Loot Crate

Loot Crate is a subscription box service established in 2012 which provides monthly boxes of geek and gaming related merchandise.[1]

History

Loot Crate was co-founded by Chris Davis and Matthew Arevalo in 2012 who aimed to create a "comic-con in a box". By 2014 the company had over 200,000 subscribers in 10 countries.[2]

Crates

One-off crates with particular themes have been released, such as for Fallout 4 and Mass Effect.[3][4]

Loot Crate also operate a Loot Anime box with Anime related items.[5] In January 2016 Loot Crate announced a Loot Gaming subscription option with boxes containing video game related content.[6] The company says that the gaming themed boxes will likely lead to more game-specific cases like the ones for Mass Effect and Fallout 4.[5]

Sponsorship

In mid-2014, Loot Crate officially sponsored for American eSports team, OpTic Gaming.

References

  1. ↑ Chelsea Stark (14 August 2013). "Loot Crate Delivers a Monthly Goodie Box for Gamers". Mashable. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Paresh Dave (7 November 2014). "Loot Crate delivers monthly surprise to 'geek and gamer' subscribers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Andy Chalk (29 July 2015). "An official Fallout 4 Loot Crate is coming". PC Gamer. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Chris Pereira (2 November 2015). "Mass Effect Loot Crate Now Available for Order". GameSpot. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Mat Paget (29 January 2016). "Loot Crate Announces New Gaming Subscription Service". GameSpot. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Andy Chalk (29 January 2016). "Loot Gaming is a new Loot Crate for gamers". PC Gamer. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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