Mochi Media

Mochi Media was a browser-based games network with more than 150 million monthly active users and 55,000 games on over 60,000 publisher websites."Flash games are still generating strong traffic and revenue growth for developers". VentureBeat. December 20, 2011.
Mochi Media's products included API tools for Flash developers to enable in-game advertising, microtransactions and scoreboards. The company was headquartered in San Francisco.
Mochi Media was dissolved by its parent company Shanda Games on March 31, 2014."'No Meaningful Position Beyond Flash', Gaming Platform Mochi Media Will Close March 31". TechCrunch. March 16, 2014."Mochi Media winding down; services end date of 3-31-2014". Mochi Media. March 15, 2014. All its services were wound down and final payments were paid to those eligible at the end of April 2014.
==Jiggmin==
Jiggmin began using Mochi's ad service for his games starting in Platform Racing, with several of his older ones being updated to switch from Kizash.
He later used Mochi's publisher program to add games by other developers to jiggmin.com in early 2009."Jiggmin.com" (February 16, 2009 archive) It was ultimately removed a year later however."Jiggmin.com" (March 24, 2010 archive)
Mochi also hosted Platform Racing 2's music until their shutdown in March 2014, after which it moved to PR2hub in the game's last update until 2019.
==Flash Gaming Summit==
From 2009 to 2013 Mochi Media hosted the annual "Flash Gaming Summit", an award show that recognized the best Flash games released the previous year.
Platform Racing 2 won the "People's Choice" award and was runner-up for "Best Multiplayer Game" at their 2009 event."The Flash Gaming Summit Re-Cap and Round-Up!". MochiLand. March 23, 2009."Local game designer wins award". News and Tribune. April 4, 2009."The Mochis Award Finalists:". Flashgamingsummit.com (March 8, 2009 archive).
Platform Racing 3 was also nominated for best multiplayer game for their 2011 show, though wasn't selected as a finalist."Platform Racing 3" - Sparkworkz (November 25, 2010 archive)"Mochi Award Finalists:". Flashgamingsummit.com (January 27, 2011 archive).
==References==
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