Bouldered
Hasbro reportedly closing down DragonVale developer Backflip
End of an era
Company Profile
Backflip Studios
Website www.backflipstudios.com
About
Backflip Studios is a rapidly growing mobile game studio based in sunny Boulder, Colorado.
Accolades
Articles featuring Backflip Studios
Roll Out
Transformers: Earth Wars clears 10 million downloads just in time for first anniversary
Space Ape to host events and launch new content during anniversary month
Five Years On
Backflip Studios on releasing DragonVale World five years after the original
Adapting to the new world
A New World
Backflip Studios returns to DragonVale after five years with the 3D DragonVale World
A belated sequel to the early App Store hit
My Little Clone-y
Peak Games files My Little Pony lawsuit against Hasbro for cloning Toy Blast
New My Little Pony game looks awfully familiar
From Toys To Touchscreens
Hasbro and Backflip on moving into the mobile strategy genre with Transformers: Earth Wars
Mark Blecher and Josh Campbell share insights
Do Not Polish
Backflip's 6 essential prototyping tips for mobile games
Tom Blind puts prototyping to the test.
Hot Five
Backflip heralds return of the publisher, we put Finland in focus, and the issue of gay people in games
Last week's top five stories
Interview
From Ragdolls to riches: How Backflip is looking to become the publisher developers love
Providing real publishing value in the modern era
The Global View
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014
The shakers, makers and movers
Publishing Arm In Arm
DragonVale dev Backflip launches publishing move with Rolando studio HandCircus
Ex-ngmoco man Simon Jeffrey heading up efforts
Stateside: F2P needs to earn the player's trust to unlock longterm success, says DragonVale's Backflip
Playing the long game
Hasbro acquires 70% of Backflip Studios for $112 million
A real paper toss
They're All Hot
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2013
The shakers, makers and movers
Global Winners
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2012
As it launches freemium title DragonVale, Backflip approaches 150 million smartphone installs
Breathing fire
Backflip has done 100 million downloads and generates 1 billion monthly ad impressions
Success built on balance of paid, IAP and ad revenue
GDC 2011: Rumour: Backflip Studios being bought?
#gdc11 Prized developer maybe snapped up
Global View
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2011
Backflip's Farrior on why the smart money is on a multi-pronged approach to game monetisation
Less crying, more innovating please
Backflip sees total downloads hit 77 million, with 23 million MAUs and 830 million monthly ad impressions
Colorado-based studio also aggressively hiring
65 million downloads strong, Backflip now boasts 20 million monthly active users
And expanding onto iPad and Android
Backflip doing $500,000 a month in mobile advertising
From 15 million monthly active users
Backflip Studios levels up with over 2 million daily active iOS users
Lifetime game download total almost 50 million
Backflips's NinJump hits 2 million downloads in first 7 days
650,000 users playing game everyday
Backflip CEO Farrior says iAd eCPM is the highest in the business and fill rate has quadrupled
Expects big Q4 campaigns too
Backflip builds on Paper Toss' success with Strike Knight's 4 million downloads
Companys social reach is one million daily active users
Backflip to cross promote its 1 million daily active users to sell paid game Tunnel Shoot
The power of free leveraged
Backflip's Farrior on generating 1.75 million daily ad impressions from one free game
Strike Knight's been downloaded 1.5m times in 10 days
Celebrate The Best
The Top 50 iPhone Developers of 2009
We salute the teams and individuals who made 2009 such a brilliant year for iPhone gaming
That was the year that was: Julian Farrior, Backflip Studios
In-app purchases will be enormously significant in 2010
Indie iPhone studio makes $1.75 million in just over half a year
Six-man team builds successful business on ad-supported apps
Backflip's Farrior: Free-plus-paid will make free the new 99c
More yield for developers and less initial commitment for users
Backflip on 11 million downloads, $1 million sales, and the power of in-app advertising
Taking a portfolio approach
Backflip Studios raises $145k for iPhone expansion
Building on Paper Toss' success