Towards the top of the homepage, one can go through the new games that have been added to the website's database. Below the new games section, one can choose games sorted by category. There are several sections, namely New Games, Sports & Skill Games, Action Games, Recent Games, Puzzle & Board Games, Adventure Games, Strategy & RPG Games, Arcade & Classic Games, Shooting Games, NewsGames, and Miscellaneous Games.

At the bottom of the page, one comes across the AddictingGames Classic tab heading. Clicking on it will take you to the classic game section, where old games can be accessed.

Developers can get in touch with the AddictingGames Team for submitting their games by clicking on the Developer tab heading at the bottom of the page.

Besides games, this website also showcases some advertisement banners of AddictingClips.com. From this website itself one can access some of the featured clips from addicitingclips.com.

The popularity of addictinggames.com can be gauged by considering its extended reach to over 14 million unique users.

The main source of revenue for addictinggames.com is advertising. This website focuses on rich-media advertising, integrated brand/content sponsorships, and custom partnerships.

Mahesh Menon

Hi-Tech Editorial Division