Curse LLC

Curse LLC
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	PC gaming communities, E-sports, VoIP
Founded	2006
Founder	Hubert Thieblot
Defunct	December 2018
Fate	CurseForge assets merged into Twitch; assets later acquired by Overwolf and Magic Find. Spin-off called Curse Media acquired by Fandom.
Headquarters	Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Key people	Donovan Duncan (President, 2015–2019) ;
Parent	Twitch Interactive (2016–2018)
Website	http://curse.com/

Curse was a gaming company that managed the video game mod host CurseForge, wiki host Gamepedia, and the Curse Network of gaming community websites.

The company was headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, and had offices in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Brighton, and Berlin.

Curse initially focused on offering mods for various video games. As it expanded, the company began to develop and acquire gaming communities (particularly focusing on MMORPG titles such as World of Warcraft, as well as other games such as Minecraft), wikis, as well as offering voice chat services. The company also sponsored an eponymous eSports club, which competed primarily in League of Legends.

In August 2016, Curse announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Amazon via its subsidiary Twitch Interactive for an undisclosed amount.^[3] In December 2018, Fandom announced that they had acquired Curse Media that included Gamepedia wiki farm and D&D Beyond.^[4]^[5] The remainder of Curse's assets stayed with Twitch. In the middle of 2020, CurseForge was sold from Twitch to Overwolf.^[6]^[7]

^ Berry, Lucy (27 June 2013). "Curse to relocate from San Francisco to Huntsville". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ "Curse still committed to Huntsville despite job layoffs, transfers to California". 12 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
^ Soper, Taylor (16 August 2016). "Amazon-owned Twitch acquires gaming content and resource platform Curse". GeekWire. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ Sinclair, Brendan (December 13, 2018). "Twitch sells Curse Media". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference :11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Tov-Ly, Gil (23 June 2020). "A new home for CurseForge". Overwolf Blog. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^ Sinclair, Brendan (2020-06-22). "Twitch sells CurseForge to Overwolf". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-29.

[hsv-1] Berry, Lucy (27 June 2013). "Curse to relocate from San Francisco to Huntsville". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[al.com-2] "Curse still committed to Huntsville despite job layoffs, transfers to California". 12 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.

[3] Soper, Taylor (16 August 2016). "Amazon-owned Twitch acquires gaming content and resource platform Curse". GeekWire. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[:10-4] Sinclair, Brendan (December 13, 2018). "Twitch sells Curse Media". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

[:11-5] Cite error: The named reference :11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:6-6] Tov-Ly, Gil (23 June 2020). "A new home for CurseForge". Overwolf Blog. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-21.

[7] Sinclair, Brendan (2020-06-22). "Twitch sells CurseForge to Overwolf". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-29.

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