Myspace Founders Acquire Social Gaming Site

MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro, and Aber Whitcomb announced a partnership with Austin Ventures to acquire MindJolt, an online social gaming platform based in San Francisco. MindJolt claims to have more than 20 million monthly active unique users on Facebook, and aggregates 1,300 casual games. In a statement, the new team will extend the platform by focusing on three major initiatives including: (1) increased monetization through major brand partnerships and virtual good offerings, (2) expanding MindJolt's presence to all relevant websites and smart phone platforms, and (3) working closer with game developers to create tools for single player and multiplayer social games.