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Kabam
Website www.kabam.com
About
Kabam is an interactive entertainment company that creates hardcore free-to-play games for social networks and other platforms with offices in San Francisco, Austin, Beijing, and Luxembourg.
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Nick Anderson
Head of Publishing
Cuz Parry
Creative Director
Rob Simister
VP, Business Development EMEA
Kevin Chou
CEO
Seungwon Lee
CEO
Amer Ajami
Executive Producer
Kent Wakeford
COO
Tim Fields
VP and GM of Kabam Canada
France Jacques
Director of talent acquisition and experience
Mike McCartney
Executive Producer
Daniel Erickson
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Developer Opportunities
Kabam launch inaugural GameChanger scholarship
We spoke with their director of talent acquisition, France Jacques to find out more about the scholarship which offers new opportunities to aspiring game developers
Mavens
Mobile Mavens: The importance of cross platform
We round up industry opinions on the potential of cross platform gaming
Interview
Kabam’s Mark Raham on the creation of Disney Mirrorverse
Our MGA Award's People’s Choice award winner is Kabam’s latest big IP hit. But how did they tackle such a big project from such a big name?
Pre-registrations
Kabam opens preregistration for cross-platform title King Arthur: Legends Rise
The game will be Kabam’s first cross-platform title
Redundancies
Kabam to lay off 12% of workforce
The Marvel Contest of Champions developer undertakes restructuring
Cross-platform
Kabam brings Unreal 5 to mobile and PC for King Arthur: Legends Rise
"Enabling our players to experience cross-platform progression and play is an essential part of what we want to offer."
Workforce Adjustments
Approximately 7% of employees laid off from Kabam after reviewing "strategic priorities"
Around 35 of company’s 500+ employees have been let go
Green Gaming
Ex-Disney, Kabam, and EA staff reveal climate friendly studio
Carbon Counts is developing EverForest, which will result in real trees being planted as users play
Best Of 2022
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2022
The movers and the shakers of the last 12 months
June's Success Stories
GameRefinery publishes mobile game market review for June 2022
RPGs and minigame modes were some of the month’s highlights
Mobile Merger
Netmarble US studio to join Kabam in merger
Simon Sim to become Kabam COO
Mellowed Moba
Kabam to shut down Marvel Realm of Champions
One last hurrah before the game taken offline on March 31st
Repositioning
Kabam appoints Seungwon Lee as CEO
Former CEO Tim Fields to assist in the transition
Block On
Mobile game devs part of blockchain gaming platform Forte's $725 million raise
Sea Capital co-led the round
Finally Done
Jam City raises $350 million and acquires Ludia for $165 million
Recovers from failed SPAC
Collaboration Spree
Kabam soft-launches action-RPG Disney Mirrorverse in the Philippines
Set to feature familiar faces from the world of Disney and Pixar
Super Hero
Five years on, Marvel Contest of Champions is still growing strongly
Did $3 million on Black Friday
Happy Holidays
US Black Friday mobile game spending up 25% to $70 million
A new record
Bring Me Thanos
Kabam and NetEase partner for Chinese Android launch of Marvel Contest of Champions
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
Moving On Up
Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co
Studio joining line-up of developers currently based in Vancouver, San Francisco and Austin
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Kabam’s Marvel Contest of Champions enjoys Western surge in player spending
This week's charts cover the period from November 26th to December 2nd
Super
Marvel: Contest of Champions Cyber Monday revenue exploded 583 per cent in one week
Kabam’s mobile fighter reached a superpowered $3.3 million this holiday weekend
On The Move
Marvel: Contest of Champions dev Kabam secures office move in Vancouver
Studio has signed a lease for 105,000 square feet of office space
Callin' Hacks
Credit card thieves reportedly laundering money through Clash of Clans and Clash Royale
Kabam’s Marvel Contest of Champions also said to be a target
The Charticle
From Lineage 2 to Contest of Champions: The games powering South Korean powerhouse Netmarble
It's not all about Lineage 2 - though nearly half of it is
Making Of
Round two: The making of Transformers: Forged to Fight
The road from conception to version 2.0
From The Ashes
Kabam spin-off Phoenix One decloaks to reveal hardcore real-time strategy game Guardian Kingdoms
Developed as Kabam was considering selling its business
Risky Businesses
As the mouse leaves the game stage, enters a fox
Will FoxNext perform better than Disney Interactive?
The Charticle
How did Transformers: Forged to Fight affect the grossing position of Transformers: Earth Wars?
And what impact did Force Arena have on Galaxy of Heroes?
Boycott Over?
A week after boycotts began, Marvel: Contest of Champions is rising back up the top grossing ranks
Broke into the top ten on Monday March 13th
Kabam Boycott
Why Marvel: Contest of Champions' top players are threatening to walk away
Kabam could be set to lose a substantial source of their revenue from the game
Your Game
The cautionary tale of Marvel: Contest of Champions’ v12 update
Whose games is it anyway?
It's All Relative
What if Kabam’s breakup is actually a success story?
May we all experience such failure
Still For Sale
Remaining Kabam studios spun-off into new company Aftershock following Netmarble sale
Discussions already underway with prospective buyers to sell new company
Netmarble Acquires Kabam
Netmarble closes acquisition of Kabam Vancouver and Marvel: Contest of Champions
Will run Kabam as a wholly-owned subsidiary
Future Of Kabam
Kabam winds down Beijing studio following poor internal performance of soft-launched Legacy of Zeus
COO Kent Wakeford also discusses future asset sales
Just A Myth
Kabam cans original IP Legacy of Zeus after seven months of soft launch
Transformers: Forged to Fight still going strong
Ready To Transform
Netmarble plots further acquisitions in 2017 following Kabam Vancouver Studio deal
Netmarble Chief Global Officer Seungwon Lee discusses the recent big-money purchase
Imploding
Kabam looking to sell off the rest of its studios following Netmarble sale
Including Los Angeles, Beijing, and San Francisco studios
Forged Of Champions
Kabam's new mobile fighter Transformers: Forged to Fight takes inspiration from its top grosser Contest of Champions
Even the naming convention is the same
Bidding Contest
Kabam receives $800 million offer for Vancouver studio behind Marvel Contest of Champions
Multiple unknown bidders in for talented team
Live And Kicking
Postmortem: Dawn of Steel one year on
Former Superweapon President Amer Ajami reflects on an eventful year
No Uprising
Kabam shutting down Star Wars: Uprising mobile game
Servers to be taken offline on November 17th 2016
Position And The Puck
Why Larry Abrams thinks it's game over for Kabam
Hard times
Made In Vancouver
Kabam teams up with Hasbro for new Transformers mobile game
Transformers: Contest of Champions
Future Focus
Kabam trims its sails with further San Francisco redundancies
Mindful of costs
High Reward, Risk
For unicorn wannabes like Kabam, the mobile games market is now boom or bust
Can you afford a $20 million bet?
Pandora's Mmo
Kabam bets big on the success of future Avatar films with MMOG tie-in announced
In development in LA
Faster, Harder
Why Marvel: Contest of Champions ditched Android and went auto-play/pay-to-win in China
Kent Wakeford on Chinese changes