ROBERT SMALL CEO and Founder of Miniclip.com, "The Game Boy"

Rob Small co-founded Miniclip.com in 2001, at the age of 24, with a dream and a plan to build the next generation game entertainment company. By harnessing the power of Internet with a focus on interactivity and creativity Miniclip has built over six years the dominant worldwide online gaming portal. Miniclip has emerged as the defining new look of entertainment where users are totally involved and have access anywhere, anytime to online games.

Today Rob is credited with building the largest community of online gamers in the world (43 million) and supplying them with the full range of casual to hard core massive multiplayer games.

Rob has built a solid business from the ground up with an enormous user base and consistent growth over six years without venture capital or other outside investors. He’s created a diversified business model including, advertising, sales, licensing, and subscriptions.

His belief and drive have helped Miniclip.com become the market leader in the online games sector while successfully attracting the highly valued youth demographic. Miniclip is an incredibly exciting and fun place to be. "We provide unique, interactive entertainment that is in high demand on the internet. You do so much more than watch entertainment at Miniclip, you are totally involved in it. You are literally in the driver's seat!" - Rob Small, Miniclip CEO.

Miniclip also won the prestigious 2007 Webby Peoples Voice Award, the "Oscars of the Internet" for the Internet’s best game site for the thirdconsecutive year. Miniclip is currently the largest entertainment portal in private hands.

Fallout 3 Voted as Video Game of the Year

Post-apocalyptic adventure "Fallout 3" has been crowned Game of the Year at a major gathering of videogame makers in San Francisco.



The captivating story-driven videogame made by Bethesda Softworks bested blockbuster rivals including notorious "Grand Theft Auto: IV" and zombie shooter "Left 4 Dead" at the 9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards.

"It's the first time we've ever won this award, and to be given it by other game developers, with so many amazing games that could have won, well, we're simply overjoyed," Bethesda game director Todd Howard said Thursday.

"It's very special to us."

"Fallout 3" also won a Best Writing award at Wednesday's ceremony, considered a highlight of the Game Developers Conference (GDC).

Sony-backed "LittleBigPlanet" developed by Media Molecule of Britain ended the evening with the most awards, capturing top spots for game design technology, innovation, and Best Debut Game.

LittleBigPlanet encourages people to create and share games as well as play.

The latest "Prince of Persia" release by hot French videogame maker Ubisoft won a Best Visual Arts category for "hauntingly beautiful" imagery. "God of War: Chains of Olympus" was declared Best Handheld Game.

"The games being recognized here are virtuoso efforts that have truly advanced the state of video games." said GDC content director Meggan Scavio.

"The Game Developers Conference has become the premiere videogame award show because it gives voice to those who understand games better than anyone; the people who make them."

Two Million Gamers and 725,000 Custom Levels Created On LittleBigPlanet

While it may not have lived up to the unrealistic expectations placed upon it, Sony's adorable and incredibly addictive LittleBigPlanet is hardly the failure some have been claiming. To help dispel any such notions, the company is releasing some impressive stats on developer Media Molecule's ground-breaking platformer. Two million users have been adventuring in the LBP universe, 725,000 customized levels have been created, with over 125 million games played since it was first launched in November 2008.

Mark Hardy, Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe's marketing director:

"LittleBigPlanet is giving people from every walk of life the opportunity to express themselves creatively. The game is just the start. This is creative gaming; never ending experiences that take on lives of their own through their players,"

Some have claimed LittleBigPlanet 's "failure" to make an immediate impact at retail was in part to bad timing, having been released during the most lucrative (and overstuffed) time of the year. Others have questioned the viability of casual-friendly titles for the PlayStation 3 console, seen by many as an elite platform and ill-suited for the market. The game has gone on to win several industry accolades, including many "Game of the Year" awards and recognitions.

Regardless, the game has managed to stay in the collective consciousness of the gaming public since its release, and has since positioned itself as one of this generation's (and certainly the PS3's) most attractive evergreen titles.

LittleBigPlanet is currently available for PlayStation 3, with a PSP version slated to hit sometime this Fall.