In short order, the site exponentially increased in traffic and popularity. After leaving school, Thieblot began to turn his passion into a business, launching CurseBeta in 2006, offering up add-ons and modifications. In the middle of 2020, CurseForge was sold from Twitch to Overwolf.Ĭurse was born out of founder Hubert Thieblot's 'hardcore' love of World of Warcraft. The remainder of the company's assets stayed with Twitch. On December 12, 2018, Fandom announced that they had acquired Curse's media assets, including its gaming community websites, Gamepedia wiki farm and D&D Beyond. On August 16, 2016, Curse announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Amazon via its subsidiary Twitch Interactive for an undisclosed amount. The company also sponsored an eponymous eSports club, which competed primarily in League of Legends. 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 was headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, and had offices in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Brighton, and Berlin.Ĭurse initially focused on offering mods for various video games. Curse was a network of gaming community websites and hosts game mods on CurseForge.

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