Junebud

Junebud

Industry	Computer and video games
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Malmö, Sweden
Products	MilMo
Website	http://www.junebud.com/

Junebud AB (publ) is a Swedish video game company that specializes in highly accessible browser games and Web3D technology. The company's ambition is console quality, instantly playable 3D browser games, available through all major social networks. Junebud's flagship product is MilMo, a social 3D browser MMO with platformer and action adventure gameplay elements.

History

• June, 2008: Junebud was founded with focus on leveraging two growing trends: Web3D gaming and the Free-to-play business model. A team was composed from veterans of several AAA-titles, as well as hand-picked new talent.

• Early 2009: Work began on an action adventure MMO with platforming elements, inspired by Maplestory and Zelda Windwaker. The Unity3D engine was chosen as the Web3D technology for the project.

• October 27, 2009 Junebud went public on Aktietorget, a Swedish minor stock exchange primarily focused on start ups, seed and growth stage companies.

• December 22, 2009 After one year of development Junebud released the alpha version of MilMo on the portal milmogame.com

• April 16, 2010 Junebud announced a new strategy of delivering MilMo via social networks. The Facebook version of the game became one of the very earliest 3D games on Facebook.

• October 10, 2010 A deal was announced with Brazilian social game publisher Mentez, to bring a Portuguese version of MilMo to Orkut, Brazil's largest social network.

• January 27, 2011, MilMo was released on the Friendster social network, with servers in Southeast Asia.

External links

• Junebud AB website
• MilMo game portal (International)
• MilMo game portal (Brazilian)