Newgrounds™ Presskit

Factsheet

Developer:
Newgrounds™
Based in United Kingdom

Founding date:
July 5 1995

Website:
moddb.com/company/newgrounds

Press / Business Contact:
arcadenewground@gmail.com

Social:
Twitter

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Description

Newgrounds is an online community devoted to flash animation and music. It has one of the largest user bases in the world. It provides forums, blogs, and more. With the recent addition of medals, users can show off their achievements in some of the 37,000+ games as of this writing.

History

In 1991, at the age 13, Tom Fulp launched a Neo Geo fanzine under the name "New Ground" sending issues to approximately 100 members of a club originating on the internet in Prodigy.[5] Fulp launched a website in 1995 as New Ground Remix using a hosting service, increasing popularity in the summer of 1996 after BBS games Club a Seal[6] and Assassin were created by Fulp while a student at Drexel University, Pennsylvania. Fulp created the sequels to his creations, as games Club a Seal II and Assassin II, along with the decision to develop a separate hosting site, titled New Ground Atomix.[7]

In November and December 2018, Newgrounds experienced surges of new members originally from Tumblr, when that site began restricting adult content after illegal child pornography was found on that service, resulting in its iOS app being removed from Apple's App Store.[8][9]