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Company Profile
Big Fish
Website www.bigfishgames.com
About
Big Fish is an award-winning publisher that has over 20 years of experience in the gaming industry. We create memorable games we’re proud of that are loved and played by millions of people around the world.
Related People
Janice Gao
Head of Growth Marketing
Christin Overton
Director of Production
Chris George
GM of 3rd Party Free-to-Play
Accolades
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Net Casting
Aristocrat Leisure eyes potential sale of Plarium and Big Fish Games
Casino firm is undertaking a strategic review of its non-social casino games as Product Madness stays off the chopping block
Women In Games
Big Fish Games’ Janice Gao on how keeping an open mind helped build up her mobile marketing skillset
Janice Gao talks to PG.biz about the value of marketing, the need for strategy, sustaining growth and the challenges of forging a career in the rapidly evolving global games market
Unmissable Opportunities
Connect with The Pokémon Company, Big Fish and more at PG Connects Seattle’s Careers Zone!
Register your interest for PG Connects Seattle’s Careers Zone for a free ticket to the show and recruitment opportunities with lead gaming companies this May 16-17th!
Big Fish In The Big Easy
Big Fish Games expands with new office in New Orleans
The company hopes to foster a diverse talent pipeline
New Hire
Big Fish Games appoints Gary Rosenfeld as head of business development
Rosenfeld will hold the same title for parent company Pixel United in North America
Big Fish Focus
Former Amazon gaming manager Larry Plotnick appointed president at Big Fish Games
Supporting innovation and development of casual games
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Making lasting changes to company culture
"For changes to be lasting it has to change the company DNA"
Catch Of The Day
Big Run Studios hires former Big Fish Games senior producer Anna Rix
Rix's addition marks the expansion of a second development team
Lay Offs
Big Fish Games lays off 250 staff members as it faces a restructure
"The scale that Big Fish developed over many years as a multi-platform publisher has made it difficult to successfully lead in mobile"
International Women's Week
Big Fish Games to feature influential women from history via Gummy Drop
Inspired by Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls book
Live And Kicking
How Gummy Drop amassed 1.8 billion hours of gameplay in five years
"To date, the game offers players over 10,000 levels, 90 plus cities to travel to and over 1,000 monuments to rebuild"
Company Roundup
Meet 31 of the top most exciting Washington state games companies
Get a chance to meet with the state's finest at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle on May 13th to 14th
Cut
Big Fish Games cut 15% of workforce eight months after $1 billion takeover
Company out to restructure around social casino and casual games as executive roles also cut
Catch Of The Day
Big Fish appoints 15 year industry veteran Jeff Karp as new managing director and president
Karp brings aboard executive experience from some of the industry’s biggest players
Bust
Free-to-play casino games land four gaming companies with online gambling lawsuits
Legal action follows a similar ruling that found Big Fish Games’ casino experiences to have violated Washington state law
Something Of Value
Big Fish Casino constitutes “illegal gambling”, rules US federal appeals court
Case set to rumble on after victory for the plaintiff
Where To?
Has Aristocrat hit the jackpot with its $990 million Big Fish Games acquisition?
What will it get for its $990 million?
Big Deal
Aristocrat closes $990 million Big Fish acquisition
Company has spent $1.5 billion since August on mobile game purchases
Big Bets
Stick or twist: What’s next for the mobile social casino sector?
Stick within a $3 billion market or twist for $40 billion?
The Charticle
Just how popular are social casino games on the App Store top grossing charts?
Casino games endure on mobile, but how big is the industry?
If At First You Don't Succeed
How Big Fish Games built F2P hit Gummy Drop on the back of a major failure
Chris George takes the stage at White Nights Prague
Jobs
Big Fish Games finds a new CFO in former PopCap man Robert Chamberlain
Fish are friends
Big Fish on a roll with new Luxury Slots gameplay
Cashing in on $650 million social casino market
The Global View
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014
The shakers, makers and movers
Hit F2p Games On Horizon
Big Fish looks to go midcore, will publish debut F2P game from ex-Zynga Dallas team
Boss Fight Entertainment signs on the dotted line
F2P Summit unveils first two speakers bound for London this April
Big Fish and glispa on board
The Charticle: The global performance of Big Fish Casino
Tracking cultural variations in attitudes to gambling
Big Fish: F2P teams should not work on premium games
Models require different approaches, says CEO Thelen
Big Fish begins pushing out Android games to PC and Mac
Utilises BlueStacks to expand audience
They're All Hot
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2013
The shakers, makers and movers
Casual Connect Europe: Free-to-play games generating 3 times as much daily revenue on web than on mobile, reveals Big Fish
Talking up the wondrous web
Winter Nights 2013: Big Fish's mobile F2P business grew 275% in 2012
#wnconf Three games generating $4 million per month
Real money gambling ramps up as Big Fish makes big move
Partners with Betable to launch casino app on iOS
Big Fish reinforces F2P strategy, poaching Chris Williams from PlayFirst
Full on freemium
Big Fish unveils cloud gaming service for smartphones, tablets and TVs
PC and Mac browsers also on board
Casual Connect 2012: CEO Paul Thelen launches Big Fish Unlimited, streaming casual game service for PC, mobiles and Roku TV
#casualconnect The casual future is in the cloud
As Jeremy Lewis steps down, Big Fish founder Paul Thelen regains CEO role
Transitionary move
Big Fish acquires mobile social casino outfit Self Aware Games
Studio and platform both mopped up
Global Winners
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2012
Big Fish expands Irish offices in its bid to become the Netflix of gaming
Backed by IDA Ireland
Ex-Rovio branding SVP Wibe Wagemans set to lead Big Fish Games mobile division
Flapping to Seattle
App Store sales continue as Big Fish takes 66 iOS games down to 99c
Just in time for chart freeze
Big Fish Games extends partnership with French outfit Anuman to bring Syberia to iOS
Signifies wider shift to mobile
Big Fish's first-of-its-kind subscription-based iOS games platform pulled by Apple
Days after approval had been given
Big Fish gains approval for first streaming game subscription service on iOS
Recurring monthly revenues
Big Fish basks in the success of its 99c App Store Mother's Day promotion
15 iPad games in the top 25 rankings
Big Fish's mobile transition will now be spearheaded by tablet push
Catalyst for market expansion
Big Fish Games on why mobile is a fantastic audience expansion opportunity
But it's all about redesigning, not porting
Big Fish releases its first iPhone freemium game in shape of Plunder!
Social publisher takes to the open waves