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| Feb 16, 2017 | Storm8 lays off about 130 from its social mobile gaming studio | Social mobile game publisher Storm8 laid off a large number of its employees this week.
By one account, the San Mateo, California-based company cut about 130 jobs, going down from 240 people to 110.The move shows just how hard it is to comp... |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Dream City: Metropolis is the latest urban-planning sim from Storm8 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Navigating the corridors and alleys of cities can often make a person feel small, but video games are here to make you feel big again.
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| Jun 5, 2016 | Why an inevitable “bust” of the tech boom won’t be such a bad thing | Terence Fung Contributor
Terence Fung is the chief strategy officer at Storm8.
Silicon Valley is experiencing an extended boom that has only recently shown signs of fatigue.
While the local real estate/rental markets remain on fire, given a... |
| Jun 24, 2015 | To Bootstrap Or Not? | Perry Tam Contributor
Perry Tam is co-founder and CEO of Storm8.
Bootstrapping is a tougher choice than ever for startups. Seed capital is so widely available that deals for the hottest companies can close in days, and many entrepreneurs ne... |
| Mar 3, 2015 | Mobile publisher Storm8 hits a billion downloads for its casual games | Mobile game publisher Storm8 is announcing today that its games have been downloaded more than a billion times.
In doing so, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company is joining a relatively small club of companies that have had so many downlo... |
| Dec 15, 2014 | Chat App Viber Introduces Games In An Initial 5 Countries, Plans Global Rollout In 2015 | It’s been quite a year for Viber, and now the mobile messaging company is seeing out 2014 with arguably its most significant release to date: the launch of a social games platform.
Viber, which was bought by Japan’s Rakuten for $900 million... |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Storm8 launches Monopoly Bingo! mobile game in deal with Hasbro | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Storm8 is releasing one of its first branded mobile social games today with the launch of Monopoly Bingo! as part of a licensing deal w... |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Storm8 launches Monopoly Bingo! mobile game in deal with Hasbro | Storm8 is releasing one of its first branded mobile social games today with the launch of Monopoly Bingo! as part of a licensing deal with Hasbro.
Redwood City, Calif.-based Storm8 recognizes that brands are starting to become popular in mo... |
| Aug 20, 2014 | TC Cribs: Storm8, The Land Of Very Colorful Desks And Lots Of Fancy Beer | In this episode of Cribs we headed to Storm8, the company that makes lots of popular mobile social games.
Storm8 is housed in a, well, pretty bland looking corporate building in suburban Redwood City, so we weren’t sure what to expect. But ... |
| Jul 7, 2014 | Storm8 wants to become a household name in mobile games (interview) | Storm8 has more than 40 mobile games, 250 employees, and 50 million monthly active players. But it’s still considered a bit of a small fry and an unknown brand among the familiar mobile game industry leaders like King, GungHo Entertainment,... |
| May 20, 2014 | Storm8's mobile games have reached more than 400 million casual gamers (exclusive) | Storm8 isn’t a household name yet, with generic games like Candy Blast Mania and Farm Story. But the mobile publisher’s games have been played by more than 400 million users over the past five years, according to chief executive Perry Tam.
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| May 20, 2014 | Storm8's mobile games have reached more than 400 million casual gamers (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Storm8 isn’t a household name yet, with generic games like Candy Blast Mania and Farm Story. But the mobile publisher’s games have been... |
| Apr 9, 2013 | Facebooker-turned-game dev Tam stays calm in the mobile storm (interview) | The crazy competition of the mobile gaming market can make a chief executive panic. Huge brands like Disney are invading the market. Mobile messaging services are creating kings in the Asian gaming market. The odds of people finding your ga... |
| Dec 31, 2012 | Storm8 Grabs 2M Downloads In One Day On Christmas | How big is Christmas for mobile app developers? For one San Francisco Bay Area-based game maker, it meant 2 million downloads in a single day.
Christmas is unsurprisingly the biggest day of the year for many app makers as consumers unwrap b... |
| Jun 2, 2012 | How Do Top Android Developers QA Test Their Apps? | A couple weeks ago I ran this post showing how one Hong Kong developer, Animoca, tests its Android games. The company, which has had more than 70 million downloads, tests every one of their apps on about 400 different devices. The photo abo... |
| May 18, 2012 | Can Facebook’s New Millionaires Save the World? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
From everyone to whom much is given, much shall be required.
Regular readers know that I’m not in the habit of quoting scripture. But this line found in the gospels of Matthew... |
| May 7, 2012 | The Quiet Mobile Gaming Giant: Storm8 Passes 300M Downloads, Has Reached 100M Unique Devices | While it seems like mobile gaming companies are getting acquired left and right this spring, there are still plenty that are staying independent and doing just fine.
Storm8, which is totally bootstrapped and was founded by Facebook alums, i... |
| Apr 3, 2012 | Mobile Game Maker Storm8 Competes With Goliaths of the Industry | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Unlike a lot of revenue-poor startups with freemium business models, mobile game maker Storm8 is rolling in cash. The fully bootstrapped producer of 25 Android and iOS games l... |
| Dec 12, 2011 | Storm8 Doubles Down On Casual Mobile Games (For iOS) With Pet Shop Story And Zoo Story 2 | Like Zynga, Playdom and Playfish did in the early days of the Facebook platform, Storm8 beat most other game developers to smartphones back in 2009. It’s been nailing the big, lucrative market for simple RPGs and casual simulation titles ev... |
| Aug 3, 2011 | Sources: Storm8 Raising Huge $300 Million Round At $1 Billion Valuation | Storm8 is about to become an even bigger powerhouse in mobile gaming.
We’re hearing from multiple sources that the development shop, which focuses exclusively on mobile games, is raising a massive round in the ballpark of $300 million — at ... |
| Jul 8, 2011 | Storm8 comes on strong with three new Android games (exclusive) | Storm8 has launched three strong games on Android mobile devices in recent weeks, bringing to 13 the number of titles the mobile game company has on Google’s mobile operating system. The titles are simple simulation and role-playing games —... |
| Jul 8, 2011 | Storm8 comes on strong with three new Android games (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Storm8 has launched three strong games on Android... |
| Jun 22, 2011 | A New Mobile Social Games King In The U.S.? Former Facebookers Take Storm8 To 210 Million Downloads | On the heels of PopCap’s billion dollar acquisition comes some interesting news from the social games front: Game developer Storm8 is today announcing a few impressive stats. Among other things, the company is claiming that it has become th... |
| May 10, 2011 | Funzio lands $20M for social gaming | The maker of one of Facebook's top apps is backed by IDG Ventures and IDG Capital Partners
Facebook and mobile game developer Funzio announced Tuesday that it has secured $20 million in a Series A round led by IDG Ventures and IDG Capital P... |
| May 10, 2011 | Exclusive – Crime (City) Pays: Social Gaming Startup Funzio Raises $20 Million | San Francisco-based social gaming outfit Funzio has raised $20 million in its first round of institutional funding, TechCrunch has learned. The Series A financing round was led by IDG Ventures and China-focused investment firm IDG Capital P... |
