Fast growing Russian social mobile company Game Insight sets up San Francisco publishing office

Rising star of Android social gaming, Russian publisher Game Insight has announced it's setting up a new arm in the US.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Game Insight Publishing will enable it better access to North American development teams as it looks to expand its global operations.

Riding the wave

Originally set up by Alisa Chumachenko in 2009 as a games investment company, Game Insight now consists of 14 development studios and over 260 staff.

It's released 24 social games, including on Facebook, Orkut, iOS and especially Android, where free-to-play games such as My Country and Paradise Island have been top grossing.