Failure to secure additional VC funding sees Flash game ad business forced to shut down

GameJacket shut down

Flash game ad service GameJacket has closed after failing to secure additional VC funding, our sister site CasualGaming.biz has revealed.

Despite serving over a quarter of a billion players through its in-game ads served across a variety of titles available on a wide number of games portals, the firm has become a classic victim of the credit crunch.

The service launched last year, and quickly proved a success and was able to guarantee revenue advances to Flash games developers.

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