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Prior to Futuremark, the founding team developed Final Reality at Remedy Entertainment in 1997. It is a benchmarking tool distributed via computer magazine supplements and co-developed with VNU European Labs, part of the Netherlands-based publishing group VNU Business Publications. Following the tool's release, Futuremark was founded in Espoo in November 1997 and formally launched on 27 February 1998.
Soon after being founded the company altered its trading name to "MadOnion.com" until finally settling on "Futuremark Corporation" in 2002.
The 3DMark series has been the company's most popular and successful to date.
Futuremark's applications are distributed via the Internet as well as offline media. In addition to its benchmarking software, the company has also provided services such as IHV/ISV customised benchmarks, 3D demos as well as online and data services.
In March 2007, Futuremark launched a website specialising in news and reviews of PC games, called YouGamers.
In January 2008, Futuremark announced the formation of the Futuremark Games Studio. In August 2008, at the Leipzig Games Convention, Futuremark Games Studio announced details of its first game, Shattered Horizon.
In December 2009, Futuremark's mobile and embedded business unit was spun off and renamed Rightware.
In March 2012, Futuremark sold its game development division to Rovio Entertainment (developer of the Angry Birds franchise) for an undisclosed sum. The sale was intended to allow the company to focus on its benchmarking software.
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On 31 October 2014, Futuremark was acquired by UL for an undisclosed sum.
On 23 April 2018, Futuremark was rebranded as UL Benchmarks. The Futuremark website was closed, and its content was moved to a new UL Benchmarks website. Despite the acquisition and rebranding, UL Benchmarks retains its headquarters and R&D operations in Espoo, Finland.
From Wikipedia’s article on Futuremark, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3