Type of site Social Networking Created by Dennis Fong Commercial Yes | Available in English | |
Alexa rank 33,145 (Global 03/2017) | ||
In computing, Raptr, a social-networking website and instant messenger developed by Raptr, Inc., targets video-game players. Dennis Fong, co-founder of Xfire, founded the company Raptr, Inc. in 2007; it is located in Mountain View, California. The company has raised 12 million dollars in funding from investors including Accel Partners and Founders Fund.
Software
The client, which is a downloadable application for Microsoft Windows, supports Yahoo! Instant Messenger, GTalk, Windows Live Messenger, Xfire, ICQ, and Facebook Chat protocols and allows users to import their Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam accounts. It also includes other features such as game/achievements tracking, in-game overlay, and game management. Raptr offers a few images showing a user's game statistics for use in signatures.
On the website, users add video games to their profile, as well as track game play time and achievements, share reviews, game related information, and game activity. Raptr lets users publish their gaming accomplishments to sites like Twitter, Plurk, FriendFeed, and Facebook.
Raptr launched in a closed beta on February 2, 2008, and launched an open beta to the public on September 3, 2008.
Raptr has partnerships with video game publishers Activision & Ijji, and the Raptr client was bundled with the PC release of Red Faction: Guerrilla. In December 2009, Raptr partnered with GameSpot to provide both communities with extra features.
In 2014, Raptr rebooted its business plan to focus on PC gamers. Dennis Fong stated "the biggest pain point for PC gamers is the weakness of the platform as a whole. Everybody has a different kind of PC. There are a million different configurations for playing games. We help gamers get the best experience every time they play” and adding "we have reinvented ourselves with a focus on PC gaming". Raptr then teamed up with AMD to promote optimization of games on AMD graphics cards. Raptr also partnered with Twitch.tv to provide 'one-click' streaming in their desktop app. In 2015, Raptr announced an end for console support, citing the growing PC market and changes to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network which created difficulties in updating features.
In March 2015 Raptr launched Plays.tv, a gaming video clip sharing service.
In October 12, 2016 AMD discontinued the AMD Gaming Evolved APP developed with the raptr team, ending their collaboration.However the software its still available for download.