gamesGRABR back to the crowd for funding

tony_pearceGaming social network gamesGRABR, has launched a new round of investment to fund its critical next phase of growth. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign in late 2013 where it quickly achieved its £150,000 target and was over-funded by 20%, gamesGRABR is now looking to raise £400,000 on CrowdCube.

With upwards of 70,000 unique users per month and 49% returning month on month the fast growing start-up has achieved a highly engaged community in a short space of time, helped by partnering with influential vloggers to promote their own Featured Collections. These new celebrities of the Internet, including YogcastKim, Caddicurus and GamesSprout, with more than one million subscribers between them, bring a level of influence and reach unavailable via traditional routes. Continue reading

GamesGRABR says UK gamers prefer being told what to buy

gamesgrabbrA new study from GamesGRABR, the gaming social network, has found that nearly half of UK gamers prefer content that is recommended by friends and other social networks to traditional search engines such as Google.

According to GamesGRABR and as the accompanying image shows, 45% of UK gamers prefer to share. While we were once a nation of shopkeepers, now we appear to be a nation of social butterflies who now jump over the net curtains as opposed to peering through them. Continue reading

gamesGRABR opens up to Facebook and console gamers

HomepageGames veteran and entrepreneur Tony Pearce has unveiled his new venture gamesGRABR, a social network dedicated to casual, social, console and hardcore gamers.

With backing from some of the biggest names in the industry, gamesGRABR has entered its beta phase. The network allows users to ‘grab’ games for free across a wide range of platforms. Continue reading

gamesGRABR prepares its social network for gamers

TeePee Games has unveiled details of its latest games venture gamesGRABR, an innovative social network for gamers that will launch in Q1 2013.

The press release descrbes it as a ‘pinboard-style’ website and smartphone app tailored for gaming culture that will allow users to create, discover and manage game-based collections. Continue reading