Zapak.com is an Indian online gaming portal, with
browser games
A browser game or a "flash game" is a video game that is played via the internet using a web browser. They are mostly free-to-play and can be single-player or multiplayer.
Some browser games are also available as mobile apps, PC games, or on co ...
promoted by the
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group or popularly known as Reliance ADA Group or simply Reliance Group is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company, which was formed after Dhirubhai Ambani's business was divided up, ...
's subsidiary company
Reliance Big Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd is an Indian media and entertainment company. It is a division of Reliance Group, handling its media and entertainment business, across content and distribution platforms. The company was founded on 15 February 20 ...
. It was launched in 2006.
Popularity
Zapak games had achieved 100 million downloads. It became widely popular on
Nokia Store
Ovi by Nokia ( fi, ovi, translation=door) was the brand for Nokia's Internet services. The Ovi services could be used from a mobile device, computer (through Ovi Suite) or via the web. Nokia focused on five key service areas: Games, Maps, Media, ...
and other platforms. In addition, Zapak also launched Game zones in multiple malls at Fun Republic malls in
Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...
,
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
, Lucknow and
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
. Zapak also partnered with various companies like
RuneScape
''RuneScape'' is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex, released in January 2001. ''RuneScape'' was originally a browser game built with the Java programming language; it was large ...
,
Disney Corporation
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
and
Turner Entertainment
Turner Entertainment Company is an American multimedia company founded by Ted Turner in 1986. Purchased by Time Warner in 1996 as part of its acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), the company was largely responsible for overseeing th ...
.
Zapakmail
In early 2007, Zapak introduced Zapakmail, a fast
email service
A mailbox provider, mail service provider or, somewhat improperly, email service provider is a provider of email hosting. It implements email servers to send, receive, accept, and store email for other organizations or end users, on their behalf. ...
. It offered an unlimited mailbox capacity for users. Zapak users can even send attachments totaling 32MB. This eases the user's task of sending large files over the mail respectively.
It broke all records for user registrations in one day, and it registered around 1,15,263 users.
Zapakmail had also launched its lite version for mobile phones for ease of accessibility. As of 26 February 2009, Zapak ceased its email services.
Partnership with Lead Eastern Group
As per 2015, Zapak sold its 10% Stake to a Chinese corporate company ''Lead Eastern Group'' with amount of $15 million. Zapak has been accompanied with a three way joint venture between Reliance Games, Lead Eastern and Creative Cultural where they will hold 40%, 51% and 9% stakes.
Reliance Owned Zapak Sells its 10% Stake to Lead Eastern Group for $15 Million
iamWire. 23 September 2015
References
External links
Zapak
Zapak mail (Defunct)
{{Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Browser-based game websites
Companies based in Mumbai
Online companies of India
Internet properties established in 2006
Webmail
Indian entertainment websites
Reliance Group
2006 establishments in Maharashtra