Overview
Total Entertainment Network (TEN) is the premier interactive entertainment network for game playing consumers. With online rights to over 25 different premiere titles by industry leading game publishers -- over half of which are TEN exclusives -- TEN offers rankings, tournaments, hints, tips, chat, and more.
TEN has been pioneering Internet gaming technologies for over six years. This innovative platform is now heralded by developers as the best and easiest way to make their games playable on the Internet. As a result, the following major publishers are currently partnering with TEN: 3D Realms, Apogee, Accolade, Blizzard, Eidos Interactive, id Software, MicroProse, Spectrum Holobyte, SSI, and Westwood Studios.
Total Entertainment Network, based in San Francisco, was founded by Planet Optigon, Inc., which developed and launched TEN before acquiring Outland, Inc. in 1995 with funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. TEN was originally funded by founder Daniel Goldman with royalties he earned from SimCity. The first angel investment came from Art Kern, followed by the first venture round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in June 1995. Other investors include Ameritech; Goldman Sachs; Robertson, Stephens & Company; Vertex Management; and Wasserstein Perella Ventures. Software Creations, the #1 rated BBS in the country, is a subsidiary of TEN.
