Cmune

Cmune is a Chinese software developer which was established in 2007. Cmune is the maker of UberStrike, a cross-platform computer game. Cmune has offices in Beijing, China[1] and San Francisco, United States.

Cmune
CMUNE logo
Type of businessPrivate
Available inEnglish
FoundedMarch 2007
Dissolved2020
HeadquartersBeijing, China
Created byLudovic Bodin, Shaun Lelacheur Sales
Key people
  • Ludovic Bodin
  • Shaun Lelacheur Sales
  • Benjamin Joffe
  • Yong Joon Hyoung
  • Tommy Franken
  • Gabriel Weyer
  • Jerome Scola
  • Eamon Logue
IndustryOnline games, Internet, Social Networking
ProductsComputer games
Employees18 employees
URLcmune.webflow.io

Developed initially under the name Paradise Paintball, the first-person shooter (FPS) Uberstrike is a casual and multiplayer free-to-play 3D browser game. As of November 2012, it was the largest FPS inside Facebook. It was also available on its own website, and on the App Store for Mac and iOS.[2][3] The company was shut down later in 2020.

As of June 13, 2016, the game has been offline.[4]

Recognition

On 28 May 2009, Paradise Paintball was selected as one of the winners Facebook fbFund 2009 program. The fbFund is run by Facebook, Accel Partners and The Founders Fund.[5][6] Cmune was nominated for two Unity Awards: the Community Choice Award, which is chosen via poll, by users, and The Cross Platform Award.

Games

Cmune has developed 3 games in total. UberStrike, DeadHeads and UltraHunt. The company also worked on PAYDAY: Crime War for a few months.

UberStrike was an online FPS for PC's and later becoming available on iOS. Game was shut down in 2016 but original website www.uberstrike.com is still up.

DeadHeads was an online FPS for Android and iOS. The game was shut down in around 2020. Website is still up to this day at deadheads.webflow.io

UltraHunt was a battle royale game for Android and iOS. It originated in 2018 and was in closed pre-alpha stage. Not so much is known about that game.

UberStrike
Paradise Paintball was later renamed to UberStrike.

Paradise Paintball was launched in November 2008. The game was ranked number 1 worldwide on Apple Dashboard for four months after its debut in November 2008 and was the first real-time 3D multiplayer game launched on Facebook[7] and MySpace, where it was awarded "Best New App" at GDC in March 2010.[8] Paradise Paintball was touted as the first 3D browser based game with real time micropayment systems, where users are able to purchase virtual goods without having to quit the game.[9]

Paintball Paradise was renamed 'UberStrike' on November 16, 2010. The game also had a forum where every player could seek training, visit clan threads, sell signature art, etc. On April 13, 2016, Cmune announced the closing of Uberstrike through the game's website homepage [10] and the game servers were terminated on June 13, 2016.[10]

In 2019, fans created a patch of the game. The game can be played without official Uberstrike servers. Link to the Discord server with installation instructions: https://discord.gg/hhxZCBamRT

DeadHeads

DeadHeads was launched back in May 2017. It offered 12 weapons and lots of skins to them, 4 survivor characters (with each having own skins) and 5 infected characters (with each having own skins). There were 10 maps in total, with some being taken from UberStrike: Turbine, Transit, Outpost, New Hongkong, Lunar, Hangar, Ground Zero, Garrison, Basilica and Aqualab. This game had a discord server which is still up to this day and can be accessed from the official website. The game was shut down in 2020 with studio as well.

UltraHunt

UltraHunt was launched in 2018 as closed pre-alpha. It was supposed to be a battle royale for Android and iOS devices. Website is still available via ultrahunt.webflow.io . Very little is known about it as of 2022.

See also

Notes
  1. 01NetPro article (French)
  2. UberStrike HD on Mac App Store
  3. UberStrike HD on iPad, October 7 ,2012
  4. "UberStrike is offline". www.uberstrike.com. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  5. Paradise Paintball one of the winners of Facebook fbFund
  6. Paradise Paintball on About.com
  7. "Appdata - Paradise Paintball 3D". Archived from the original on 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  8. Gamasutra, March 10, 2010
  9. Inside Facebook interview with Zong CEO
  10. "UBERSTRIKE SUNSETTING". UberStrike. Cmune. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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