Jolt Online Gaming

Jolt Online Gaming
Company typeOnline gaming network
Founded1999 (1999)
Defunct16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)
Headquarters
Dublin
,
Ireland
Key people
Dylan Collins

Jolt Online Gaming was[1][2] an online gaming company hosted in Ireland. Its main site provided news, reviews, and interviews concerning upcoming games on consoles and computers, while its gaming network Jolt Online Gaming Network hosted and published free-to-play browser-based games. Notable works included Utopia, Utopia Kingdoms, Legends of Zork, and NationStates 2.

As of 14 March 2012 Jolt's CEO Richard Barnwell announced through the Utopia Kingdoms forum that the company would be closing in the next couple of days:

"It's my job to oversee the Games Studios and all of the people and games within them. So as you can imagine, Utopia Kingdoms has been a big part of my life. It's therefore with disappointment I have to share the news with you that Jolt will be closing down at the end of the week - March 16th 2012."

— Richard Barnwell [3]
  1. ^ Lydias, Lydias. "BIG News: A Game Changer: A message from Richard Barnwell". Forums.joltonline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ^ "As of March 2012, Jolt Online Gaming has ceased trading". joltonline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  3. ^ "ukfb-forums.joltonline.com" BIG News: A Game Changer