SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to Quantcast (June 2012) Curse Inc.'s traffic recently surpassed 21 million unique visitors per month worldwide. The company reaches almost 8 million unique visitors per month in the U.S. This milestone puts Curse in elite company as one of the largest gaming information outlets online.
The release of Minecraft on Xbox 360 and the launch of Diablo 3 have been major contributors to Curse's traffic growth over the past year. Unique visitor numbers on MinecraftForum.net, MinecraftWiki.net, and Diablofans.com have all received major boosts during this time period (55, 44 and 92 percent increases respectively). The company has seen an overall 68 percent increase in traffic since June 2011 when Curse, Inc. reported 14.1 million unique visitors per month worldwide. As of June 2012, Curse sites are visited by almost three million worldwide unique visitors per day.
Curse Inc. owns 59 sites dedicated to online games. The company's properties provide the tools and expertise core gamers need to succeed in virtual worlds. Curse produces a variety of news sites, databases, forums, wikis and a YouTube channel for popular online games like World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Diablo and League of Legends amongst many others.
About Curse, Inc. (www.curse.com)
Founded in 2006, Curse is the #1 resource for core online gamers, reaching more than 21 million unique visitors a month worldwide. Consisting of the most sought after online video game websites on the planet, Curse enhances the core gaming experience with video, news, databases, wikis, forums, and software tools which help manage online game plug-ins. Core gamers depend on Curse for the tools and expertise they need to take their gaming to the next level. Curse was honored as a Microsoft Bizspark One company in 2010 and an Inc 500 company in 2011. Curse is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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